SECTION 310:257-7-59. Equipment, clothes washers and dryers, and storage cabinets, contamination prevention

(a)   Except as specified in (b) of this Section, equipment, a cabinet used for the storage of food, or a cabinet that is used to store cleaned and sanitized equipment, utensils, laundered linens, and single-service and single-use articles may not be located:

(1)   In locker rooms;

(2)   In toilet rooms;

(3)   In garbage rooms;

(4)   In mechanical rooms;

(5)   Under sewer lines that are not shielded to intercept potential drips;

(6)   Under leaking water lines including leaking automatic fire sprinkler heads or under lines on which water has condensed;

(7)   Under open stairwells; or

(8)   Under other sources of contamination.

(b)   A storage cabinet used for linens or single-service or single-use articles may be stored in a locker room.

(c)   If a mechanical clothes washer or dryer is provided, it shall be located so that the washer or dryer is protected from contamination and only where there is no exposed food; clean equipment, utensils, and linens; and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles.

[Source: Added at 23 Ok Reg 2358, eff 6-25-06]