Regulations

Regulations. (a) The Secretary shall promulgate rules and regulations as required relative to the activities and/or physical premises for the sanitary operations of: (1) Funeral establishments, crematoriums and cemeteries; (2) 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; (3) Food manufacturing, processing, packaging, importation, distribution, and warehousing facilities; (4) Barber shops and beauty parlors; (5) Ice, water, and other beverage bottling plants and distributors thereof; (6) Tattoo and/or body piercing shops; (7) Massage parlors, bathing houses, spas and gymnasiums; (8) Health clinics and convalescent homes; (9) Schools and other child-care facilities; (10) Penal institutions; (11) Hotels, motels, and other room accommodations; (12) Vector control and sanitation of aircraft, ships and commercial and private premises; (13) Swimming pools and water parks. (b) The regulations adopted by the Secretary shall cover, but not be limited to: (1) water supply adequacy in quantity and quality; (2) disposal of sewage, refuse, and other wastes in compliance with CNMI environmental health standards in a manner that will not create a nuisance or health hazard; (3) cleanliness of premises and facilities; (4) protection of implements, equipment, and other materials against dust, dirt and contamination; (5) properly constructed equipment and the maintenance of such equipment; (6) restroom facilities; (7) control and exclusion of insects, rodents and other vectors; (8) infectious disease control. (c) Before any person shall commence to operate or open for business any establishment or activity listed in subsection (a) of this section, where a sanitary permit is required, he or she shall complete an application requesting a preoperation inspection by a Health Inspector. The Health Inspector shall inspect the location to determine whether such business or establishment satisfies the sanitation and environmental health standards established by this Act and the regulations promulgated there under. If the application is for a temporary food service establishment, then it shall also include the beginning and ending dates of the proposed operation. Source: Repealed and replaced by PL 12-48, § 3 (2123).