Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37.111 - PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS › Subchapter 37.111.8 - Schools › Rule 37.111.801 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 13, July 5, 2024
(1) "Approved" means acceptable to the
				department, based on its determination of conformance with this subchapter and
				good public health practices.
(2)
				"Bin placement" means placing sample results into the correct cell within Table
				1 in ARM 37.111.832, to determine the
				required response to those results.
(3) "Bin placement sample" means those
				samples that will be used to determine bin placement in ARM
				37.111.832.
(4) "Chemical" means
				any substance which has been assigned an EPA Hazardous Waste Number.
(5) "Contamination" means impairment or other
				alteration of the physical, chemical, or biological properties of water,
				including causing violation of the maximum contaminant levels for public water
				supplies contained in ARM Title 17, chapter 38, subchapter 2 or otherwise
				creating a hazard to human health.
(6) "Department" means the Department of
				Public Health and Human Services.
(7) "First-draw sample" means a 250
				milliliter sample of tap water that has stood motionless in the plumbing pipes
				for at least six hours and is collected without flushing the tap.
(8) "Fixtures" means any shower, toilet,
				toilet seat, urinal, lavatory, drinking fountain, kitchen sink, janitor and
				custodial sink, utensil sink, handwashing sink, eye washing station, emergency
				shower, and all exposed plumbing integral to them.
(9) "Floors" means floor covering of all
				rooms including stairways, hallways, and lobbies.
(10) "Foot Candles" is the unit as defined as
				the amount of illumination the inside surface of a one-foot-radius sphere would
				be receiving if there were a uniform point source of one candela in the exact
				center of the sphere.
(11)
				"Furnishings" means draperies, curtains, blinds, light fixtures, chairs,
				tables, desks, shelves, and bookcases.
(12) "Green products" means products and
				services that have a lesser or reduced negative effect on human health and the
				environment when compared with competing products or services that serve the
				same purpose. This comparison applies to raw materials, manufacturing,
				packaging, distribution, use, reuse, operation, maintenance, and disposal.
				These products have a "Green Approval Stamp" certified by at least one of the
				following organizations: Green Seal, UL ECOLOGO®, the EPA Safer Choice, and
				the USDA Bio-Preferred.
(13) "Human
				consumption fixture (HCF)" means any endpoint device that provides or may
				reasonably provide water for human consumption or for food
				preparation.
(14) "Inactive" means
				the student population is not accessing the school for a period of more than 3
				days. This includes, but is not limited to: holidays, summer vacation, or
				emergency situations.
(15)
				"Laboratory" or "Lab" is any space where hazardous chemicals are used for
				educational purposes.
(16) "Local
				education agency (LEA)" means the local school district board of trustees
				recognized as the administrative agency for a public elementary or secondary
				school.
(17) "Local health
				authority" means a local health officer, local sanitarian, or their authorized
				agents.
(18) "Pest" means any
				animal, plant, or other organism which has a harmful effect on humans, their
				food, or the conditions of their school, workplace, home, or recreation
				sites.
(19) "Radon" is a colorless,
				odorless, tasteless gas and comes from the natural breakdown of uranium in the
				ground.
(20) "Sanitarian" means a
				person, by reason of the person's special knowledge of the physical,
				biological, and chemical sciences and the principles and methods of public
				health acquired by professional education and practical experience through
				inspectional, educational, or enforcement duties, who is qualified to practice
				the profession of sanitarian.
(21)
				"School" means a building or structure or portion thereof occupied for the
				teaching of individuals, the curriculum of which satisfies the basic
				instructional program approved by the Board of Public Education for pupils in
				any combination of kindergarten through grade 12, but excludes home schools as
				that term is defined in
				20-5-102(2)(e),
				MCA.
(22) "School administrator"
				has the meaning provided for under ARM
				10.55.602.
(23) "School site" means the ground
				immediately adjacent to a school used on a regular basis for school-related
				activity.
AUTH:
					 50-1-206, MCA; IMP:
					 50-1-203,
					 50-1-206,
					 MCA