§ 171.7. Toilet facilities.
(a) Separate toilet facilities for each sex shall be provided on the premises for the students. Toilet fixtures shall be of sanitary design and readily cleanable. Toilet facilities, including rooms and fixtures, shall be kept in a clean condition and in good repair. The doors of all toilet rooms shall be self-closing, and toilet rooms shall be adequately vented to the outside. Toilet tissue shall be provided. Easily cleanable receptacles shall be provided for waste materials, and such receptacles in toilet rooms for women shall be covered.
(b) Handwashing facilities shall be located in the classroom or adjacent thereto in all grades from kindergarten through grade two, and in other rooms where the activities require frequent handwashing.
(c) Each lavatory on the premises having running water under pressure shall be supplied with hot and cold water. Where the school premises do not have running water under pressure, the pupils shall be supplied with water for handwashing purposes from a container in an approved sanitary manner. Soap and individual towels or a satisfactory equivalent shall be provided.
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