Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 748 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR GENERAL RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS
Subchapter P - PHYSICAL SITE
Division 3 - TOILET AND BATH FACILITIES
Section 748.3393 - What are the requirements for a toilet that a child uses?

Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024

(a) Your operation must dispose of wastewater into a sanitary sewage system, or an approved septic system in accordance with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and submit to any routine inspections required by law.

(b) You must provide:

(1) At least one toilet for every eight children. All toilets must provide individual privacy, including doors to individual toilet stalls; and

(2) Separate toilet facilities for males and females.

(c) When toilet facilities for each gender are located in the same building, the toilet facilities must be:

(1) Distinctly marked for each gender; and

(2) Separated by a solid wall from floor to ceiling.

(d) Toilets must be equipped with toilet paper at all times.

(e) Toilet facilities must meet the handicap accessibility standards according to the American with Disabilities Act, if applicable.

(f) Urinals may be substituted for the toilets for the males on a ratio of one urinal or 24 inches of trough-type urinal for one toilet, not to exceed one-third of the required toilets. Urinals must have privacy walls on three sides that must be constructed of nonabsorbent materials.

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