1. (1) "Department" means the Utah Department of Health and Human Services.
2. (2) "Imminent Health Hazard" means a significant threat or danger to health that is considered to exist when there is evidence sufficient to show that a product, practice, circumstance, or event creates a situation that can cause infection, disease transmission, pest infestation, or hazardous condition that requires immediate correction or cessation of operation to prevent injury, illness, or death.
3. (3) "Local health department" has the same meaning as provided in Subsection 26A-1-102(5).
4. (4) "Local health officer" means the health officer of the local health department having jurisdiction, or designated representative.
5. (5) "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.
6. (6) "Operator" means a person with ownership or overall responsibility for managing or operating a public place.
7. (7) "Pest" means a noxious, destructive, or troublesome organism whether plant or animal, when found in and around places of human occupancy, habitation, or use that threatens the public health or well-being of the people within the state.
8. (8) "Plumbing Code" means International Plumbing Code as incorporated and amended in Title 15A, State Construction and Fire Codes Act.
9. (9) "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.
10. (10) "Premises" means any lot, parcel, or plot of land, including any buildings or structure.

11. (11)(a) "Public place" means a place, facility, or location listed in Section 26B-7-402 which may be an indoor or outdoor area, whether privately or publicly owned, to which persons not employed at the place have general and regular access by right or by invitation, expressed or implied, whether by payment of money or not, including:

    1. (i) orphanages;

       1. (ii) boarding homes;
       2. (iii) factories;
       3. (iv) workshops;
       4. (v) private sanatoria;
       5. (vi) physician and dentist offices, including waiting rooms;
       6. (vii) public conveyances and terminals;
       7. (viii) public baths, including saunas;
       8. (ix) public bathing beaches;
       9. (x) amusement parks;
       10. (xi) public parks and green space;
       11. (xii) service stations; and
       12. (xiii) state, county, or municipal institutions, including hospitals.
    2. (b) A public place may also include public buildings and grounds, as well as centers and places used for public gatherings such as auditoriums, theaters, libraries, museums, concert halls, indoor arenas, and meeting rooms.
    3. (c) A public place is not a place used exclusively by one or more individuals for a private gathering or other personal purpose.
12. (12) "Sanitary" means the condition of being free from infective, physically hurtful, diseased, poisonous, or otherwise unhealthful substances and being free from vectors and pests and from the traces of either, and free of harborage for vectors or pests.

13. (13) "Toilet fixture" means:

    1. (a) a water flush toilet that discharges to a public sanitary sewer system or an approved onsite wastewater disposal system;
    2. (b) a privy seat in a vault privy; or
    3. (c) a chemical toilet in a portable restroom.
14. (14) "Vault privy" means the same as defined in Rule R317-560, Rules for the Design, Construction, and Maintenance of Vault Privies and Earthen Pit Privies.
15. (15) "Vector" means any organism, such as insects or rodents, that transmits a pathogen that can affect public health.
16. (16) "Wastewater" means discharges from each plumbing facility including restrooms, kitchen, and laundry fixtures either separately or in combination.

For the purposes of this rule:

KEY: public places, public restrooms, public health, general sanitation

Date of Last Change: August 17, 2023

Notice of Continuation: November 9, 2023

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 26B-1-202; 26B-7-113; 26B-7-402