New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 44C - STANDARDS FOR COMMUNITY RESIDENCES FOR PERSONS WITH HEAD INJURIES
Subchapter 6 - FIRE SAFETY AND PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
Section 10:44C-6.14 - Bathrooms
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Every residence shall be provided with one flush-type toilet and sink for every four persons served and one bathtub or shower for every six persons served living in the home.
(b) Every toilet, sink, bathtub, or shower shall be accessible without passing through any other sleeping unit and shall be available within one floor above or below the room of a person served, unless it is a master bedroom type suite where the bathroom is used solely by that bedroom's occupants.
(c) Toilet paper, soap and toweling shall be available at each toilet and lavatory for access by each person served living in a home.
(d) Bathroom doors shall be equipped with standard hardware which provides a privacy lock and which can be readily opened from the outside in an emergency and with only appropriate staff having access to the key, as needed. Hooks and eyes, bolts, bars, and other similar devices shall not be used on bathroom doors.