Code of Maine Rules › 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › 144 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - GENERAL › Chapter 206 - RULES RELATING TO LODGING ESTABLISHMENTS › Chapter 1 - PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS › Section 144-206-1-B - Applicability and Terms Defined

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1 APPROVED means
				  acceptable to the Department, based on its determination as to conformance with
				  appropriate standards and good public health practice.
2 BED AND BREAKFAST see LODGING
				  PLACES
3 BUNKHOUSE see LODGING
				  PLACES
4 COMMON AREAS are parts of
				  an establishment which are open to all guests. The term includes, but not by
				  way of limitation, hallways, stairways, and vending areas.
5 COMMON DRINKING CUPS are cups that are
				  shared by two or more individuals or by all members of a group.
6 COMMON TOWELS are towels that are shared by
				  two or more individuals or by all members of a group.
7 CORROSION-RESISTANT MATERIALS means those
				  materials that maintain their original surface characteristics under prolonged
				  normal use of cleaning compounds, bactericidal solutions, and other normal
				  uses.
8 COTTAGE see LODGING
				  PLACES
9 CRITICAL VIOLATION means a
				  violation of these rules which is more likely than other rule violations to
				  present a clear risk of contamination, illness, or environmental health
				  hazard.
10 DEPARTMENT means the
				  Department of Human Services.
11
				  DORMITORY see LODGING PLACES
12
				  EASILY CLEANABLE means that surfaces which are readily accessible and made of
				  such materials and finish, or so fabricated, that materials may be effectively
				  removed by normal cleaning methods.
13 EATING AND LODGING PLACE see LODGING
				  PLACES
14 EMPLOYER means the
				  license holder or individual having supervisory or managerial duties at the
				  licensed establishment.
15 FOOT
				  CANDLE is a standard unit, established as a point of reference, which is used
				  when measuring quantity of light. One Foot Candle equals the total intensity of
				  light which falls upon a one square foot surface placed 1 foot away from a
				  point source of light that equals 1 candle power.
16 GUEST HOME see LODGING PLACES
17 HOTEL see LODGING PLACES
18 LODGING PLACES means every building or
				  structure, or any part thereof, used, maintained, advertised or held out to the
				  public as a place where sleeping accommodations are furnished to the public for
				  business purposes. The term includes, but not by way of limitation, hotels,
				  motels, guest homes and cottages. A Lodging License is required for any person
				  or entity which rents out four or more rooms or cottages. For exceptions to
				  this definition, please refer to 22 M.R.S.A. §2501.
The term LODGING PLACES include:
a BED AND BREAKFAST is a unique eating and
				  lodging establishment where the general public can stay overnight, and are
				  provided with a "limited menu," serving only a breakfast meal. This meal can be
				  either a full breakfast or a continental breakfast. Unlike other food
				  establishments, the meal is prepared in the private home. A lodging license is
				  required regardless of the number of rooms;
b BUNKHOUSE means and includes a rough simple
				  building providing sleeping quarters, with or without bedding; or any other
				  similar rustic dwelling which provides lodging. Bunkhouses that are part of a
				  licensed campground or recreational camp are not lodging places;
c COTTAGE means a single structure where
				  sleeping accommodations are furnished to the public as a business for day,
				  week, or month, but not for more than the entire summer season;
d DORMITORY means a room in any establishment
				  used for sleeping purposes by four (4) or more unrelated persons;
e EATING AND LODGING PLACE or LODGING PLACE
				  means every building or structure or any part thereof kept, used as, maintained
				  as, advertised as or held out to the public to be a place where eating and
				  sleeping or sleeping accommodations are furnished to the public as a business,
				  such as hotels, motels, guest homes and cottages;
f GUEST HOMES, HOTELS, and MOTELS are
				  business establishments where sleeping accommodations are furnished to the
				  public; and,
g RECREATIONAL CAMP
				  means and includes day camps, boys' and girls', family, hunting, fishing and
				  similar camps.(Day camps and boys and girls camps, as defined in the Rules
				  Relating to Boy's, Girl's, Boy's and Girl's, Day Camps, and Primitive and Trip
				  Camping 10-144 CMR Chapter 208, are not lodging places subject to these
				  rules.)