OAR 414-310-0470. Toilets and Sinks

(1) A school-age center must provide smooth, washable, easily-cleanable walls and floors in the toileting and handwashing areas. (2) A school-age center must provide toilets that: (a) Are supplied with toilet paper; (b) Have doors that can be unlocked from the outside with an opening device readily accessible to staff, if equipped with doors; and (c) Provide privacy, such as being screened, equipped with doors, or having children take turns while supervision is maintained. (3) A school-age center must have handwashing sinks that: (a) Have hot and cold running water, unless the center’s program is in a public school building; (b) Have mixing faucets if the center’s certification was in effect on July 15, 2001 and when toilet facilities are remodeled, and unless the center’s program is housed in a public school building; (c) If self-closing metered faucets are used, provide water flow for at least 15 seconds without the need to reactivate the faucet. Centers with certification in effect on July 15, 2001 must comply with the water flow requirement for self-closing metered faucets and when toilet facilities are remodeled; (d) Have water that does not exceed 120°F; (e) Have liquid soap and paper towels within easy reach of children and dispensed in a sanitary manner with a trash container. Other hand drying options must be approved by the environmental health specialist; and (f) Are not used for preparation of food or drinks, dish washing, rinsing soiled clothing, cleaning equipment that is used for toileting, or for the disposal of any wastewater used in cleaning the center. (4) When plumbing is unavailable to provide a handwashing sink, a school-age center may provide a handwashing sink using a portable water supply and a sanitary catch system, with a written plan approved by a local public health department. A mechanism must be in place to prevent children from gaining access to soiled water or more than one child from washing in the same water.