QUESTION
is it against health code violations to have a 5 gallon bucket used as a chair in the bathtub?
Asked on Dec 25th, 2015 on Family Law - New Jersey
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we have a roommate whos trying to use a 5 gallon bucket as a chair in the upstairs bathtub to sit on when she takes a shower/ bath. We tried explaining to her that she cannot do that, because it has a slippery service. She needs a chair with non-slip grips at the bottom for her medical safety and our legal safety and her response was "well until I can get 1, I will continue to use the bucket and I want it to stay in the bathtub". Now I have a 3 year old and a 19 month old that I have on a weekly/ bi-weekly schedule on the weekends and I am not going to jeopardized their lives because of her and the bucket. Is the bucket a health code violation? or against the law to have in the bathtub?
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I'm pretty sure if you were running some kind of care facility there would be a regulation about what you could and could not have in the bath tub to use as a chair. However, in your private home I don't know why i t would be a health code violation or against the law in any way. It might not be the safest thing to do, but its not a violation.
Answered on Dec 26th, 2015 at 11:26 PM
Diana L. Anderson, Certified Elder Law Attorney This response is not legal advice and does not establish any form of attorney/client relationship