Ill. Admin. Code tit. 20, § 2603.120 - Sanitation
Good sanitation practices must be a prime consideration. Children, in varying stages of adolescence, exhibit individual differences with respect to their personal habits. The facility must be maintained in a clean and orderly condition.
A cleaning schedule shall be established.
Quarters equipment, e.g., toilets, washbasins, shower stalls, and sinks, shall be thoroughly cleaned each day. All trash and garbage containers shall be equipped with tightfitting covers. Trash and garbage shall be removed at least daily and disposed of in a sanitary manner.
An adequate supply of clean clothing, bedding, towels, washcloths, soap, and cleaning supplies shall be maintained.
The floors of all rooms in which food or drink is stored, prepared, served or in which utensils are washed, shall be kept clean.
Frequent inspection of living areas shall be made to aid in control of body pests. Immediate extermination measures shall be taken when body pest infestation occurs, including spraying or fumigation of bedding, clothing, equipment, and all areas of the building supportive to existence and reproduction of the pests.
A continuous and effective program of insect and rodent control and extermination shall be established.
Furniture in living areas shall be wiped free of dust daily.
Refuse receptacles shall be located in living and sleeping areas and emptied daily.
Notes
State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare.