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 748.3397 - What are the requirements for bathing facilities?
Universal Citation: 26 TX Admin Code ยง 748.3397
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) All bath and shower areas must provide for individual privacy. This includes doors or nonabsorbent shower curtains to individual bathtubs and showers stalls.
(b) You must provide:
(1) At least one bathtub or shower for every
eight females and one for every eight males; and
(2) Separate shower and bath facilities for
each gender, where applicable.
(c) When common-use shower facilities for each gender are located in the same building, the facilities must be:
(1) Distinctly marked for each gender;
and
(2) Separated by a solid wall
from the floor to ceiling.
(d) Each shower and bathtub must be equipped with:
(1) Hot and cold running water under
sufficient pressure to meet the demands of the children; and
(2) Sufficient hot water to meet the demands
of the children.
(e) If prior to January 1, 2007, we granted you a permit, then you do not have to comply with these requirements until:
(1) You
move your operation to a new location;
(2) You structurally alter the current
bathroom facilities; or
(3) Your
permit is no longer valid.
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