Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Health
Title R392 - Population Health, Environmental Health
Rule R392-502 - Public Lodging Facility Sanitation
Section R392-502-3 - Definitions
Current through Bulletin 2023-24, December 15, 2023
For the purposes of this rule, the following terms, phrases, and words shall have the meanings herein expressed:
(1) "Clean" means the condition of being visibly free from dirt, soil, stain, leftover food particles, or other materials not intended to be a part of the object in question.
(2) "Dilapidated" means a building or structure, or part thereof, which is:
(3) "Habitable space" means a space within a building or structure intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking, or eating. Bathrooms, laundry rooms, toilet rooms, closets, halls, storage or utility spaces, accessory buildings, and similar areas are not considered habitable spaces.
(4) "Hot water" means water heated to a temperature of not less than 110 degrees F (43.3 degrees C) at the outlet.
(5) "Linens" means fabric household goods intended for daily guest use, such as bedding, towels, and tablecloths.
(6) "Local Health Department" has the same meaning as provided in Section 26A-1-102(5).
(7) "Local Health Officer" means the director of the jurisdictional local health department as defined in 26A, Chapter 1, or a designated representative.
(8) "Nuisance" means a condition or hazard, or the source thereof, which may be deleterious or detrimental to the health, safety, or welfare of the public.
(9) "Operator" means any person who owns, leases, manages or controls, or who has the duty to manage or control a public lodging facility.
(10) "Pet" means a domesticated companion animal that is not included in the definition of a service animal or support animal under federal or state law that allows access of the animal to a public lodging facility.
(11) "Pet Friendly" means the designation of certain guest rooms or all guest rooms by an owner or operator to allow pets to stay in a guest room with the guest.
(12) "Pest" means a noxious, destructive, or troublesome organism whether plant or animal, when found in and around places of human occupancy, habitation, or use which threatens the health or well-being of the public.
(13) "Plumbing Code" means International Plumbing Code as incorporated and amended in Title 15A, State Construction and Fire Codes Act.
(14) "Plumbing fixture" means a receptacle or device that is connected to the water supply system of the premises; or discharges wastewater, liquid-borne waste materials, or sewage to the drainage system of the premises.
(15) "Premises" means any lot, parcel, or plot of land, including any buildings or structure.
(16) "Public lodging facility" means:
(17) "Public lodging unit" or "Guestroom" means a room, suite, or space occupied by the public located in and operated by a public lodging facility.
(18) "Red tagged" means having a notice affixed to an appliance by a qualified servicing utility indicating that the appliance has been found to contain an imminent safety hazard.
(19) "Sanitary" means the condition of being free from infective, physically hurtful, diseased, poisonous, unwholesome, or otherwise unhealthful substances and being completely free from vermin, vectors, and pests and from the traces of either, and free of harborage for vermin, vectors, or pests.
(20) "Service Animal" has the same meaning as provided in Section 35.104 of the Americans with Disabilities Act Title II Regulations.
(21) "Vector" means any organism, such as insects or rodents, that transmits a pathogen that can adversely affect public health.
(22) "Vermin" means rats, mice, cockroaches, bedbugs, flies, or any other pest or vector as determined by the local health officer to be harmful to the life, health, or welfare of the public.
(23) "Virucidal disinfectant" as defined in this rule means:
(24) "Wastewater" means sewage, industrial waste, or other liquid or waterborne substances causing or capable of causing pollution of waters of the state.
Adopted by Utah State Bulletin Number 2018-8, effective 3/26/2018