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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 25. FOOD OPERATIONS AND COMMUNITY HYGIENE FACILITIES |
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SubTilte 25-B. FOOD PROCESSING OPERATIONS CODE |
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Chapter 25-B19. NUMBER, CAPACITY, LOCATION, AND OPERATION OF PHYSICAL FACILITIES |
Section 25-B1911. EMPLOYEE ACCOMMODATIONS- DESIGNATED AREAS , CHANGING ROOMS, SHOWERS FACILITIES
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1911.1Areas designated for employees to eat, drink, and use tobacco shall be located so that food, equipment, utensils, food-contact surfaces, or food- packaging materials are protected from contamination.
1911.2Locker rooms shall be used by employees if employees regularly change their clothes in the establishment
1911.3Lockers or other suitable facilities shall be provided for the orderly storage of employees' clothing, either personal or supplied by management, and other possessions in a designated room or area where contamination of food, equipment, utensils, food contact surfaces, or food-packaging materials can not occur.
1911.4A food operation that requires employees to wear protective clothing because of the possibility of contamination shall provide changing rooms equipped with storage facilities for street clothes and separate storage facilities for the protective clothing
1911.5When a food operation provides work clothes that become wet or are washed between shifts, clothes drying facilities shall be provided to insure that such clothing is dry before reuse.
1911.6A food operation that requires employees to shower because of a particular food processing standard shall provide one shower for every ten (10) employees of each sex, or numerical fraction thereof, who are required to shower during the same shift.
1911.7Each shower shall be conveniently equipped with:
(a)Body soap or other appropriate cleansing agents;
(b)Hot and cold water feeding a common discharge line; and
(c)A supply of individual clean towels for employees who use the showers.