Alabama Administrative Code › Title 420 - ALABAMA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH › Chapter 420-3-21 - CAMP SANITATION › Section 420-3-21-.01 - General Provisions

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1)
			 Purpose - To provide a healthy environment at, and to establish specific
			 minimum standards for the design, construction, maintenance, and operation of,
			 camps within Alabama.
(2) Statutory Authority - These rules are adopted pursuant to
				  the provisions of Sections
				  22-2-2(6),
				  22-20-5,
				  34-15-3,
Code of Ala.
				  1975
.
(3) Definitions - The following definitions shall apply in
				  the interpretation and enforcement of these rules:
(a) "Approved" means acceptable to the Health Officer based
				  on his/her determination as to conformance with appropriate standards and good
				  public health practices.
(b) "Board" means the Board of Health of the State of Alabama
				  as defined by Section
				  22-2-1,
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, or the State Health Officer or his/her designee, when acting
				  for the Board, for the purposes of these rules, the Bureau of Environmental
				  Services.
(c) "Camp" means any place, area, parcel, or tract of land
				  upon which persons or groups of persons temporarily congregate for educational,
				  recreational, religious or therapeutic purposes. These rules do not apply to
				  hunting and fishing camps, school classrooms, locker rooms and/or dormitories
				  and their related training facilities when operated under the guidance of
				  officials from the institution. Camps which are subject to these rules are
				  either a:
1. Day Camp - A camp that does not provide facilities for
				  overnight use, or
2. Resident Camp - Any camp that provides permanent or
				  semi-permanent facilities for sleeping and which may or may not provide
				  centralized food preparation and food service facilities.
(d) "Food Service Facility" means any facility operated in
				  connection with a camp to provide food and/or beverages for occupants of the
				  camp.
(e) "Disposal Site" means any site in or on any camp where
				  refuse materials are routinely disposed of by approved methods.
(f) "Health Officer" means the Health Officer of the county
				  or district in which the camp in question is located as provided in Section
				  22-3-2, Code of Alabama, 1975; or
				  the authorized representative.
(g) "Manager" means the person having charge of the operation
				  of a camp whether such person be the proprietor or his/her duly authorized
				  representative.
(h) "Swimming Areas" means all designated lakes, reservoirs,
				  creeks, ponds, pools and streams together with shores.
(i) "Permit" means a written document issued by the Health
				  Officer giving permission to operate a specific camp.
(j) "Person" means an individual, a firm, partnership,
				  company, corporation, trustee, association, or any public or private
				  entity.
(k) "Proprietor" means the person who is legally responsible
				  for the operation of a camp.
(l) "Refuse" means all garbage, rubbish, sewage sludge, and
				  all putrescible and nonputrescible materials.
(m) "Sewage" means all water-carried wastes.
(n) "A.D.E.M." means the Alabama Department of Environmental
				  Management.
(o) "Shall" means a mandatory requirement.
Authors:
Ronald Dawsey, Timothy Hatch
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										22-2-2(6),
				  22-20-5,
				  34-15-3.