1. (1)(a) Upon presenting proper identification, the operator shall permit the local health officer to enter the premises of a public lodging facility to perform inspections, investigations, reviews, and other actions as necessary to ensure compliance with this rule.

   1. (b) The local health officer may not enter an occupied public lodging unit without the express verbal or written permission of the occupant except when a warrant is issued to a duly authorized public safety officer that authorizes the local health officer to enter, or when the operator and the local health officer determine that there exists an imminent risk to the life, health, or safety of the occupant.

KEY: public health, hotel, motel, public lodging

Date of Last Change: August 17, 2023

Notice of Continuation: October 21, 2021

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 26B-1-202 and 26B-7-402