Public restrooms: There’s an access law that can help

Re: “How Seattleites solve the restroom problem” [Oct. 16. Northwest]:

As an older gentleman, I too have event to wish a restroom extra typically than most. The article famous above, nevertheless, ought to add that RCW 70.54.400 requires a enterprise proprietor to permit a buyer to make use of an worker solely lavatory upon presentation of the “Buyer Entry to Worker Rest room” card signed by a physician. It’s accessible at doh.wa.gov/hsqa (search “Buyer Entry to Worker Rest room”).

I’ve such a card, it matches in my pockets like a bank card, and have used it. There is no such thing as a want to hold precise proof of a medical situation.

Kevin Donnelly, Seattle