Master plumber question

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If no food is to be prepped at this fixture, would it need to pass through a grease trap?

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i am not a master plumber but heres my advice from working with many of them

anything like a school that has kids you better strictly follow the code requirements, they tell you whats needed.

offhand i can tell you soap and grease are very much alike in what happens to it after going down a drain. for that reason, i might put a grease trap whether its required or not, to trap the soap residue that acts much like grease and collects it drain pipes

Is that normal code for a school? I have no idea, just an odd question unless someone told you that school sinks need a grease trap?

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If the sink is in a kitchen or even in a room where food is prepared, it will need to drain into a grease trap. 

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This room wouldn't have any food prepped, as it would be for infants only. This sink would just be for hand washing after diaper changes. I think the only consumables for the infants in the room would be milk or formula from bottles (prepared at home) that the parents take home and wash later.

My understanding is that the current sewer line serving this room doesn't pass through a grease trap.

ETA: Distinction here seems subtle on preparation/consumption, appreciate the replies

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I think the only consumables for the infants in the room would be milk or formula from bottles

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do not disclose this info to the health dept. milk/dairy is considered a fat (grease) and most definitely will require tie in to the grease trap. this is why the sinks behind a bar have to have a grease trap, even if they do not serve food

yes that is one option

No

I'm pretty confident all they would use it for is hand washing, but the infants would consume bottles in this room so I'm trying to figure out if that complicates the use of the sink, at least in the eyes of LDH