Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 428 - Youth Camp Licensing Regulations › Section 19a-428-4 - Physical Plant and Program Practices

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The water
			 supply shall be provided from (1) a public water system that is regulated by
			 the Department of Public Health and complies with all applicable sections of
			 the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, or (2) a source that is of
			 sufficient quality and quantity to satisfy the requirements of the maximum
			 number of persons served by the youth camp at any time and that conforms with
			 the requirements of sections
			 19-13-B51a to
			 19-13-B51m,
			 inclusive, and section
			 19-13-B101
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(b) Drinking fountains shall be sanitary and
			 in compliance with section
			 19-13-B35
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. No common drinking utensils
			 shall be provided or used. Readily available drinking water shall be accessible
			 to children at all times.
(c)
			 Chemical toilets, fly tight privy pits or water flushed toilets shall be
			 provided and shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition. Separate
			 toilets for males and females shall be provided. In a residential youth camp,
			 at least one toilet seat for each fifteen persons or fraction thereof shall be
			 provided. At least one toilet seat for each twenty persons or fraction thereof
			 shall be provided in each day camp. Urinals may be substituted for not more
			 than one-half of the total requirement of toilet seats for male persons. No
			 sleeping quarters within a youth camp shall be at a greater distance than three
			 hundred feet from the toilets. The location of all toilets shall be plainly
			 indicated by signs. Privy pits shall be located at least two hundred feet from
			 a kitchen or food service area.
(d)
			 The method of final sewage or refuse disposal utilized in connection with the
			 operation of a youth camp shall not create a nuisance and shall conform with
			 the requirements of sections
			 19-13-B103a to
			 19-13-B104d,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, and plans for such
			 disposal shall be approved by the Department of Public Health.
(e) The plumbing systems in each youth camp
			 shall conform with the requirements of section
			 19-13-B45
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(f) Adequate hand washing facilities shall be
			 provided with at least one facility for each twenty persons or fraction
			 thereof. Wash basins and water shall be readily accessible to the toilet rooms.
			 In a residential youth camp at least one shower house shall be provided with
			 one shower head for each twenty persons or fraction thereof.
(g) Supervision and equipment sufficient to
			 prevent littering of the grounds with rubbish, garbage or other refuse shall be
			 provided and maintained. Fly tight depositories for such material shall be
			 provided and conspicuously located. Each dwelling unit site within a youth camp
			 shall be not more than a distance of two hundred feet of such depository. Such
			 depositories shall not be permitted to become foul smelling or unsightly or a
			 breeding place for flies.
(h) Youth
			 camps that dispense foods or beverages shall meet the requirements of section
			 19-13-B42
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. Day camps shall collect and
			 store potentially hazardous food in accordance with section
			 19-13-B42
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(i) Swimming pools and bathing facilities,
			 when provided, shall comply with the applicable provisions of section
			 19-13-B33b of the
			 Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(j) The youth camp site shall be owned by the
			 licensee or the licensee shall have a written lease to use the site as a youth
			 camp and shall comply with the following general sanitation requirements:
(1) The location of the youth camp shall be
			 such as to supply adequate drainage of all areas occupied by campers, the food
			 preparation and service area and other activity areas.
(2) Buildings shall be maintained in a safe
			 and sanitary condition. When the Office or the local director of health so
			 directs, a certificate of approval shall be obtained from the local or state
			 fire marshal.
(3) All hot water and
			 space heaters shall be located and vented to prevent risk of fire or health
			 hazard.