DRAFT CSC, Title 21.  Health & Sanitation
 
CHAPTER 13
Sanitation


Subchapters:
     A     General Provisions (§§ 1601-1606)
     B     Sanitation Month (§§ 1621-1622)

 

SUBCHAPTER A
General Provisions

§ 1601.  Latrines and toilets; disposal of human excreta generally.
§ 1602.  Accumulation of rubbish, refuse, etc.
§ 1603.  Standards for and inspection of service establishments.
§ 1604.  Standards for and inspection of food.
§ 1605.  Standards for and inspection of schools.
§ 1606.  Penalties for violation of chapter.

     § 1601.  Latrines and toilets; disposal of human excreta generally.
     Latrines or toilets conforming to standards established by public health regulations shall be constructed and maintained in connection with each inhabited dwelling in the State of Chuuk Trust Territory.  Depositions of human intestinal excreta in the vicinity of a dwelling or in or within 500 five hundred yards of any village in a place other than an approved latrine or toilet is prohibited.

Source:  (Code 1966, § 618(a); Code 1970, tit. 63, § 201.) 63 TTC 3 § 201, modified.

Cross-reference:  The constitutional provisions on health are found in Art. X, Sections 6 and 7 of the Chuuk State Constitution.

     § 1602.  Accumulation of rubbish, refuse, etc.
     The accumulation of rubbish, garbage, cans, coconut shells, and other refuse attractive to animal and insect life is prohibited.  Any person who shall permit, create, or maintain any such accumulation on land owned or occupied by him, and who fails to remove and dispose of such accumulation within a reasonable time after due notice thereof in writing by a representative of the Department of Health Services shall be deemed to have violated this Section.

Source:  (Code 1966, § 618(b); Code 1970, tit. 63, § 202.) 63 TTC 3 § 202.

     § 1603.  Standards for and inspection of service establishments.
     The Director of Health Services shall establish standards of sanitation to be maintained by all owners, operators, and employees of and in bakeries, restaurants, food stores, barber shops, beauty parlors, and similar establishments.  All such establishments shall be inspected at reasonable intervals during business hours by a representative of the Department of Health Services for the purpose of determining whether such standards are being maintained.  Failure to correct any substandard conditions after due notice thereof in writing by such representative shall be deemed a violation of this Section.

Source:  (Code 1966, § 618(c); Code 1970, tit. 63, § 203.) 63 TTC 3 § 203.

     § 1604.  Standards for and inspection of food.
     All food offered for public sale shall be subject to inspection by duly authorized representatives of the Department of Health Services.  Food for human consumption which is adjudged by him to be unsanitary or of questionable sanitary condition because of contamination, spoilage, animal or insect infestation or adulteration shall, as directed by him, either be destroyed, used as animal food, or labeled to describe its true condition.

Source:  (Code 1966, § 618(d); Code 1970, tit. 63, § 204.) 63 TTC 3 § 204.

     § 1605.  Standards for and inspection of schools.
     All schools shall be subject to inspection by duly authorized representatives of the Department of Health Services.  They shall maintain minimum acceptable standards of health and sanitation.  After due warning and advice, failure of a nonpublic school to maintain acceptable standards may result in revocation of its charter.

Source:  (Code 1966, § 618(e); Code 1970, tit. 63, § 205.) 63 TTC 3 § 205.

     § 1606.  Penalties for violation of Chapter.
     A person who violates any of the provisions of this Chapter or regulations issued pursuant thereto shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than 500 five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.

Source:  (Code 1966, § 625; Code 1970, tit. 63, § 206.) 63 TTC 3 § 206, modified.
 
 

SUBCHAPTER B
Sanitation Month

§ 1621.  Sanitation Month designated.
§ 1622.  Program.

     § 1621.  Sanitation Month designated.
     The month of September of each year is hereby designated as Sanitation Month in the Truk District State of Chuuk.

Source:  17 TDC § 151, modified.

Cross-reference:  The constitutional provisions on health are found in Art. X, Sections 6 and 7 of the Chuuk State Constitution.

     § 1622.  Program.
     Programs during Sanitation Month shall be directed by the Director of Health Services or his designated representative.

Source:  17 TDC § 152.