Article 105Supplement v1, p. 105

COMMERCIAL LAWS SUPPLEMENT

6.

The

establishment

and

its

premises

shall

be

maintained clean and sanitary at all times.

b. Sauna Bath Establishment —

1.

The reception and office rooms shall be properly

lighted and adequately ventilated.

2.

The sauna bath room shall be properly lighted,

provided with thermometers, and maintained clean and

sanitary at all times.

3.

Sanitary and adequate handwashing, bath and toilet

facilities shall be available.

4.

Customers shall be provided with soap, clean towels

and sanitized rubber or plastic slippers.

SECTION 62.

Personnel . — The following requirements

shall be enforced:

a. Masseur —

1.

The person must have a certificate as a registered

masseur, issued by the Committee on Examiners for

Masseur of the Department.

2.

He must possess an up-to-date health certificate

issued by the local health authority.

3. The person shall wear a clean working garment when

attending to customers or when supervising massage

clinic attendants.

b. Massage Clinic Attendant —

1. The person shall be properly registered and authorized

by the local health authority to work as massage clinic

attendant

after

compliance

with

the

following

requirements:

a.

Satisfactory completion of a training course or study

given by a government office, school or hospital, which is

duly authorized and recognized by the Department; and

b. Up-to-date health certificate issued by the local health

authority to include VD clearance secured from any

government clinic or hospital.

2.

The person must clean working garments when

attending to customers.

c. Sauna Bath Attendant —

1.

Attendant

must

possess

an

up-to-date

health

certificate issued by the local health authority.

2.

The person must wear clean working garments when

attending to customers.

CHAPTER XIV Hotels, Motels and Apartments,

Lodging, Boarding, or Tenement Houses, and

Condominiums

SECTION 63.

Definition of Terms . — As used in this

Chapter, the following terms shall mean:

a. Hotel — A building where transient guests are received

and are supplied with and charged for meals, lodging and

other services.

b.

Motel — A roadside hotel for motorists, usually

consisting of private cabins.

c. Boarding House — A building where selected persons

for fixed periods of time are supplied with, and charged

for sleeping accommodations and meals.

d.

Lodging House — A building where persons are

supplied with and charged for sleeping accommodations

only.

e.

Tenement House — A building or portion thereof

which is leased or sold to an occupied as residence by

four or more families doing their cooking within the

premises

but

living

independently

of

one

another

although having a common right in the use of halls,

stairways, terraces, verandas, toilets, and baths.

f.

Apartment House — A building containing a number

of separate residential suites.

g. Condominium — A building with one or more storeys

composed of multi-unit residential suites under joint

ownership

of

occupants,

each

unit

provided

with

complete sanitary facilities, utilities and other amenities.

h.

Establishments — A collective term construed to

include items (a) to (g).

SECTION 64.

General Provisions . — The following are

required for the establishments defined in the preceding

Section:

a.

No establishment shall be operated and opened for

public patronage without a sanitary permit issued by the

Secretary or his duly authorized representative.

b.

Any

extension

or

additional

construction

in an

establishment shall require a sanitary permit before it

could be operated.

c.

All establishments shall provide their patrons with

adequate

water

supply,

toilet

and

bath

facilities

in

accordance with standards prescribed in this Code.

d. Establishments and their premises shall be kept clean

and sanitary at all times.

e.

Periodic insect and vermin control measures shall be

undertaken to eradicate vectors of diseases.

f. Animals, fowls and pets shall be housed in appropriate

kennels or cages separate from living quarters.

g.

No person shall be employed in establishments

without first procuring a health certificate from the local

health authority.

SECTION

65.

Special

Provisions .

—

The

following

provisions are applicable.

a. Hotels and Motels —

1.

The storage, preparation and serving of food to

customers shall be in accordance with the standards

prescribed in Chapter III of this Code.

2.

Customers shall be provided with clean linen such as

bedsheets, pillow cases, towels and napkins.

3.

When rooms or cabins are vacated, their toilets or

baths shall be sanitized and clean and fresh linen shall be

provided

before

the

room

or

cabin

is

rented

for

occupancy.

b.

Condominium

—

The

following

conditions

are

applicable:

1.

The choice for sites should consider availability of bus

and taxi transportation services.

2. Nearness to place of work, schools, police stations and

clinics.

3. Availability of low-cost goods.

4. Parking facilities and playgrounds for children.

5.

Facilities

for

refuse

disposal

and

cleanliness

of

buildings, and

6. Efficiency of lifts.

CHAPTER XV Port, Airport, Vessel and Aircraft

Sanitation

SECTION 66. Port and Airport Sanitation . — In ports and

airports, the following sanitary requirements shall be

applied:

a.

Every port and airport shall be provided with potable

drinking

water

and

wholesome

food

supplied from

sources approved by the Secretary or his duly authorized

representative.

b.

The drinking water and food shall be stored and

handled in a manner to ensure their protection against

contamination. The local health authority shall conduct

periodic

inspections

of

equipment,

installations

and

premises, and collect regularly samples of water and food

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