Singapore legislation
Schedule 7
Schedule 7
Personal hygiene and sanitary facilities
SEVENTH SCHEDULERegulation 53(b)Personal hygiene and sanitary facilities
1. A licensee must provide toilet facilities at the licensee’s centre for the children attending at the centre at each level of the centre’s premises.
2. A licensee must ensure that —
the licensee’s centre has at least 2 wash hand basins and 2 flush toilets;
the ratio of wash basins that complies with paragraph 3(a) and are installed at the licensee’s centre to the total number of children enrolled in the centre is not less than 1:23; and
the ratio of flush toilets that complies with paragraph 3(b) and are installed at the licensee’s centre to the total number of children enrolled in the centre is not less than 1:23.
3. For the purposes of paragraph 2 —
each wash hand basin must be child-sized and suitable for use by any child who attends the licensee’s centre; and
each flush toilet must —
be child-sized;
be a pedestal type of toilet;
be of a height not more than 400 millimetres measured from the floor to the top of the bowl of the toilet (excluding the seat of the toilet); and
be housed in a cubicle that has partitions situated at the sides of the flush toilet that are sufficiently tall to provide a child who is using the flush toilet with privacy.
4. A licensee must ensure that at least one cubicle that houses a flush toilet at the licensee’s centre has a door or curtain directly opposite the flush toilet that is sufficient to provide a child who is using the flush toilet with privacy but does not prevent an adult from supervising the use of the flush toilet by the child should the need arise.
5. A licensee that provides full-day services to one or more children must provide bathing facilities (including water heaters) at the licensee’s centre that comply with the following:
bath facilities must be separated by partitions that are sufficiently tall to provide a child who is using the bathing facilities with privacy, but does not prevent an adult from supervising the bathing process of the child should the need arise;
at least one shower must be provided for every 50 children enrolled in the centre.
6. The licensee of a centre at which any infant class is conducted must comply with the following:
provide one sink and diaper changing area at the centre for every 10 children enrolled in the centre’s infant classes;
ensure that each such diaper changing area must have at least one diaper changing table with raised sides, and is located next to a sink with running water;
ensure that such other facilities or equipment as may be specified by the Chief Licensing Officer are provided at the centre.