(1) A public health hazard is any condition
which could be expected to be responsible for illness, physical injury or
death.
(2) Any of the following
violations are public health hazards which require the permit- issuing official
or his designated representative to order immediate correction or to
immediately institute action as provided in the law and in this Subpart:
(i) supervision of children is not in
accordance with the supervisory or personnel qualification standards prescribed
in sections
7-2.5,
7-2.11 and
7-2.25
of this Subpart resulting in a child not being protected from any unreasonable
risk to his or her health or safety;
(ii) on-site potable water system serving the
children's camp contains contaminants in excess of the maximum contaminant
levels prescribed in Part 5 of this Title or section
7-2.6(e)
of this Subpart;
(iii) use of an
unapproved or contaminated water supply source;
(iv) treatment of the water system, required
for disinfection or removal of contaminants, is not continuous;
(v) disinfection which is inadequate to
destroy harmful microorganisms or to maintain a specified chlorine
residual;
(vi) presence of cross
connections or other faults in the water distribution or plumbing systems which
result, or may result, in the contamination of the potable water
supply;
(vii) insufficient quantity
of water to meet drinking or sanitary demands;
(viii) sewage on the ground surface in areas
accessible to children or which may contaminate food or pollute a source of
water supply or a bathing beach;
(ix) implementation of the medical
requirements of the camp safety plan not under the supervision of a camp health
director; at camps for children with developmental disabilities, as defined in
section
7-2.2(d)(1)
of this Subpart, medication is not under the supervision of licensed or
certified personnel;
(x) passengers
transported in the bed of a truck or trailer or in any other portion of a
vehicle that is not designed for passenger occupancy; children transported
without counselor supervision in a vehicle;
(xi) camp swimming pool or bathing beach not
under the direct supervision of the camp aquatics director or his
assistant;
(xii) allowing swimming
or incidental water immersion which is not in accordance with section
7-2.11(a)(1),
(5)(iii) or (j) of this Subpart;
(xiii) minimum safety equipment in Part 6 of
this Title not provided at the waterfront or swimming pool. Depth markings not
provided at a swimming pool or a bathing beach as required by Part 6 of this
Title;
(xiv) failure to provide
fencing or other security during nonuse of a pool;
(xv) failure to use personal flotation
equipment during boating or other waterfront activities;
(xvi) failure to establish and enforce the
Buddy System and Board System or other method generally accepted as providing a
similar or equivalent level of bather safety during swim periods;
(xvii) permitting diving in hazardous
areas;
(xviii) failure to restrict
non-swimmers to water less than chest deep except as allowed under section
7-2.11(a)
of this Subpart;
(xix) riflery
conducted without adequate supervision or on a range hazardous to campers or
the general public;
(xx) archery or
horseback riding not under the direction of competent instructors with
equipment and facilities installed and maintained to eliminate
hazards;
(xxi) overcrowding of
sleeping quarters resulting in inadequate spacing of bunks or in blockage of
fire exits; failure to supervise children in sleeping quarters;
(xxii) failure to provide two fire exits
where required or blockage of a required fire exit by locking or other
obstruction;
(xxiii) failure to
provide a fire alarm system in multi-story buildings;
(xxiv) installation of stoves or heating
equipment constituting a fire hazard or inadequate venting of fumes;
(xxv) failure to properly store flammable
liquids and toxic substances;
(xxvi) failure to maintain firefighting
equipment in working order;
(xxvii)
failure to implement the camp safety plan resulting in a child not being
protected from any unreasonable risk to his or her safety; or
(xxviii) any other item deemed to be a public
health hazard by the permit-issuing official under this Subpart or part 5, 6 or
14 of the Sanitary Code.
