# The Education (School Premises) Regulations 1999, Regulation 12: Sick rooms


(1) A boarding school shall include, as part of the boarding accommodation—
(a) one or more sick rooms;
(b) if the school has more than 40 boarding pupils, one or more separate isolation rooms; and
(c) associated facilities by way of baths, washbasins and water closets,
which satisfy the requirements of paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In the case of a school with both male and female boarding pupils, any of whom have attained the age of 8 years, separate sick rooms shall be provided for male pupils and for female pupils.
(3) The floor area of a sick room or isolation room shall not be less than 7.4m2 for each bed and there shall be a distance of not less than 1.8m between any two beds in a sick room or isolation room.
(4) A cubicle for a single pupil shall have its own window.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-premises-regulations-1999/regulation-12
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