Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 52, December 26, 2024
(a)
Each licensee shall ensure that all plumbing is installed and maintained in
accordance with all applicable local plumbing codes. In the absence of local
plumbing codes, all plumbing shall be installed and maintained by a licensed
plumber.
(b) Each licensee shall
ensure that all of the following requirements are met:
(1) Potable water under pressure shall be
available at all times at each fixture designed to provide water. Hot water
shall be provided to each fixture designed to use hot water.
(2) Each toilet room, bathing facility, and
laundry area shall be provided with ventilation to minimize condensation and to
prevent mold, algae, and odors.
Each newly constructed lodging establishment and each lodging
establishment undergoing major renovation shall be required to have mechanical
ventilation in each toilet room, bathing facility, and laundry area.
(3) Each fixture drain shall be
plumbed with a P-trap.
(4) All
openings for the passage of plumbing shall be verminproof.
(5) No fitting, connection, device, or method
of installation of plumbing shall obstruct or retard the flow of water, wastes,
sewage, or air in the drainage or venting system.
(c) All backflow devices shall meet the
design specifications for their intended use. All potable water supplies shall
be protected from sources of potential contamination. Each licensee shall
ensure that all of the following requirements are met:
(1) If provided, each boiler unit, fire
sprinkler system with chemical additives, lawn sprinkler with a means for
injection of pesticides, herbicides, or other chemicals, and pumped or
repressurized cooling or heating system shall be protected by a
reduced-pressure-principle backflow prevention assembly.
(A) The backflow prevention assembly shall be
tested at least annually.
(B)
Documentation of each test shall be maintained at the lodging establishment for
at least one year and shall be made available to the secretary upon
request.
(2) If
provided, each fire sprinkler system not using chemical additives and lawn
sprinkler system without a means for injection of pesticides, herbicides, or
other chemicals shall be protected by a double-check valve assembly.
(A) The double-check valve assembly shall be
tested at least annually.
(B)
Documentation of each test shall be maintained at the lodging establishment for
at least one year and shall be made available to the secretary upon
request.
(3) If
provided, each threaded faucet to which a hose is connected, flush valve, and
any similar device shall be protected by a vacuum breaker. Each commercial
dishwasher and each commercial laundry machine shall be protected by either a
vacuum breaker or an air gap.
(4)
If provided, each relief valve discharge line from a water heater,
water-holding tank, cooling tower, or water softener, each discharge line from
a commercial laundry machine, and each condensation line shall be protected by
an air gap.
(5) Each swimming pool
water supply line shall be protected by either an air gap or a double-check
valve assembly.
(6) Fire sprinklers
plumbed into a waterline over gas water heaters or furnaces, or both, shall not
be required to have a backflow device unless required by local
ordinance.