A. The provider shall ensure that a
continuous source of safe drinking water is available to a foster child or
child in a residential group care facility receiving care.
B. The provider shall obtain a written water
analysis report if the home uses a non-municipal water source that shall meet
the following standards:
1. If a home uses a non-municipal
water source including private well water or another source of drinking water,
the provider shall have the water tested for safety under subsection
(B)(2).
2. If the home's water is from any
source other than an approved public water supply, the foster parent shall
obtain a written water analysis report, showing that the water is within
acceptable state and federal standards for drinking water for the age of the
children in care. The provider shall obtain the analysis and report from a
laboratory certified by the Arizona Department of Health Services as part of
the initial licensing process and before each renewal.
1. The analysis report shall be from a
laboratory certified by the Arizona Department of Health Services;
2. The analysis report shall be completed no
more than 12 months prior to the date of the Life Safety Inspection completed
by OLR;
3. The analysis report
shall be available in the home at all times and presented at the time of
inspection; and
4. If the analysis
report details contaminants are found to exceed acceptable state and federal
standards for drinking water the provider shall prepare a plan with the
guidance of the licensing agency or OLR to include:
a. How the provider will ensure safe drinking
water will be available in the home;
b. Efforts to reduce identified contaminants
to meet state and federal standards for drinking water; and
c. Approval by OLR.
C. The provider shall ensure that
the sewage disposal for the setting is functioning. If the setting has a septic
tank, it shall be in good working order, with no visible signs of leakage on
the ground.
D. The provider shall
ensure that at least one working toilet, wash basin, and shower or tub is
available for every seven persons living or receiving care in the home at the
same time.
Notes
Ariz. Admin. Code §
R21-8-111
New
section made by exempt rulemaking at
21
A.A.R. 3517, effective
1/24/2016. Amended
by final rulemaking at
28
A.A.R. 809, effective 6/6/2022.
