North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Subchapter A - SANITATION › Section .3300 - ADULT DAY SERVICE FACILITIES › Section 18A .3301 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
The following definitions shall apply throughout this
					 Section:
(1) "Adequate" means
				  determined by the Department to be of sufficient size, volume, or technical
				  specifications, to effectively accommodate and support the planned, current, or
				  projected workloads for a specified operational area.
(2) "Adult Day Service Facility" means an
				  establishment which provides an organized program of services including a meal,
				  for adults during the day in a community group setting and for which a license
				  or certificate for payment is required from the Department of Health and Human
				  Services. It includes adult day care services, adult day health services,
				  psychosocial rehabilitation programs and other day programs which do not
				  provide overnight accommodations.
(3) "Approved" means procedures and domestic
				  or commercial equipment determined by the Department to be in compliance with
				  this Section. Commercial Kitchen equipment shall be approved in accordance with
				  "ANSI/NSF Standard 2 Food Equipment", "NSF Standard 3 Commercial Spray-Type
				  Dishwashing Machines", or "ANSI/NSF Standard 7 Commercial Refrigerators and
				  Storage Freezers" which are incorporated by reference including any subsequent
				  amendments or additions. This material is available for inspection at the
				  Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Environmental
				  Health, 2728 Capital Boulevard, Raleigh, NC. Copies may be obtained from NSF
				  International, 3475 Plymouth Road, PO Box 130140, Ann Arbor, Michigan
				  48113-0140 or on the World Wide Web at
www.nsf.org
at a cost of sixty dollars ($60.00) for
				  ANSI/NSF Standard 2 and ninety-five dollars ($95.00) for NSF Standard 3 or
				  ANSI/NSF Standard 7.
(4)
				  "Communicable Condition" means the state of being infected with a communicable
				  agent but without symptoms.
(5)
				  "Communicable Disease" means any disease that can be transmitted from one
				  person to another directly, by contact with excrement, other body fluids, or
				  discharges from the body; or indirectly, via substances or inanimate objects,
				  such as contaminated food, drinking glasses, toys or water; or via vectors,
				  such as flies, mosquitoes, ticks, or other insects.
(6) "Department" or "DENR" means the North
				  Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The term also means
				  the authorized representative of the Department.
(7) "Eating and Cooking Utensils" means and
				  includes any kitchenware, tableware, glassware, cutlery, utensils, containers,
				  or other equipment with which food or drink comes in contact during storage,
				  preparation, or serving.
(8)
				  "Environmental Health Specialist" means a person authorized to represent the
				  Department.
(9) "Food" means any
				  raw, cooked, or processed edible substance, ice, beverage, or ingredient used
				  or intended for use or for sale in whole or in part for human
				  consumption.
(10) "Frying" means to
				  cook over direct heat in hot oil or fat.
(11) "Hermetically Sealed" means a container
				  designed and intended to be secure against the entry of microorganisms and to
				  maintain the commercial sterility of its contents after processing.
(12) "Hygroscopic Food" means food which
				  readily takes up and retains moisture, such as bean sprouts.
(13) "Impervious" means that which will not
				  allow entrance or passage, such as an airtight plastic container that will not
				  allow the entrance of moisture or vermin.
(14) "Multi-Service Articles" means
				  tableware, including flatware and holloware which are designed, fabricated, and
				  intended by the manufacturer to be washed, rinsed, sanitized, and
				  re-used.
(15) "Multi-Use Articles"
				  means bulk food containers and utensils designed, fabricated, and intended by
				  the manufacturer to be washed, rinsed, sanitized, and re-used. The term
				  includes items such as food storage containers, beverage pitchers, serving
				  spoons and bowls, tongs, and spatulas. The term does not include multi-service
				  articles as defined in this Section.
(16) "Potable Water" means water from an
				  approved source which is suitable for drinking.
(17) "Potentially Hazardous Food" means any
				  food or ingredient, natural or synthetic, in a form capable of supporting the
				  growth of infectious or toxigenic microorganisms, including Clostridium
				  botulinum. This term includes raw or heat treated food of animal origin, raw
				  seed sprouts, and treated foods of plant origin. The term does not include
				  foods which have a pH level of 4.6 or below or a water activity value of 0.85
				  or less.
(18) "Putrescible
				  Materials" means materials likely to rot or putrefy, such as fruit, vegetables,
				  meats, dairy products, or similar items.
(19) "Sanitary Sewage System" means a
				  complete system of sewage collection, treatment, and disposal and includes
				  septic tank systems, connection to a public or community sewage system, sewage
				  reuse or recycle systems, mechanical or biological treatment systems, or other
				  such systems.
(20) "Sanitize" means
				  the approved bactericidal treatment by a process which meets the temperature
				  and chemical concentration levels in
				  15A NCAC
				  18A .3312.
(21) "Sewage" means the liquid and solid
				  human body waste and liquid waste generated by water-using fixtures and
				  appliances, including those associated with foodhandling. The term does not
				  include industrial process wastewater or sewage that is combined with
				  industrial process wastewater.
(22)
				  "Single-Service Articles" means tableware, including flatware and hollowware,
				  carry-out utensils and other items such as bags, containers, stirrers, straws,
				  toothpicks, and wrappers which are designed, fabricated and intended by the
				  manufacturer for one-time use.
(23)
				  "Single-Use Articles" means bulk food containers and utensils intended by
				  manufacturer to be used once and discarded. The term includes items such as
				  formed buckets, bread wrappers, pickle barrels, and No. 10 cans. The term does
				  not include single-service articles as defined in this Section.
Authority
					 G. S.
					 130A-285;
Eff. August 1,
					 2002;
Pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. July 20,
					 2019.