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Town of Lexington, MA
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2024-03-11
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Part III Regulations
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Chapter 155 Health, Board of
General Bylaws
Ch 1
General Provisions
Ch 3
Affordable Housing Trust
Ch 5
Alarms
Ch 9
Animals
Ch 12
Appeals, Board of
Ch 19
Buildings, Demolition of
Ch 20
Buildings, Energy Use
Ch 25
Civil Defense
Ch 29
Committees
Ch 32
Contracts and Deeds
Ch 35
Council on Aging
Ch 43
Earth Fill and Removal
Ch 46
Engine Operation of Stopped Vehicles
Ch 48
Ethics
Ch 52
Excavations
Ch 63
Housing Conversion and Eviction
Ch 76
Licenses and Permits
Ch 78
Neighborhood Conservation Districts
Ch 80
Noise Control
Ch 81
Plastic Reduction
Ch 90
Officers and Employees
Ch 93
Parking
Ch 97
Public Conduct
Ch 100
Public Ways and Places
Ch 106
Regulation of Fossil Fuel Infrastructure
Ch 107
Reports and Fees
Ch 110
Revolving Funds
Ch 114
Stormwater Management
Ch 115
Specialized Energy Code
Ch 116
Taxes
Ch 118
Town Meetings
Ch 120
Trees
Ch 121
Trustees of Public Trusts
Ch 130
Wetland Protection
Ch 131
Running Bamboo Control
Zoning Bylaw
Ch 135
Zoning
Regulations
Ch 138
Appeals, Board of
Ch 142
Cemeteries
Ch 144
Condominium Conversion Board
Ch 145
Conservation Commission
Ch 155
Health, Board of
Ch 155 Art I
Persons With Bare Feet
§ 155-1
Admittance to places where food or drink is prepared.
§ 155-2
Employment in food service operations.
§ 155-3
Enforcement.
§ 155-4
Exceptions and exclusions.
§ 155-5
Effect on other regulations.
§ 155-6
Severability.
§ 155-7
Effective date.
Ch 155 Art II
(Reserved)
§ 155-8
through § 155-13. (Reserved)
Ch 155 Art III
Smoking and Youth Access to Tobacco Products
§ 155-14
Findings.
§ 155-15
Definitions.
§ 155-16
Prohibition of smoking in public places.
§ 155-17
Prohibition of smoking at Town recreation areas.
§ 155-18
Smoking in workplace prohibited; smoke-free buffer zone.
§ 155-19
Enforcement; violations and penalties.
§ 155-20
Effect on other applicable laws.
§ 155-21
Tobacco product sales to persons under minimum legal sales age prohibited.
§ 155-22
Other restrictions on sale and distribution of tobacco products.
§ 155-23
Permits.
§ 155-23.1
Severability.
Ch 155 Art IV
Massage and Establishments for Massage and Bodywork Practitioners and Establishments
§ 155-24
License required; fee.
§ 155-25
Definitions.
§ 155-26
Exceptions and exclusions.
§ 155-27
Requirements for individual license.
§ 155-28
Requirements for establishment license.
§ 155-29
Hearing on denial of application.
§ 155-30
Suspension or revocation of license.
§ 155-31
Violations and penalties.
§ 155-32
Severability.
Ch 155 Art V
Use of Recombinant DNA Molecule Technology
§ 155-33
Applicability.
§ 155-34
Definitions.
§ 155-35
Lexington Biosafety Committee.
§ 155-36
Registration.
§ 155-37
Permits.
§ 155-38
Inspection and review.
§ 155-39
Restrictions.
§ 155-40
Violations and penalties.
§ 155-41
Assessment of expenses.
§ 155-42
Severability.
§ 155-43
Variances.
Ch 155 Art VI
Animals
§ 155-44
Definitions.
§ 155-45
Permits.
§ 155-46
Other animal regulations.
§ 155-47
Inspections.
§ 155-48
Administration.
§ 155-49
Enforcement; variances.
Ch 155 Art VII
Establishment of Special Accounts
§ 155-50
Authority to impose fees for consultants.
§ 155-51
Deposit of funds in special account.
§ 155-52
Notice of selection of consultant.
§ 155-53
Appeal by applicant.
Ch 155 Art VIII
Floor Drains
§ 155-54
Findings and purpose.
§ 155-55
Authority and applicability.
§ 155-56
Definitions.
§ 155-57
Prohibited acts.
§ 155-58
Requirements for existing facilities.
§ 155-59
Time limit for compliance.
§ 155-60
Violations and penalties.
§ 155-61
Severability.
Ch 155 Art IX
Groundwater and Water Supply Protection
§ 155-62
Findings and purpose.
§ 155-63
Authority; applicability; effective date.
§ 155-64
Definitions.
§ 155-65
Prohibited uses.
§ 155-66
Conditional prohibitions.
§ 155-67
Time limit for compliance.
§ 155-68
Violations and penalties.
§ 155-69
Severability.
§ 155-70
Nonconforming uses, structures and lots.
Ch 155 Art X
Private Wells
§ 155-71
General provisions.
§ 155-72
Well construction permit.
§ 155-73
Well construction.
§ 155-74
Private well locations.
§ 155-75
Water quality.
§ 155-76
Potable well water quantity.
§ 155-77
Well construction completion.
§ 155-78
Well decommission.
§ 155-79
Variances.
§ 155-80
Disclaimer.
Ch 155 Art XI
Dumpsters
§ 155-81
General regulations.
§ 155-82
Violations and penalties; enforcement; removal.
Ch 155 Art XII
On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems
§ 155-83
Findings.
§ 155-84
New on-site sewage disposal systems prohibited.
§ 155-85
Connection to municipal sewer.
§ 155-86
Exemptions.
§ 155-87
System design.
§ 155-88
Groundwater determinations.
§ 155-89
Installation.
§ 155-90
Fees.
§ 155-91
System maintenance.
§ 155-92
System inspections.
§ 155-93
System abandonment.
§ 155-94
Variances.
§ 155-95
Definitions.
Ch 155 Art XIII
Food Establishments
§ 155-96
Compliance with state and local regulations required.
§ 155-96.1
On-site manager or supervisor.
§ 155-97
Violations and penalties; nonprofit corporations.
§ 155-97.1
Pest control.
Ch 155 Art XIV
Nuisances
§ 155-98
Investigation and abatement.
§ 155-99
Order to remove nuisance from private premises.
§ 155-100
Atmospheric pollution.
§ 155-101
Maintenance of private ways.
§ 155-102
Deposit of waste prohibited.
§ 155-103
Agricultural uses.
§ 155-104
Order to correct.
§ 155-105
Removal of nuisance by town.
§ 155-106
Collection of rubbish.
§ 155-107
Right of entry.
§ 155-108
Definitions.
Ch 155 Art XV
Asbestos Removal, Containment and Encapsulation
§ 155-109
Conformance with state regulations required.
§ 155-110
Manner of removal and disposal.
§ 155-111
Measures to prevent contamination.
§ 155-112
Actions by unlicensed individuals limited.
§ 155-113
Violations and penalties.
Ch 155 Art XVI
Bathing Places
§ 155-114
Pools.
§ 155-115
Bathing beaches.
§ 155-116
Lifeguards.
§ 155-117
Violations and penalties.
Ch 155 Art XVII
Body Art Establishments and Practitioners
§ 155-118
Purpose.
§ 155-119
Authority.
§ 155-120
Definitions.
§ 155-121
Exemptions.
§ 155-122
Restrictions.
§ 155-123
Operation of body art establishments.
§ 155-124
Standards of practice.
§ 155-125
Exposure incident report.
§ 155-126
Injury and/or complication reports.
§ 155-127
Complaints.
§ 155-128
Application for body art establishment permit.
§ 155-129
Application for body art practitioner permit.
§ 155-130
Grounds for suspension, denial, revocation or refusal to renew permit.
§ 155-131
Procedure for hearings.
§ 155-132
Severability.
§ 155-133
Relationship to other laws.
§ 155-134
Noncriminal disposition.
§ 155-135
Effective date.
Ch 155 Art XVIII
Grease Interceptor Requirements for Food Service Facilities
§ 155-136
Statutory authority.
§ 155-137
Purpose.
§ 155-138
Effective date.
§ 155-139
Definitions.
§ 155-140
Wastewater discharge requirements.
§ 155-141
Facilities requiring grease interceptors.
§ 155-142
Design, installation and upgrade of grease interceptors.
§ 155-143
Location of grease interceptors.
§ 155-144
Maintenance of grease interceptors.
§ 155-145
Integration of best management practices.
§ 155-146
Storage of waste grease and oil from food preparation.
§ 155-147
Disposal of waste grease and oil.
§ 155-148
Recordkeeping.
§ 155-149
Inspections of interceptors.
§ 155-150
Request for hearing.
§ 155-151
Variances.
§ 155-152
Violations and penalties; enforcement; time frames for compliance; termination of operations.
§ 155-153
Severability.
Ch 155 Art XIX
Practice of Bodywork
§ 155-154
Statutory authority; effective date.
§ 155-155
Rationale and purpose.
§ 155-156
Definitions.
§ 155-157
Exemptions.
§ 155-158
Permit required to practice.
§ 155-159
Permit required to operate bodywork establishment.
§ 155-160
Permits.
§ 155-161
Requirements and standards for establishments and therapists.
§ 155-162
General requirements.
§ 155-163
Sexual activity prohibited.
§ 155-164
Advertising.
§ 155-165
Inspections.
§ 155-166
Enforcement.
§ 155-167
Violations and penalties.
§ 155-168
Variances.
§ 155-169
Severability.
Ch 155 Art XX
Recreational Camps for Children Regulations
§ 155-170
Authority.
§ 155-171
Purpose and scope.
§ 155-172
License required.
§ 155-173
Personnel.
§ 155-174
Immunizations required; chicken pox.
§ 155-175
Required documentation; timelines.
§ 155-176
Inspections.
§ 155-177
Fees.
§ 155-178
Variances.
§ 155-179
Appeals.
§ 155-180
Severability
Ch 155 Art XXI
Laboratory Animal Regulations
§ 155-181
Purpose.
§ 155-182
Definitions.
§ 155-183
Laboratory Animal Liaison.
§ 155-184
Permit application.
§ 155-185
Animal Care and Use Committee.
§ 155-186
Reports and information.
§ 155-187
Reports of violations.
§ 155-188
Inspections and investigations.
§ 155-189
Violations and penalties.
§ 155-190
Variances.
§ 155-191
Hearing.
§ 155-192
Appeals.
§ 155-193
Severability.
Ch 158
Housing Assistance Board
Ch 160
Housing Authority
Ch 175
Planning Board Subdivision Regulations
Ch 176
Planning Board Zoning Regulations
Ch 178
Public Safety
Ch 181
Public Works, Department of
Ch 187
Select Board
Ch 192
Traffic Rules and Orders
Appendix
Ch A200
Acceptances of General Laws and Special Acts
Ch A201
Special Acts
Ch A202
Additional Town Actions
Disposition List
Ch DL
Disposition List
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Chapter 155
Health, Board of
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Town of Lexington as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Article I
Persons With Bare Feet
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§ 155-1
Admittance to places where food or drink is prepared.
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§ 155-2
Employment in food service operations.
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§ 155-3
Enforcement.
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§ 155-4
Exceptions and exclusions.
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§ 155-5
Effect on other regulations.
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§ 155-6
Severability.
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§ 155-7
Effective date.
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Article II
(Reserved)
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§ 155-8
through § 155-13. (Reserved)
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Article III
Smoking and Youth Access to Tobacco Products
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§ 155-14
Findings.
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§ 155-15
Definitions.
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§ 155-16
Prohibition of smoking in public places.
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§ 155-17
Prohibition of smoking at Town recreation areas.
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§ 155-18
Smoking in workplace prohibited; smoke-free buffer zone.
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§ 155-19
Enforcement; violations and penalties.
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§ 155-20
Effect on other applicable laws.
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§ 155-21
Tobacco product sales to persons under minimum legal sales age prohibited.
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§ 155-22
Other restrictions on sale and distribution of tobacco products.
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§ 155-23
Permits.
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§ 155-23.1
Severability.
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Article IV
Massage and Establishments for Massage and Bodywork Practitioners and Establishments
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§ 155-24
License required; fee.
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§ 155-25
Definitions.
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§ 155-26
Exceptions and exclusions.
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§ 155-27
Requirements for individual license.
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§ 155-28
Requirements for establishment license.
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§ 155-29
Hearing on denial of application.
chevron_right
§ 155-30
Suspension or revocation of license.
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§ 155-31
Violations and penalties.
chevron_right
§ 155-32
Severability.
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Article V
Use of Recombinant DNA Molecule Technology
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§ 155-33
Applicability.
chevron_right
§ 155-34
Definitions.
chevron_right
§ 155-35
Lexington Biosafety Committee.
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§ 155-36
Registration.
chevron_right
§ 155-37
Permits.
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§ 155-38
Inspection and review.
chevron_right
§ 155-39
Restrictions.
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§ 155-40
Violations and penalties.
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§ 155-41
Assessment of expenses.
chevron_right
§ 155-42
Severability.
chevron_right
§ 155-43
Variances.
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Article VI
Animals
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§ 155-44
Definitions.
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§ 155-45
Permits.
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§ 155-46
Other animal regulations.
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§ 155-47
Inspections.
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§ 155-48
Administration.
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§ 155-49
Enforcement; variances.
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Article VII
Establishment of Special Accounts
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§ 155-50
Authority to impose fees for consultants.
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§ 155-51
Deposit of funds in special account.
chevron_right
§ 155-52
Notice of selection of consultant.
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§ 155-53
Appeal by applicant.
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Article VIII
Floor Drains
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§ 155-54
Findings and purpose.
chevron_right
§ 155-55
Authority and applicability.
chevron_right
§ 155-56
Definitions.
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§ 155-57
Prohibited acts.
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§ 155-58
Requirements for existing facilities.
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§ 155-59
Time limit for compliance.
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§ 155-60
Violations and penalties.
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§ 155-61
Severability.
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Article IX
Groundwater and Water Supply Protection
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§ 155-62
Findings and purpose.
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§ 155-63
Authority; applicability; effective date.
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§ 155-64
Definitions.
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§ 155-65
Prohibited uses.
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§ 155-66
Conditional prohibitions.
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§ 155-67
Time limit for compliance.
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§ 155-68
Violations and penalties.
chevron_right
§ 155-69
Severability.
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§ 155-70
Nonconforming uses, structures and lots.
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Article X
Private Wells
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§ 155-71
General provisions.
chevron_right
§ 155-72
Well construction permit.
chevron_right
§ 155-73
Well construction.
chevron_right
§ 155-74
Private well locations.
chevron_right
§ 155-75
Water quality.
chevron_right
§ 155-76
Potable well water quantity.
chevron_right
§ 155-77
Well construction completion.
chevron_right
§ 155-78
Well decommission.
chevron_right
§ 155-79
Variances.
chevron_right
§ 155-80
Disclaimer.
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Article XI
Dumpsters
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§ 155-81
General regulations.
chevron_right
§ 155-82
Violations and penalties; enforcement; removal.
chevron_right
Article XII
On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems
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§ 155-83
Findings.
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§ 155-84
New on-site sewage disposal systems prohibited.
chevron_right
§ 155-85
Connection to municipal sewer.
chevron_right
§ 155-86
Exemptions.
chevron_right
§ 155-87
System design.
chevron_right
§ 155-88
Groundwater determinations.
chevron_right
§ 155-89
Installation.
chevron_right
§ 155-90
Fees.
chevron_right
§ 155-91
System maintenance.
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§ 155-92
System inspections.
chevron_right
§ 155-93
System abandonment.
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§ 155-94
Variances.
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§ 155-95
Definitions.
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Article XIII
Food Establishments
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§ 155-96
Compliance with state and local regulations required.
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§ 155-96.1
On-site manager or supervisor.
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§ 155-97
Violations and penalties; nonprofit corporations.
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§ 155-97.1
Pest control.
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Article XIV
Nuisances
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§ 155-98
Investigation and abatement.
chevron_right
§ 155-99
Order to remove nuisance from private premises.
chevron_right
§ 155-100
Atmospheric pollution.
chevron_right
§ 155-101
Maintenance of private ways.
chevron_right
§ 155-102
Deposit of waste prohibited.
chevron_right
§ 155-103
Agricultural uses.
chevron_right
§ 155-104
Order to correct.
chevron_right
§ 155-105
Removal of nuisance by town.
chevron_right
§ 155-106
Collection of rubbish.
chevron_right
§ 155-107
Right of entry.
chevron_right
§ 155-108
Definitions.
chevron_right
Article XV
Asbestos Removal, Containment and Encapsulation
chevron_right
§ 155-109
Conformance with state regulations required.
chevron_right
§ 155-110
Manner of removal and disposal.
chevron_right
§ 155-111
Measures to prevent contamination.
chevron_right
§ 155-112
Actions by unlicensed individuals limited.
chevron_right
§ 155-113
Violations and penalties.
chevron_right
Article XVI
Bathing Places
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§ 155-114
Pools.
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§ 155-115
Bathing beaches.
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§ 155-116
Lifeguards.
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§ 155-117
Violations and penalties.
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Article XVII
Body Art Establishments and Practitioners
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§ 155-118
Purpose.
chevron_right
§ 155-119
Authority.
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§ 155-120
Definitions.
chevron_right
§ 155-121
Exemptions.
chevron_right
§ 155-122
Restrictions.
chevron_right
§ 155-123
Operation of body art establishments.
chevron_right
§ 155-124
Standards of practice.
chevron_right
§ 155-125
Exposure incident report.
chevron_right
§ 155-126
Injury and/or complication reports.
chevron_right
§ 155-127
Complaints.
chevron_right
§ 155-128
Application for body art establishment permit.
chevron_right
§ 155-129
Application for body art practitioner permit.
chevron_right
§ 155-130
Grounds for suspension, denial, revocation or refusal to renew permit.
chevron_right
§ 155-131
Procedure for hearings.
chevron_right
§ 155-132
Severability.
chevron_right
§ 155-133
Relationship to other laws.
chevron_right
§ 155-134
Noncriminal disposition.
chevron_right
§ 155-135
Effective date.
chevron_right
Article XVIII
Grease Interceptor Requirements for Food Service Facilities
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§ 155-136
Statutory authority.
chevron_right
§ 155-137
Purpose.
chevron_right
§ 155-138
Effective date.
chevron_right
§ 155-139
Definitions.
chevron_right
§ 155-140
Wastewater discharge requirements.
chevron_right
§ 155-141
Facilities requiring grease interceptors.
chevron_right
§ 155-142
Design, installation and upgrade of grease interceptors.
chevron_right
§ 155-143
Location of grease interceptors.
chevron_right
§ 155-144
Maintenance of grease interceptors.
chevron_right
§ 155-145
Integration of best management practices.
chevron_right
§ 155-146
Storage of waste grease and oil from food preparation.
chevron_right
§ 155-147
Disposal of waste grease and oil.
chevron_right
§ 155-148
Recordkeeping.
chevron_right
§ 155-149
Inspections of interceptors.
chevron_right
§ 155-150
Request for hearing.
chevron_right
§ 155-151
Variances.
chevron_right
§ 155-152
Violations and penalties; enforcement; time frames for compliance; termination of operations.
chevron_right
§ 155-153
Severability.
chevron_right
Article XIX
Practice of Bodywork
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§ 155-154
Statutory authority; effective date.
chevron_right
§ 155-155
Rationale and purpose.
chevron_right
§ 155-156
Definitions.
chevron_right
§ 155-157
Exemptions.
chevron_right
§ 155-158
Permit required to practice.
chevron_right
§ 155-159
Permit required to operate bodywork establishment.
chevron_right
§ 155-160
Permits.
chevron_right
§ 155-161
Requirements and standards for establishments and therapists.
chevron_right
§ 155-162
General requirements.
chevron_right
§ 155-163
Sexual activity prohibited.
chevron_right
§ 155-164
Advertising.
chevron_right
§ 155-165
Inspections.
chevron_right
§ 155-166
Enforcement.
chevron_right
§ 155-167
Violations and penalties.
chevron_right
§ 155-168
Variances.
chevron_right
§ 155-169
Severability.
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Article XX
Recreational Camps for Children Regulations
chevron_right
§ 155-170
Authority.
chevron_right
§ 155-171
Purpose and scope.
chevron_right
§ 155-172
License required.
chevron_right
§ 155-173
Personnel.
chevron_right
§ 155-174
Immunizations required; chicken pox.
chevron_right
§ 155-175
Required documentation; timelines.
chevron_right
§ 155-176
Inspections.
chevron_right
§ 155-177
Fees.
chevron_right
§ 155-178
Variances.
chevron_right
§ 155-179
Appeals.
chevron_right
§ 155-180
Severability
chevron_right
Article XXI
Laboratory Animal Regulations
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§ 155-181
Purpose.
chevron_right
§ 155-182
Definitions.
chevron_right
§ 155-183
Laboratory Animal Liaison.
chevron_right
§ 155-184
Permit application.
chevron_right
§ 155-185
Animal Care and Use Committee.
chevron_right
§ 155-186
Reports and information.
chevron_right
§ 155-187
Reports of violations.
chevron_right
§ 155-188
Inspections and investigations.
chevron_right
§ 155-189
Violations and penalties.
chevron_right
§ 155-190
Variances.
chevron_right
§ 155-191
Hearing.
chevron_right
§ 155-192
Appeals.
chevron_right
§ 155-193
Severability.
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