The Scottish Government is planning to allow public toilets to reopen when the five mile travel restriction is lifted and before beer gardens reopen next month.
It follows weeks of complaints from across the country of people relieving themselves in the open after lockdown restrictions were first relaxed in late May.
Scots were free to meet outdoors in public parks or at the beach - but toilets remained closed.
Members of Holyrood's tourism committee were told today the situation could soon change with officials working on further guidance for local authorities on how restrooms could be reopened.
Nicola Sturgeon revealed yesterday that Scots would be free to travel further than five miles for recreation as of July 3, while beer gardens will be allowed to reopen as of July 6.
In respone to a question from Labour MSP Claire Baker, Bettina Sizeland, deputy director of tourism at the Scottish Government, confirmed: "Colleagues are working on further guidance to ensure toilets in particular can reopen safely."
Baker continued: "It's not the most edifying of subjects for a Thursday morning but there have been complaints now that people have been out and about more and not having access to toilets.
"The sooner that's matched up to the proposal to open beer gardens, that would be welcome."
Earlier this month Scotland’s national parks demanded guidance on reopening public toilets following reports of local residents near beaches and beauty spots discovering human excrement left by daytrippers.
Grant Moir, the chief executive of the Cairngorns National Park Authority, told the Guardian that toilets were the “number one on the list of issues to resolve”, adding that more information on the safe use of temporary toilets was needed.
“People are still touching the same handle to get in and out … there’s a lot to get right, and what we need now is guidance so that everyone knows how to keep both employees and the public safe and so that we are being consistent, and we want to have that in hand before further easing happens,” he said.
