Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice
Chapter 67 - Foster Home Licensing Standards
Article 4 - Health and Safety in the Foster Home
7 AAC 67.320 - Toilet facilities, sinks, showers, and bathing facilities

Universal Citation: 7 AK Admin Code 67.320

Current through August 30, 2024

(a) A foster home, except one located in an organized municipality or unorganized village with a population of less than 2,500, shall ensure that plumbing is sized, installed, and maintained as required by the applicable state plumbing code developed under AS 18.60.705 - 18.60.740, and by any applicable municipal plumbing code. A foster home shall ensure that plumbing in the foster home is consistent with good public health practices.

(b) A foster home shall provide and maintain clean and sanitary toilet facilities and ensure that in each toilet room

(1) at least one easily cleanable waste receptacle is provided; if soiled diapers are kept in a waste receptacle until disposed of, that waste receptacle must be covered;

(2) toilet tissue is provided;

(3) each step stool, if provided, has a nonslip tread made of a water-impervious, durable material; and

(4) each toilet lid, seat, and handle and each hand sink is kept clean and sanitary,

(c) The foster home shall ensure that each portable tub, bedpan, and potty-chair, as applicable, is emptied into a toilet or emptied by means of another sanitary waste disposal method, and is cleaned and sanitized after each use.

Authority:AS 44.30.020

AS 47.14.120

AS 47.32.010

AS 47.32.030

AS 47.32.130

AS 47.32.140

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