GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1993 SESSION

CHAPTER 528
HOUSE BILL 1492

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE BUILDING CODE COUNCIL TO ESTABLISH STANDARDS FOR TEMPORARY TOILET FACILITIES AT CONSTRUCTION SITES TO ENSURE SANITARY CONDITIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Article 9 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 143-143.3.  Temporary toilet facilities at construction sites.
(a)	Suitable toilet facilities shall be provided and maintained in a sanitary condition during construction.  An adequate number of facilities must be provided for the number of employees at the construction site.  There shall be at least one facility for every two contiguous construction sites.  Such facilities may be portable, enclosed, chemically treated, tank-tight units.  Portable toilets shall be enclosed, screened, and weatherproofed with internal latches.  Temporary toilet facilities need not be provided on-site for crews on a job site for no more than one working day and having transportation readily available to nearby toilet facilities.
(b)	It shall be the duty of the Building Code Council to establish standards to carry out the provisions of subsection (a) of this section not inconsistent with the requirements for toilet facilities at construction sites established pursuant to federal occupational safety and health rules."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective August 1, 1993.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 24th day of July, 1993.

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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives