The Gazette officielle du Québec has published a draft regulation modifying the Building Code and the Safety Code of Quebec. This project envisages the obligation to limit the temperature of water from taps, showers and bathtubs to 43°C in facilities-based care and in private residences for elderly people.
The project also envisages the keeping of a registry on the adjustment of the temperature, as well as on the type of devices of limitation allowed in these facilities and residences.
We invite you to consult the draft regulations:
- Projet de règlement modifiant le Code de construction (Température de l’eau) [PDF, 13.9 ko]
- Projet de règlement modifiant le Code de sécurité (Température de l’eau) [PDF, 11.6 ko].
For any question or comment:
To obtain additional information, please communicate with Mr André Lacroix, engineer at the Régie du bâtiment du Québec by mail to: 800, place D'Youville, 15th floor, Quebec (Quebec) G1R 5S3, by telephone at: (418) 646-0485, or by fax at: (418) 646-9280.
Any person wishing to formulate comments on this subject is requested to forward them in writing, by Friday June 15, by mail, to Mr Michel Beaudoin, president-director general of the Régie du bâtiment du Québec, at 545, Crémazie East Blvd, 3rd floor, Montreal (Quebec) H2M 2V2.