Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-33 - Agricultural Labor Camps › Section 3701-33-07 - Toilet and hygiene facilities

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								To comply with
			 minimum standards of habitability:
(1)
									Toilet facilities shall be constructed, located, and
			 maintained in a sanitary condition so as to prevent any nuisance or public
			 health hazard. No toilet, chemical toilet or urinal shall be located in a room
			 used for other than toilet and hygiene purposes. Toilet facilities shall be
			 located within two hundred feet of each dwelling. Privies and portable chemical
			 toilets, approved by the licensor, shall not be located closer than fifty feet
			 to any dwelling or facility where food is prepared or served and shall be
			 located at least one hundred feet from any water supply.
(2)
									Except in
			 individual family housing units, separate toilet accommodations for men and
			 women shall be provided. If toilet facilities for men and women are in the same
			 building, they shall be separated by a solid wall from floor to roof or ceiling
			 or a solid wall extending to a minimum height of at least eight feet. Toilets
			 shall be distinctly marked for "men" and for "women" by signs printed in both
			 English and the native language of the persons occupying the camp or marked
			 with easily understood pictures or symbols.
(3)
									Toilet facilities
			 for each sex shall be provided with not less than one seat for each fifteen
			 occupants, and a minimum of one toilet for each sex in common use
			 facilities.
(4)
									In facilities where there are multiple toilets located
			 in th same room, a curtain or other partition shall be provided around each
			 toilet for privacy. The partition shall be at least fifty-four inches high and
			 not more than twelve inches off the floor.
(5)
									Urinals
			 constructed of impervious materials may be substituted for men's toilets on the
			 basis of one urinal, or twenty-four inches of trough-type urinal, for one
			 toilet up to a maximum of one-third of the required toilets. In toilet
			 facilities, constructed or substantially altered after April 2, 1985, urinals
			 shall be provided on the basis of one for each twenty-five male camp occupants.
			 The flooring under the urinal shall be constructed of impervious materials and
			 extend at least fifteen inches from the outward edge of the urinal to the
			 wall.
(6)
									Toilet facilities shall be provided with the
			 following:
(a)
										
			 Lighting at all hours of the day provided by an artificial light source located
			 within the facility, or a combination of artificial light and natural
			 light;
(b)
										Ventilation provided by natural or mechanical
			 means;
(7)
									In addition to the requirements of paragraph (A)(6) of
			 this rule, common use toilet facilities shall be provided with the
			 following:
(a)
										
			 An adequate and accessible supply of toilet tissue with
			 holders;
(b)
										Self-closing doors for all entrances/exits, and
			 sixteen-mesh screening for all outside openings that provide
			 ventilation;
(c)
										Handwashing facilities equipped with soap and
			 single-use hand towels or mechanical hand dryers.
(8)
									All toilet
			 facilities shall be located so that no individual is required to pass through a
			 sleeping room, other than his or her own, in order to use the toilet
			 facilities.
(9)
									Hygiene facilities shall be provided, for use of all
			 occupants, with the following:
(a)
										Supply of hot and cold running water;
(b)
										Showerheads in a
			 ratio of one for each fifteen occupants;
(c)
										Showerheads
			 spaced at least three feet apart, with a minimum of nine square feet of floor
			 space for each. Commercial shower stalls measuring thirty-two by thirty-two
			 inches are acceptable;
(d)
										Shower floors constructed of nonskid, impervious
			 materials and sloped to properly constructed floor drains;
(e)
										All walls and
			 partitions covered to the height of splash with a smooth and impervious
			 material. All junctions of the walls or partitions with the floor shall be
			 coved;
(f)
										Handwash sinks in a ratio of one for each fifteen
			 occupants;
(g)
										In addition to to the requirements (A)(9)(a) to
			 (A)(9)(f) of this rule, all common use facilities shall be provided with the
			 following:
(i)
											
			 Separate shower facilities for each sex. When shower facilities for both sexes
			 are in the same building they shall be separated by a solid wall extending from
			 the floor to the ceiling or roof, or a solid wall extending to a minimum height
			 of at least eight feet;
(ii)
											Signs, distinctly identifying the facilities for "men"
			 and "women", printed in both English and the native language of the persons
			 occupying the camp or with easily understood pictures or
			 symbols;
(iii)
											Adequate dry dressing space;
(iv)
											A minimum of one
			 showerhead and one handwash sink for each sex.
(h)
										In addition to
			 paragraphs (A)(9)(a), (A)(9)(c), (A)(9)(d), (A)(9)(e), and (A)(9)(g)(i) to
			 (A)(9)(g)(iii), camps established or substantially altered after April 2, 1985,
			 shall be provided with the following:
(i)
											Showerheads in
			 the ratio of one for ten occupants and a minimum of one for each sex in common
			 use facilities;
(ii)
											One handwash sink for each housing unit or for each six
			 occupants with and a minimum of one for each sex in a common use
			 facility.
(10)
									Hygiene
			 facilities shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition and located in
			 a building within two hundred feet of each housing unit.