15A NCAC 18A .1801. DEFINITIONS

The following definitions shall apply throughout this Section:

(1)           "Department" means the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources.  The term also means the authorized representative of the Department.

(2)           "Lobby" means that room or area in which guests ordinarily register.

(3)           "Lodging establishment" means all hotels, motels, inns, tourist homes, and other places providing lodging accommodations for pay.  Facilities described in G.S. 130A-250 (1) through (5) shall not be regulated as lodging establishments.

(4)           "Person" means person as defined in G.S. 130A-2.

(5)           "Sanitize" means the approved bactericidal treatment by a process which meets the temperature and chemical concentration levels in 15A NCAC 18A .2619.

(6)           "Single-service" means cups, containers, lids, closures, plates, knives, forks, spoons, stirrers, paddles, straws, napkins, wrapping materials, toothpicks, and similar articles intended for one-time, one person use and then discarded.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 130A‑248;

Eff. February 1, 1976;

Readopted Eff. December 5, 1977;

Amended Eff. September 1, 2002; January 1, 1996; September 1, 1990.