Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 51 - PUBLIC HEALTH-SANITARY CODE › Part XIV - Plumbing › Chapter 3 - General Regulations › Section XIV-301 - General

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Scope. The
				provisions of this Chapter shall govern the general regulations not specific to
				other Chapters.
B. Basic Principles
				. The basic principles of this Subsection are enunciated below as basic goals
				in environmental sanitation worthy of accomplishment through properly designed,
				acceptably installed and adequately maintained plumbing systems. Some of the
				details of plumbing construction must vary, but the basic sanitary and safety
				principles are the same. The principles may serve to define the intent of this
				Part and other applicable Parts of the Louisiana State Sanitary Code (LAC 51).
1. Principle Number 1. Buildings, structures
				and premises intended for human habitation, occupancy, use of employment, or
				the preparation or processing of food, drinks or other materials for human
				consumption shall be provided with an adequate, safe and potable water supply
				through a safe system of piping to all fixtures, appliances, appurtenances,
				etc.
2. Principle Number
				2
.
Every building having plumbing fixtures installed and
				intended for human habitation, occupancy or use on premises abutting on a
				street, alley or easement in which there is a community sewerage system shall
				have a separate connection with the sewer main.
3. Principle Number 3
.
A
				dwelling type building provided with a drainage system, a community sewerage
				system connection or an individual sewerage system shall have at least one
				water closet, one bathtub or shower, one lavatory, one kitchen-type sink and an
				adequate source of hot water for each family unit to meet minimum basic
				requirements for health, sanitation and personal hygiene. Water heating
				facilities shall be accessible for emergency maintenance without entering any
				individual apartment or living unit, except that water heaters may be located
				within an apartment or living unit when supplying hot water to that unit only.
				All other buildings, structures or premises intended for human occupancy or use
				shall be provided with adequate sanitary facilities as may be required, but not
				less than one water closet and one lavatory.
4. Principle Number 4
.
Plumbing fixtures shall be made of smooth nonabsorbent material, shall be free
				from concealed fouling surfaces, and shall be located in ventilated
				enclosures.
5. Principle Number 5.
				Each fixture directly connected to the sanitary drainage system shall be
				equipped with a water-seal trap.
6.
				Principle Number 6
.
No substance which will clog the pipes,
				produce explosive mixtures, destroy the pipes or their joints or interfere
				unduly with the sewage disposal process shall be allowed to enter the building
				drainage system.
7. Principle
				Number 7. Proper protection shall be provided to prevent contamination of food,
				water, sterile goods and similar materials by backflow of sewage. When
				necessary, the fixture, device or appliance should be connected indirectly with
				the building drainage system.
8.
				Principle Number 8. No water closet shall be located in a room or compartment
				which is not properly lighted and ventilated.
9. Principle Number 9. If water closets or
				other plumbing fixtures are installed in buildings where there is no sewer
				within a reasonable distance, suitable provision shall be made for disposing of
				the building sewage by some accepted method of sewage treatment and
				disposal.
10. Principle Number 10.
				Where a plumbing drainage system may be subject to backflow of sewage, suitable
				provisions shall be made to prevent its overflow in the building.
11. Principle Number 11. Plumbing shall be
				installed with due regard to preservation of the strength of structural members
				and prevention of damage to walls and other surfaces through fixture
				usage.
12. Principle Number 12.
				Sewage or other waste, from a plumbing system, which may be deleterious to
				surface or subsurface waters shall not be discharged into the ground or into
				any waterway unless it has first been rendered innocuous through subjection to
				some acceptable form of treatment.
13. Principle Number 13. Plumbing fixtures,
				devices, appliances and appurtenances shall be adequately supplied with water
				in sufficient volume and pressure to enable them to function
				properly.
14. Principle Number 14.
				The pipes conveying water to plumbing fixtures, appliances, devices and
				appurtenances shall be of sufficient size as to supply water at rates that will
				prevent undue pressure drops at any one fixture, when any other fixture,
				appliance, device or appurtenance or group is being flushed, operated or
				used.
15. Principle Number 15.
				There shall be no direct or indirect cross connections, either existing or
				potential, between a safe potable water supply and an unsafe, nonpotable
				supply.
16. Principle Number 16.
				Adequate protection shall be provided to prevent possible backflow or
				back-siphonage of an unsafe or potentially hazardous fluid or material into a
				safe water supply.
17. Principle
				Number 17. Piping and connections of the plumbing system shall be of durable
				materials, free from defects in workmanship and materials, and systems shall be
				designed and constructed to provide adequate service for a reasonable life
				under stresses imposed by structural loading, temperature variation, vibration
				and other conditions.
18. Principle
				Number 18. Devices for heating and storing water shall be designed and
				installed to prevent all danger from overheating and explosion and to prevent
				undue flow of hot water or steam into the cold water supply pipes.
19. Principle Number 19. Refrigerators,
				coolers, receptacles, sterilizers, vats and similar equipment used for storing
				or holding foods, beverages, sterile goods and water conditioning equipment,
				etc., shall discharge into the building drainage system through an indirect
				waste.
20. Principle Number 20.
				Water closets, bathtubs, showers, urinals and similar fixtures shall be
				suitably enclosed and screened for privacy.
21. Principle Number 21. Plumbing systems,
				including fixtures, shall be maintained in sanitary condition and proper
				working order.
22. Principle Number
				22. Sewage and wastes from plumbing and drainage systems shall be adequately
				treated and disposed of in accordance with the requirements of the plumbing
				official.
23. Principle Number 23.
				No potable water, soil or waste pipe shall be installed or permitted outside of
				a building, or concealed in outside walls or in any place where they may be
				subjected to freezing temperatures, unless adequate provision is made to
				protect them from freezing.