WAC 246-360-100. Bathrooms, water closets, and handwashing sinks

The licensee must: (1) Provide adequate private or common-use bathrooms, water closets, and handwashing sinks to meet the needs of guests; (2) Provide private and common-use bathrooms, water closets, and handwashing areas with cleanable floors, walls, ceilings, fixtures and furnishings; (3) Provide an uncarpeted, easily cleanable area around each water closet and adjacent to each bathing fixture; (4) Maintain safe and properly working fixtures and drains; (5) Provide slip-resistant surfaces or other devices in bathtubs and/or showers; (6) Provide a means to maintain privacy for toileting and bathing; (7) Provide water flush water closets unless the licensee has approval from the department and local health jurisdiction for alternative devices; (8) Provide a handwashing sink or equivalent within, or adjacent to, each water closet room; (9) Provide easy access to an acceptable single-use drying device from each common-use handwashing sink; (10) Provide toilet tissue conveniently located by each toilet; (11) Provide soap for each handwashing and bathing fixture; (12) Provide an adequate supply of clean towels, washcloths and floor mats: (a) For guests upon arrival; and (b) At least weekly or at the request of the guest; (13) Assure clean towels, washcloths and floor mats kept in lodging units and common bathrooms are stored in a clean area off the floor; and (14) For lodging units that do not have water closets, and handwashing sinks, provide common-use bathrooms, water closet rooms and handwashing sinks meeting the requirements of this section in a ratio of one bathing fixture, one water closet and one handwashing sink for each fifteen or fewer guests. A bathing fixture means a shower, bathtub or combination bathtub/shower.