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37.111.122    HOUSEKEEPING AND MAINTENANCE

(1) An establishment must comply with the following housekeeping and maintenance requirements:

(a) In each establishment daily housekeeping and maintenance services must be provided.

(b) Each janitor room must be kept clean, ventilated and free from odors.

(c) Mop heads, when used, must be changed frequently using laundered replacements.

(d) Toilets, bathtubs, lavatories, and showers may not be used for washing and rinsing of mops, brooms, brushes, or any other cleaning devices.

(e) The transporting, handling and storage of clean bedding must be done in such a manner as to preclude contamination by soiled bedding or from other sources.

(f) Cleaners used in cleaning bathtubs, showers, lavatories, urinals, toilet bowls, toilet seats, and floors must contain fungicides or germicides.

(g) Deodorizers and odor-masking agents may not be used unless the room in which used is clean to sight and touch.

(h) Cleaning devices must be kept separate and used only as follows: Toilet bowl brushes, mops, sponges, must be only for cleaning toilet bowl and urinals. Cleaning devices used for lavatories, showers and bathtubs may not be used for any other purpose.

(i) Dry dust mops and dry dust cloths for cleaning purposes are prohibited. Dusting and cleaning shall be accomplished using treated mops, wet mops, treated cloths, and moist cloths or other means approved by the department or health authority which will not serve to spread soil from one place to another.

(j) Establishments must be kept free of harborage for insects, rodents and other vermin.

(k) All bedding, towels, and wash cloths provided by management must be clean and in good repair. At least weekly, clean bed linens must be made available to each guest. At least daily, clean wash cloths and towels must be made available to each guest. Soiled linens, soiled wash cloths, or soiled towels are not to be left in units for subsequent guests.

(l) All furnishings, fixtures, floors, walls, and ceilings must be clean and in good repair.

(m) Cleaning compounds and pesticides must be stored, used, and disposed of in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.

(n) Glasses, pitchers, ice buckets, and other utensils used for food or drink provided in units for use by guests may

not be washed or sanitized in any lavatory or janitor sink. Approved facilities for washing, rinsing, and sanitizing glasses, pitchers, ice buckets, and other utensils must be provided. In absence of approved washing facilities, single service utensils must be used.

(o) All utensils used for food or drink provided in units for use by guests must be stored, handled, and dispensed in a manner which precludes contamination of the utensil prior to use by a guest.

History: Sec. 50-51-103, MCA; IMP, Sec. 50-51-103, MCA; NEW, 1982 MAR p. 1049, Eff. 5/14/82; AMD, 1985 MAR p. 779, Eff. 6/28/85; TRANS, from DHES, 2001 MAR p. 2425.

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