Section 470 IAC 3-4.7-113 - BathroomsAuthority: IC 12-13-5-3
Affected: IC 12-17.2-4
Sec. 113.
(a) The child care center shall provide a minimum of one (1) sink and one (1) flush toilet per fifteen (15) children two (2) years of age and older. Infant and toddler restrooms count only for their rooms.(b) When the licensing capacity exceeds sixty (60) children, the center may substitute one (1) urinal for a toilet in the school age area only.(c) School age children of the opposite sex shall not use the same restroom.(d) Partitions shall separate toilets for school age children if there is more than one (1) toilet in a room.(e) Stalls used by school age children shall have doors.(f) If fifteen (15) or fewer school age children are present, only one (1) toilet and sink is required for their use.(g) The center shall locate the toilet for children two (2) years of age no more than ten (10) feet from their room/area.(h) Toilet paper on a dispenser shall be available and within reach of the children by each toilet.(i) Mild soap shall be available, dispensed in a sanitary manner, and within reach of the children at each sink.(j) Disposable towels in a dispenser or electrical hand dryers that operate at a maximum temperature of one hundred twenty (120) degrees Fahrenheit shall be within reach of the children by the sinks. If the center uses electrical hand dryers, they must provide one (1) for each sink.(k) Toilet facilities for staff shall be furnished, separate from those facilities used for children. Staff shall not use children's toilets.(l) The center must seal all hand washing sinks to the wall.(m) The center must seal all walls and floors in restrooms.(n) All items in the restroom must be sanitizable.(o) If toilets and sinks are not child-sized, the center must provide safe, sanitizable steps or platforms for each toilet and sink.(p) The center shall control toilet and bathroom odors by ventilation and sanitation. If a screened window is not present, there shall be mechanical exhaust vents. Existing centers shall have ventilation added if sanitation measures fail to control odors.Division of Family Resources; 470 IAC 3-4.7-113; filed Aug 11, 2003, 3:00 p.m.: 27 IR 151; readopted filed Oct 24, 2007, 11:25 a.m.: 20071121-IR-470070448RFA; readopted filed Aug 23, 2013, 3:36 p.m.: 20130918-IR-470130306RFAReadopted filed 11/13/2019, 11:56 a.m.: 20191211-IR-470190490RFA