Sec.19-13-B35. Drinking cups and drinking fountains

Sanitary drinking fountains shall be installed or individual drinking cups, stored in such a manner as to be protected from contamination, shall be provided, where drinking water is made generally available upon the premises of any building, hotel, restaurant, theatre, hall, schoolhouse, industrial or mercantile establishment or in any park, street, railroad station, railroad car or ship. Where drinking water facilities are provided by any person, firm or corporation for the use of employees engaged in outdoor work or construction work, sanitary drinking fountains shall be installed or water storage containers and individual drinking cups shall be provided by such person, firm or corporation and such cups and the contents of such containers shall be protected against contamination. Such drinking fountains shall be constructed with a slanting jet issuing from a nozzle of non-oxidizing impervious material with a non-oxidizing guard to prevent the mouths and noses of persons using the fountain from coming in contact with the nozzle. The jet shall be located so as not to touch the guard and shall be discharged at such an angle that the water can neither fall back nor be forced back on to the point of discharge. The fountain jet and all openings in the water supply piping shall issue above the level of the fountain bowl. The drainage from the bowl shall be adequate and so constructed as to prevent fouling of the bowl. The drain from the fountain shall not have a direct physical connection to a waste pipe unless the drain is trapped. The waste opening and pipe from the fountain shall be of sufficient size to carry off the water promptly. The opening shall be provided with a strainer. All drinking fountains installed after January 12, 1954, shall be provided with their own receiving bowls and shall not be installed over sinks used for hand washing or other purposes.