Sanitary Permits

Sanitary Permits. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or open the following business without a valid and current sanitary permit for such establishment or activity: (a) Funeral establishments, crematoriums and cemeteries; (b) Any establishment or activity involving food or drink service, temporary food service, food retail, wholesale and transportation operations, pushcarts, caterers, or motor vehicle food vendors; (c) Food manufacturing, processing, packaging, importation, distribution, and warehousing facilities; (d) Barber shops and beauty parlors; (e) Ice, water, and other beverage bottling plants and distributors thereof; (f) Tattoo and/or body piercing shops; (g) Massage parlors, bathing houses, spas and gymnasiums; (h) Health clinics and convalescent homes; (i) Schools and other child-care facilities; (j) Penal institutions (k) Hotels, motels, and other room accommodations; (l) Vector control and sanitation of aircraft, ships and commercial premises; (m) Swimming pools and water parks. Such permit shall be displayed at all times in a conspicuous place in the premises as designated by the Secretary. Only persons who comply with the pertinent provisions of this Act and the regulations promulgated there under shall be entitled to receive and retain such permit. Permit issuance and approval by the Secretary does not relieve the applicant from the obligation and responsibility of obtaining all necessary and required CNMI and/or Federal government permits. Source: Repealed and replaced by PL 12-48, § 3 (2122).