Alabama Administrative Code
Title 420 - ALABAMA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
Chapter 420-3-11 - CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, AND OPERATION OF HOTELS
Section 420-3-11-.08 - Toilet And Bath Facilities

(a) In hotels where there are floors which have guest rooms without private or adjoining bath and toilet rooms, there shall be installed at least one male and one female facility per floor. These facilities shall conform to all applicable plumbing and building codes as enforced by local officials.

(b) Public and employee handwashing lavatories and toilets shall be installed as required by applicable plumbing codes as enforced by local plumbing officials. There shall be a minimum of one lavatory supplied with hot and cold water tempered by means of a mixing faucet, and one toilet for the use of the hotel employees.

(c) There shall be one handwashing lavatory supplied with hot and cold water tempered by means of a mixing faucet in all hotel laundry rooms and in the rooms or adjacent to the rooms where utensils are washed and/or wrapped.

(a) Toilets, bathrooms, and related fixtures and equipment shall be of substantial, durable, and easily cleanable construction. These rooms, fixtures, and equipment shall be kept in good repair.

(b) Toilets and bathrooms shall be vented to the outside. Ventilation shall be provided in these rooms through an opened screened window or by a mechanical ventilation system. Ventilation through common pipe chases or similar arrangements shall have suitable fans that are ducted to the buildings exterior and which are operating at all times. Public toilets shall be vented to the exterior of all new or extensively remodeled hotels.

(c) The use of ductless air filtration systems to meet ventilation requirements is prohibited in all new or extensively remodeled hotels.

(a) All public, employee and occupied guest room toilet and bath facilities shall be cleaned daily. Guest room toilet and bath facilities shall be thoroughly cleaned before being rented to the next occupant. Walls, ceilings and other surfaces shall be cleaned at a frequency to prevent accumulation of dust, dirt, soap film and mildew.

(b) The use of common towels in employee and public lavatories or bath facilities is prohibited. An ample supply of hand soap or cleanser, single-service sanitary towels or approved hand drying devices, waste cans, including a covered can in public and employee women's restrooms, and toilet paper shall be required. An adequate supply of toilet paper, soap and clean towels shall be required in guest toilet and/or bathrooms.

Authors: Ronald Dawsey, Tim Hatch