2013 District of Columbia Code
Division VIII — GENERAL LAWS
Title 44 — CHARITABLE AND CURATIVE INSTITUTIONS
Subtitle I — HEALTH RELATED INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 1 — ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCE REGULATION
Subchapter X — FACILITY REGULATIONS
Section 44-110.06 — Bathrooms.
(a) An ALR shall ensure that there is one full bathroom, for every 6 residents, including live-in family or staff. Additional full or half baths shall be available to non-live-in staff. No resident shall be required to traverse more than one flight of stairs to access a bathroom and appropriate accommodations shall be made for residents who are unable to climb stairs.
(b) When applicable, bathrooms shall contain adequate space and strategically located grab bars to allow residents who use wheelchairs to utilize toilets, tubs, showers, and wash basins without traversing a stair way.
(c) An ALR shall insure that the temperature of the hot water at all taps to which residents have access is controlled by the use of thermostatically controlled mixing valves or by other means, including control at the source, so that the water temperature does not exceed 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
History
(June 24, 2000, D.C. Law 13-127, § 1006, 47 DCR 2647; Sept. 26, 2012, D.C. Law 19-169, § 27(d), 59 DCR 5567.)
Annotations
Effect of Amendments. The 2012 amendment by D.C. Law 19-169 substituted "residents who use wheelchairs" for "wheelchair-bound residents" in (b).
Legislative History of Law 13-127. For Law 13-127, see notes following § 44-101.01.
Legislative History of Law 19-169. Law 19-169, the "People First Respectful Language Modernization Amendment Act of 2012," was introduced in Council and assigned Bill No. 19-189. The Bill was adopted on first and second readings on Mar. 6, 2012, and Apr. 17, 2012, respectively. Signed by the Mayor on May 15, 2012, it was assigned Act No. 19-361 and transmitted to Congress for its review. D.C. Law 19-169 became effective on Sept. 26, 2012.
Editor's Notes Section 35 of D.C. Law 19-169 provided that no provision of the act shall impair any right or obligation existing under law.
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