Section 25-B1900. HANDWASHING SINKS - NUMBER, AND LOCATION

 

1900.1Handwashing sinks shall be located to allow convenient use by employees in food processing areas, and in, or immediately adjacent to, toilet rooms.

 

1900.2Handwashing sinks located in the toilet rooms, or within an anteroom or vestibule serving a toilet room, do not meet the requirements for handwashing sinks in operating areas for persons working in any capacity the activities of which include contact with unprotected food for human consumption, or the care and use of food contact surfaces.

 

1900.3Any area of food operation in which open food is handled shall have its own handwashing sink, other than a toilet room, which shall be located not more than twenty feet (20 ft.) from where the food is handled; provided, that the Department shall have the discretion to require that this handwashing sink be located closer than twenty feet (20 ft.) from the area where food is handled.

 

1900.4The Department may permit the continuing use of existing handwashing sinks to meet the requirements of this section if the sinks:

 

(a)Are immediately adjacent to the operational areas they are intended to serve;

 

(b)Are not available to or used by the public; and

 

(c)Do not serve more than three (3) persons when the activities of any person involve contact with unprotected food for human consumption or the care and use of food contact surfaces.

 

1900.5If approved and capable of removing the types of soils encountered in the food operations involved, automatic handwashing facilities may be substituted for handwashing sinks in a food processing operation that has at least one (1) handwashing sink.

 

source

Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 5245 (July 3, 2009).