Section 25-D813. PHYSICAL FACILITIES - HEATING AND VENTILATION SYSTEMS

 

813.1All bathrooms, restrooms, locker rooms, toilet rooms, and laundry rooms shall be adequately ventilated so that excessive moisture is removed from the room. Acceptable ventilation includes mechanical exhaust ventilation, a recirculating vent, or screened windows, except as specified in section 813.2.

 

813.2Section 813.1 does not apply to rooms within a massage establishment or health spa facility that are intentionally humid, such as a steam room.

 

813.3Each system for heating, cooling or ventilation shall be properly maintained and operational at all times when the rooms are occupied.

 

813.4All massage therapy rooms, bathrooms, restrooms, locker rooms, and toilet rooms shall be capable of being maintained at a temperature between sixty-eight degrees Fahrenheit (68° F) (twenty degrees Celsius (20° C)) and eighty degrees Fahrenheit (80° F) (twenty-seven degrees Celsius (27° C)) while being used by customers, unless intentionally warmer for therapeutic purposes, such as in a sauna.

 

813.5The use of portable space heaters is prohibited.

 

authority

The Director of the Department of Health, pursuant to the authority set forth in section 4902 of the Department of Health Functions Clarification Act of 2001 (Act) (effective October 3, 2001), D.C. Law 14-28, D.C. Official Code § 7-731(a)(12) (2008 Repl.), and Mayor’s Order 2006-10 dated January 27, 2006.

source

Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 7975 (October 9, 2009); as corrected by Errata Notice published at 57 DCR 7899 (August 27, 2010).