North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Subchapter A - SANITATION › Section .3500 - RULES GOVERNING THE SANITATION OF PRIMITIVE CAMPS › Section 18A .3501 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
The following definitions shall apply throughout this
					 Section:
(1) "Approved" means food
				  which complies with requirements of the NC Department of Agriculture or the US
				  Department of Agriculture and the requirements of the Rules of this Section.
				  "Approved" also means equipment determined by the Department to be in
				  compliance with the Rules of this Section. Food service equipment which meets
				  and is installed in accordance with National Sanitation Foundation Standards or
				  equal shall be approved. These standards may be obtained from the National
				  Sanitation Foundation, P.O. Box 130140, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48113- 140 and are
				  also available for inspection at the Division of Environmental Health, 1632
				  Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1632.
(2) "Department of Environment and Natural
				  Resources" or "Department" means the North Carolina Department of Environment
				  and Natural Resources or its authorized representative. For purposes of any
				  notices required pursuant to the Rules of this Section, notice shall be mailed
				  to "Division of Environmental Health, Environmental Health Services Section,
				  North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources," 1632 Mail
				  Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1632.
(3) "Employee" means any camp personnel who
				  handles food or drink during preparation or serving, or comes in contact with
				  any eating or cooking utensils, or is employed by the camp at any time in which
				  food or drink is prepared or served.
(4) "Environmental Health Specialist" shall
				  mean a person authorized to represent the Department on the local or state
				  level in making inspections pursuant to state laws and rules.
(5) "Equipment" shall mean refrigerators,
				  insulated coolers, buckets, cooking appliances, serving utensils, or any other
				  devices used to serve, hold or prepare food or drink.
(6) "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.
(7) "Good Repair" means capable of being
				  cleaned, sanitized, and used for the intended purpose.
(8) "Local Health Director" means the
				  administrative head of a local health department or his authorized
				  representative.
(9) "Off-site"
				  includes packouts, cookouts, or any activity where food is prepared outside the
				  base camp.
(10) "Permanent sleeping
				  quarters" includes those buildings, cabins, platform tents, covered wagons and
				  teepees that remain in a fixed location during the operating season and are
				  used as primary residences for campers, staff, or user groups.
(11) "Permit to Operate" means a permit
				  issued by the Department upon review and approval of the operating primitive
				  experience camp plan of operation.
(12) "Person" means an individual, firm,
				  association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, or
				  company.
(13) "Plan of Operation"
				  means the procedures, methodologies and measures specifically related to food
				  preparation and protection, drinking water, waste disposal and other general
				  sanitation issues the primitive experience camp will employ to protect the
				  health of campers.
(14)
				  "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 foods 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 (Aw) value of 0.85 or less.
(15) "Primitive Experience Base Camp" means
				  that portion of the primitive experience camp at a fixed location which
				  contains structures, water supplies, toilets and other facilities necessary for
				  the operation of the camp under the control or ownership of the primitive
				  experience camp permittee.
(16)
				  "Primitive Base Experience Camp Permit" means the permit is issued for the base
				  camp facilities and appurtenances upon determination that the base camp is in
				  compliance with the Rules of this Section.
(17) "Primitive Experience Camp" means a camp
				  not served by any public electrical service providers and provides overnight
				  outdoor primitive camping. Primitive Experience Camps include those camp
				  establishments that provide food and overnight lodging accommodations for 72
				  consecutive hours or more per week at or from a permanent base camp for groups
				  of children or adults engaged in overnight organized recreational or
				  educational programs. Programs are operated and staffed by the camp and
				  supervision of individual campers is a camp responsibility. This definition
				  does not include campgrounds or other facilities that only rent property or
				  camp sites for camping.
(18)
				  "Responsible person" means the administrator, operator, owner, or other person
				  in charge of the operation at the time of the inspection. If no individual is
				  the apparent supervisor, then any employee may be the responsible
				  person
(19) Sanitize means the
				  approved bactericidal treatment by a process which meets the temperature and
				  chemical concentration levels in accordance with Rule .3507 of this
				  Section.
(20) "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.
(21)
				  "Threat to the Public Health" means circumstances which create a significant
				  risk of serious physical injury or serious adverse health effect.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 130A-248;
Eff. May 1,
					 2004;
Pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. July 20,
					 2019.