Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 511 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 511-3 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARDS › Subject 511-3-6 - PORTABLE SANITATION CONTRACTORS › Rule 511-3-6-.02 - Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(a) "Approval" or
				"approved" means acceptable or accepted by the Health Authority in accordance
				with applicable specifications stated herein or with additional criteria
				applied by the Authority.
(b)
				"Certified Portable Sanitation Contractor" means an individual engaged in
				furnishing, renting, or servicing portable units, and that has met the
				certification requirements of this Chapter and is in good standing with the
				Department.
(c) "Certified Portable
				Sanitation Company" means a person engaged in the business of furnishing,
				renting or servicing portable sanitation units, and that has met the
				requirements of this Chapter and is in good standing with the
				Department.
(d) "Construction Site"
				means a development area in which building construction, repair, or land
				improvement is taking place.
(e)
				"Department" or ""DPH" means the Georgia Department of Public Health.
(f) "Health Authority "means a county board
				of health organized pursuant to O.C.G.A. Sections
				 31-3-1
et seq.
(g) "Holding Tank" means a water-tight
				container utilized temporarily to hold sewage from a portable sanitation
				unit.
(h) "Onsite Sewage Management
				System" means a sewage management system other than a public or community
				sewage treatment system, whether serving single or multiple buildings, mobile
				homes, recreational vehicles, residences or other facilities designed or used
				for human occupancy or congregation. It includes conventional septic tank
				systems and privies, as well as alternative onsite sewage management systems
				approved by the local Health Authority.
(i) "Person" means any individual,
				partnership, corporation or association including bodies political and
				corporate.
(j) "Portable chemical
				toilet" means a self contained non-flush portable toilet facility containing a
				solution of water and chemical intended for the collection and temporary
				storage of human body wastes.
(k)
				"Portable hand washing fixture" means any portable fixture containing fresh
				water, soap and disposable towels used for cleaning an individual's
				hands.
(l) "Portable sanitation
				contractor" means an individual performing services related to installation,
				pumping, transportation, disposal, maintenance, removal, or safe management of
				portable sanitation units and portable hand washing fixtures.
(m) "Portable sanitation unit" means any
				portable structure or fixture used for the collection, temporary storage and
				chemical treatment of human body wastes that is not connected to an onsite
				sewage management system or public or community sewerage system. It includes
				portable chemical toilets and portable hand washing fixtures.
(n) "Portable sanitation waste" means sewage
				from portable sanitation units or other equipment designed for temporary
				collection and storage of waste containing human excreta or residuals of such,
				or other waste having similar characteristics, and the ingredients used as part
				of operation of the portable sanitation unit. It does not include liquid or
				solid material removed from a septic tank or similar treatment works that
				receives commercial wastewater, industrial wastewater or grease removed from a
				grease trap.
(o) "Prohibited
				discharge" means the discharge or spillage of sewage from a portable sanitation
				unit in violation of law and that constitutes a public health
				nuisance.
(p) "Public health
				nuisance" means any condition with the potential to cause or promote pathogens,
				infection, or disease in any individual or the public in general.
(q)"Sanitary" means free of conditions with
				the potential to cause or promote pathogens, infection, or disease in any
				individual or the public in general.
(r) "Sewage" means human excreta, all
				water-carried wastes, and liquid portable sanitation waste including grey water
				from portable showers and hand washing fixtures.
(s) "Special event" means any temporary
				activity attracting more than fifty persons and where individuals congregate to
				participate in or observe an activity in outdoor or portable enclosed or
				semi-enclosed structures for more than two consecutive hours.
(t) "Toilet" means a sanitary fixture meeting
				Health Authority and plumbing code requirements for receipt and conveyance of
				human body wastes to a public or community sewerage system or an onsite sewage
				management system.
O.C.G.A. Sections
				  31-2A-6,  31-12-8,  31-27-9,  12-8-1.