New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter I - State Sanitary Code › Part 15 - Migrant Farmworker Housing › General Provisions › Section 15.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
As used in this Part, the following words and terms shall
					 have the indicated meaning:
(a)
				  Potable water shall mean water provided or used for human consumption or for
				  washing, showering or cooking purposes.
(b) Dwelling unit shall mean one or more
				  rooms containing cooking, sleeping, bathing and toilet facilities for the use
				  of the occupants. All the facilities do not need to be in the same structure
				  but shall be readily accessible to, and under the control of the
				  occupants.
(c) Migrant labor camp
				  or migrant farmworker housing shall mean a property which consists of a tract
				  of land and all vehicles, mobile homes, buildings or other structures
				  pertaining thereto, any part of which may be used or occupied by persons
				  employed as migrant farmworkers including sleeping facilities, provided in
				  whole or in part, by the employer of such persons, owner, lessee, or operator
				  thereof, with or without stipulated agreement as to the duration of their stay,
				  whether or not they are supplied with meals but who are supplied with such
				  utility services as are necessary for their habitation of such
				  property.
(d) Farm activities shall
				  mean the activities carried out in connection with the production or processing
				  of agricultural, horticultural, or fur industry products such as: fitting,
				  planting, cultivating, harvesting, vining, sorting, grading, skinning, packing,
				  storing, canning, freezing, dehydrating, bottling and preserving or treating by
				  any method.
(e) Migrant farmworker
				  shall mean an individual who is employed in farm activities of a seasonal or
				  temporary nature.
(f) Permit
				  issuing official shall mean the State Health Commissioner, the health
				  commissioner or health officer of a city of 50,000 population or over, the
				  health commissioner or health officer of a county or part-county health
				  district, or the State district director having jurisdiction, or any county or
				  public health director having all the power and duties prescribed in section 352  of the Public Health Law. A permit
				  issuing official may designate health department staff to act in his behalf to
				  issue the permits required by this Part.
(g) Sewage shall mean the waste from a flush
				  toilet, bath, sink, shower, laundry tray or tub, dishwashing or laundry
				  machine, or the water-carried waste from any other fixture or equipment or
				  machine.
(h) Hot water shall mean
				  water heated or tempered to provide a temperature of 110 to 120 degrees
				  Fahrenheit at the point of use.
(i)
				  Adequate shall mean sufficient to accomplish the purposes for which something
				  is intended, and to such a degree that no unreasonable risk to health or safety
				  is presented. An item installed, maintained, designed and assembled, an
				  activity conducted or act performed, in accordance with generally accepted
				  standards, principles or practices applicable to a particular trade, business,
				  occupation or profession, is adequate within the meaning of this
				  Part.
(j) Uniform Code shall mean
				  the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code, 9 NYCRR, Subtitle
				  S, Chapter I.