FLORIDA 
STATE SAN IT ARY CODE 
Established by 
THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH 
As Prescribed by Lav/ 
Issued by 
THE FLORIDA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH 
JACKSONVILLE 1, FLORIDA 
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(Revised 19A6) CONTENTS 
THE SANITARY CODE LAN (Chapter 381, Sections 38I.A9-381.59, Inclusive, 
Florida Statutes, 1911); THE TOURIST CAMP LAN (Chapter 513, Florida 
Statutes, 1911); NUISANCE LAN (Chapter 386, Florida Statutes, 1911); 
SUPERVISION BY THE STATE BOARD CF HEALTH OVER POLLUTION OF ALL UNDER- 
GROUND AND SURFACE WATERS IN THE STATE AND OVER WATER SUPPLIES, SEWER- 
AGE SYSTEMS, SEWAGE WASTE AND REFUSE DISPOSAL 
SYSTEMS IN THE STATE (Chapter 381, Sections 
381.13-381,17, Inclusive, and Chapter 387, 
Section 387.08, Florida Statutes, 1911). 
CHAPTER I* Public Water Supplies 
” II Potable Water in Places Serving the Public 
11 III Public Sewerage Systems 
n IV Pollution of Streams and V/aters of the State 
” V Minimum Requirements for Sewage Disposal in Unsewered Areas 
M VI Sanitary Privies 
” VII Drinking 7/ater, Toilet and Washroom Facilities in Buildings 
Serving the Public and in Places of Employment 
" VIII Plumbing (in Preparation) 
” IX Restaurants and Eating Places 
" X Milk and Cream 
" XI Commercial Food Canneries 
" XII Abattoirs 
" XIII Meat Markets 
, " XIV Shellfish 
M XV Crab, Lobster, Crayfish, and Shrimp Meat Cooking and 
Packing Plants 
" XVI Tourist and Trailer Camps 
" XVII Retail, Dispensing and Handling of Shellfish and Cooked 
Crustacea Meat 
M XVIII Bottled Drinking Water 
" XIX The Practice of Midwifery 
n XX Swimming Pools and Bathing Places 
" XXI Drainage Wells 
" XXII Regulations Governing the Impounding and Maintenance of 
Impounded Wafers in Florida 
M XXIII (In Preparation) 
M XXIV School Sanitation (in Preparation) 
" XXV Camps 
" XXVI Bedding 
" XXVII Excreta Disposal Facilities to be Provided in Every Building 
in the State of Florida Used as Living or Sleeping Quarters 
" XXVIII Miscellaneous Regulations 
M XXIX Industrial Hygiene - The Use of Hatters Mercurial Carroting 
Solutions 
" XXX (In Preparation) 
" XXXI Garbage and Rubbish 
" XXXII Water Supply Wells 
" XXXIII (In Preparation) 
!! XXXIV (In Preparation) 
" XXXV Administrative Regulations and Enforcement of Code THE SANITARY CODE LAW 
M ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH TO ADOPT, PROMULGATE AND ENFORCE 
RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE BETTERMENT AND PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH 
' OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA 
Chapter 381. Sections 381.49 - 3BI.59, Inclusive, Florida 
Statutes 1941- 
(381.49) Rules and Regulations of State Board of Health; The State scard 
Health may make, adopt, promulgate, enforce, and from time to time, ameno, ana 
repeal, rules and regulations covering sanitation arid quarantine as may be necessa > 
for the protection of the public health. The regulation so established snaxl e 
called and known as the Sanitary Code of the State of Florida. The Sanitary Code 
may deal with any matters affecting the security of life or health or the preserva- 
tion and improvement of public health in the State of Florida, 
(381.50) The Sanitary Code: The Sanitary Code may include regulations cover 
ing drinking water either sold"in pipe systems, bottled or in any manner maae 
accessible to the public; watersheds used for public water suppLies; the disposal 
of excreta, sewage, or other wastes; the production, handling ano ot._e o u 
drink: the discosal of garbage and refuse; the pollution by sewage, Industrie., or 
oth-r wastes, of streams, lakes and other waters; drainage in connection 
quit? breeding cmtnl; plumbing; sanitation of State, County, or munwipa. insti- 
tutlons or private institutions serving the puolio; the sanitation oi puh.it 1 
ires- the sanitation of schools, publicly or privately owned ana operated; t-nuist 
ana trailer camps; swimming pools and bathing beaches; roadside service stations; 
food canning plants; shellfish dealing and handling establishment s 
and all places where food is handled, sola, or served; pi-ces entertainment 
where food or drink is sold or served or accommodations are province * or the piul. , 
dairies na milk plants; the sanitation and disinfection of all passenger, cars 
sleeping cars, dining cars, steamboats and other public vehicles -transportation 
in this State; the sanitation of all convict camps, i'lls, penitentiaries, i..otoij.es, 
hotels, summer camps and recreation camps, and the sanitary regulation of any o er 
condilior, practice, establishment or institution as may be necessary for the con- 
trol of communicable disease or the protection of public health; provided that the 
State Bo.rrd of Education and the State Board of. Health sha_l join „y p 
regulations relating to the sanitation of schools. 
(381 .51) Segregation; Practice of Midwifery:- The Sanitary Code may provide 
for th.; cie: s^regationf--nd isolation of persons having> “fl 
any communicable, contagious, or micCeious cis-—-, - • * • , ,r"Si..oeoted 
•ration isolation, and disinfection of all emmais oi os suspected 
4' having, diseases communicable to man. Also the Sanitary uooe may induce pro 
visions regulating the practice of midwifery in the date-. THE SANITARY' CODE LAW 
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(381.52) Regulating Milk, Water and Sewage Plants: The State Board of Health 
may prescribe by regulations incorporated in and as a part of the Sanitary Code, 
the qualifications of milk plant operators, operators of water purification plants 
and operators of sewage treatment plants. 
(381,53) Regulations and Ordinances Superseded; The provisions of the Sani- 
tary Code shall, as to public health matters to which it relates, supersede all 
regulations heretofore or hereafter §nac'ted by other State Departments, Boards, 
or Commissions, or by local ordinances heretofore or hereafter enacted by incor- 
porated villages, towns, or cities. Each city, town or village, may, in manner 
prescribed by law, enact sanitary regulations not inconsistent with the Sanitary 
Code established oy the State Board of Health, 
(381.54) Presumptions; The actions, proceedings, and authority, of the State 
Board of Health and the State Health Officer, in enforcing the provisions of the 
Sanitary Code applying them to specific cases, shall at all times be regarded as 
in their nature judicial and shall be treated as prirna facie, just, and legal. 
(381.55) Study of Causes of Diseases; The State Board of Health shall provide 
for the thorough investigation and study of the causes of all diseases, epidemic • 
and otherwise, in this State and the means for prevention, and the publication and 
distribution of such information -as may contribute to the preservation of the public 
health and prevention of disease. 
! ' (381,58). Regulations for Municipal anc County Sanitation; The State Board 
of Ple-alth shall supervise and regulate municipal and county sanitation and shall 
exercise general supervision over the work of local health authorities. Local 
health officials and other appropriate local officials, concurrently with the State 
Board of Health, shall enforce the provisions of the State Sanitary Code and of 
such local ordinances and sanitary regulations as may be consistent with it. 
(381.57) Construction of 381.49-381.59: Nothing contained in 381.49-381.59 
shall be construed as in any wise limiting any duty, power, or powers now possessed 
or heretofore granted to the said State Board of Health, by the Statutes of this 
State, or as affecting, or repealing any rule or regulation heretofore adopted by 
said Board, 
(381.58) Punishment for Violations of Sanitary lode: Any person who shall 
violate, disobey, refuse, omit or neglect to comply with any of the rules and regu- 
lations of the Sanitary Code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, 
shall be punished by imprisonment, not exceeding six months, or by fine not exceed- 
ing one thousand (pi,000) dollars. 
(381.59) Punishment for Oostructing State Board: Any person who shell inter- 
fere; with, or hinder, or oppose, any officer, agent or member of the State Board 
of Health in the performance of his duty as such, under this 381.49-381.59 shall 
violate a quarantine regulation, or shall tear down, mutilate, deface, or alter 
any placard, or notice, affixed to premises in the enforcement of the Sanitary Code. THE SANITARY CODE LAW 
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shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable upon conviction, by imprison- 
ment for not exceeding six months or by a fine not exceeding one thousand (,;l,000) 
dollars. TOURIST CAMP LAW 
AN ACT EMPOWERING THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH TO SUPERVISE AMD REGULATE TOURIST 
AKD TRAILER CAMPS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND TO ISSUE REVOCABLE: PERMITS FOR 
THE OPERATION OF SAME 
Chapter 313, Florida Statutes 19AI 
(513.Cl) Tourist and Trailer Canos Defined: A tourist camp is a place 
where two or more tents, tent houses, or camp cottages are located and offered 
by a person or municipality for sleeping or eating accommodations, most gener- 
ally to the transient public, and where there is direct remuneration in money to 
the owner, or indirect benefit to the owner in connection with a related business. 
A trailer camp is a place set aside and offered by any person or municipality, 
most generally to the transient public, for the parking and accommodation of two 
or more automobile trailers which are to be occupied for sleeping or eating, for 
either a direct money consideration or for indirect benefit to the owner in con- 
nection with a related business. 
(313.02) Permit for Establishment.: Revocation: No person or municipality 
shall establish or maintain ony tourist camp or trailer camp in this State without 
first obtaining a permit therefor from the State Board of Health, and the State 
Board of Health may revoke any permit issued to any person or municipality oper- 
ating or maintaining a tourist camp or trailer camp upon the failure of such person 
or municipality to comply with the provisions of this chapter or the rules and 
regulations made and promulgated by -the State Board of Health. Renewal of permit 
shall be as the State Board in its discretion may require. 
(513.03) Applic.:tion for rervait. Application for permit shall be made in 
writing to the State Board of Health. The application shall state the location 
of the existing or proposed camp, type of camp, the approximate number of persons 
or trailers bo be accommodated, the probable duration of use, and any other inform- 
ation the State Board of health may require. 
(513.04) Issuance of Permit; If the State Health Officer is satisfied, after 
causing an inspection to be made, that the existing dr proposed tourist or trailer 
c- mp is so located, constructed, and equipped as not to be a source of danger to 
the health of others or its occupants, he shall issue in the name of the State 
Board of Health the necessary permit in writing on a form to be prescribed by the 
State Board of Health, 
(513.05) Supervision by SU-te 3o; rd of Health: Rules and Regulations: The 
State Board of Health shall have general supervision of the health and sanitary 
conditions of all tourist and trailer camps located in the State, and shall make, 
promulgate and enforce such rules and regulations pertaining to the location., con- 
struction, equipment and operation of such camps as may be necessary. 
(513.06) Laws and Rules and Regulations to be posted in Gamps: The State TOURIST CAMP- LAW 
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Board of Health shall see that there is posted in one or more places- in each tourist 
camp and trailer camp, a copy of the provisions contained in this chapter, end such 
rules and regulations as the State Board of Health may make or promulgate relating 
to the health and sanitation in such camps. 
(513.07) Parkin# of Trailers on Water Sheds Prohibited: It is uniawfuI 10 
park an automobile trailer house for occupancy on the water shed of any stream or 
water course used as a source of public water supply except under such regulations 
as the State Board of Health may prescribe. 
(513.OS) bse of Toilets on Trailers Prohibited in the State: It is unlawful 
to use any toilet, commode, or receptacle for receiving the bowel movements in 
connection with or installed in an automobile trailer cottage or house when said 
trailer is being drawn along the public highways of the State or is.at rest on said 
highways or right-of-ways of same. It is unlawful to use such toilets or devices 
within a trailer camp having a permit from the State Board of Health except where 
the owner or operator consents and has suitable arrangements approved in writing 
by the State Board of Health to handle the wastes from such toilets. It is unlaw- 
ful to empty a receptacle containing human excreta or urine from a trailer house 
except into a sewerage system, or into a privy of the type approved by the State 
Board of Health. Trailer camp owners or operators shall provide means for the 
emptying of such receptacles and their cleaning as may be specified in the rules 
and regulations of the State Board of Health. 
(513.09) Maintaining Camp without Hermit or after Revocation of Same; Any 
person, or in case of a corporation or municipality, the officers thereof, who 
shall maintain a tourist camp or trailer camp without first obtaining a permit as 
provided by 513.02, or who shall maintain the same after revocation thereof, shall 
be guilty of a misdemeanor end upon conviction thereof shall be punished by fine 
not exceeding three hundred dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding three months. 
(513.10) Violation of the Rules -and Regulations of the -State Board of Health; 
Penalty; Any camp owner or operator or occupant or tenant of .any tourist camp, 
or other person who shall violate the rules and regulations of the State Board of 
Health as prescribed in 513.05 or elsewhere in this chapter shall be guilty of a 
misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by fine not exceeding twenty- 
five dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding thirty days. 
(513.11) Occupying Trailers, in Prohibited Places or Use of Trailer Toilets 
a Violation; Penalty; Any person who shall park and ■'ccupy a trailer in violation 
of the provisions of 513.0? or shall violate the provisions of 513.03 shall be 
quilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by fine not exceed- 
ing twenty-five dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding thirty days. CHAPTER 386 FLORIDA STATUTES 19Ul 
NUISANCES INJURIOUS TO HEALTH 
386,01 Sanitary nuisance,—A sanitary nuisance is the com- 
mission of any act, by an individual, municipality, organization 
or corporation, or the keeping, maintaining, propagation, exr 
istence or permission of anything, by .an individual, municipality, 
organization or corporation, by which the health or life of- an 
individual, or the health or lives of individuals, may be 
threatened or impaired, or by which or through which, directly or 
indirectly, disease may be caused. 
38-6,02 Duty of state health officer, - -The state health 
officer, upon request of the proner authorities, or of any three 
responsible resident citizens, or whenever it may seem necessary 
to the of the state board of health, or to the state 
health officer himself, shall investigate the sanitary condition 
of any city, town or place * n the State of Florida; and if, upon 
examination, the state health officer shall ascertain the ex- 
istence of any sanitary nuisance as. herein defined, he shall , , 
serve notice- upon the proper party or parties to remove or abate 
the said nuisance or, if necessary, proceed to remove, or abate 
the said nuisance in the manner provided in Section 823r01r 
386,05 Notice to remove nuisance, to be given by state board 
of health,--The state' health officer, upon receiving information 
or obtaining knowledge of the existence of anything or things here- 
in declared to be nuisances by law, shall notify the person or 
persons committing, creating, keeping or maintaining the same, to 
remove or cause to be removed, the same within twenty-four hours, 
or such other reasonable time as may be determined by the state 
board of health, after such notice be duly given; and if the same 
is not removed by such person or persons within the time pre- 
scribed in said notice, the state health officer shall remove, or 
cause to be removed, such nuisance . or, nuisances, and- the cost or 
expenses of such removal shall be paid by the person or persons 
committing, creating, keeping or maintaining such nuisance's ; and 
if the said costs and expenses thus accruing shall not be paid 
within ten days after such removal, the'same shall be collected 
from the person or persons*- committing, creating, keeping or* 
maintaining such nuisances, by suit at law. 
586,04 Nuisances injurious to health; penalty, --Plith, t he 
contents of cesspools, offal, garbage, foul water, dye-water, 
refuse from manufactories, urine, stable manure, decayed' animal 
or vegetable matter, or other offensive substance detrimental to 
health, thrown, placed or allowed to remain in or upon any private 
premises, street, avenue, alley, gutter, public reser- 
vation or open lot within any incorporated city or imincorporatod 
town or village of the State of Florida, are declared nuisances 
injurious to health, and any person who shall commit, create or NUISANCES INJURIOUS TO HEALTH 
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maintain the aforesaid nuisances, or any of them, shall upon 
conviction bo fined not less than five nor more than twenty-five 
dollars for every such offensor 
386f05 Noisome odors or noxious gases arising from certain 
causes; penalty-.---The filling, leveling or raising the surface of 
any'ground or lot, within any incorporated city or unincorporated 
town or village of the State of Florida, with animal or vegetable 
substances, filth gathered in cleaning yards or streets, waste 
material from mills or factories, or the removal of the surface of 
any ground or lot within said cities, towns or villages, filled 
with such offensive matter or substance, in such manner as to cause 
noisome odors or noxious gases to arise, are declared nuisances 
injurious to health; and any person who shall cause, commit, create 
or maintain such nuisance shall be fined not less than five nor 
more than twenty dollars for every such offe-nser 
386r06 Wa ter close t: s ; pe na It y, - -A 11 water closets and 
privies connected with any house, building or premises, within 
any incorporated city or unincorporated town or village of the 
State of Florida, in or upon which people live, or where they 
congregate or assemble, or any kind of business is done, kept in 
a filthy and offensive condition, or from which noisome odors and 
noxious. gases arise, and all water closets located within and 
being a part of any such house or building, not provided with 
proper sewer traps, so as to prevent the return and escape of 
noxious gases and offensive odors from any public or private 
sey/er* connected therewith, are declared nuisances injurious to 
health, and any person creating, keeping or maintaining such 
nuisance shall be fined not less than five nor more than twenty- 
five dollars r 
'386r07 Privies to be inspected; penalfry,--Fecal matter, not 
thoroughly deodoriz-od and disinfected, remaining in privies 1 n 
any incorporated city or unincorporated town or village of the 
State of Florida, is declared a nuisance injurious to health; and 
the state health officer shall, upon receipt of complaint in 
writing, cause any privy to be inspected, and, if necessary, 
cleaned by the person authorized for said purpose; and any person 
owTning or occupying premises on which any privy is situated, 
which shall be inspected and cleaned at the times designated by 
the said’ state health officer, or whenever necessary, shall, upon 
conviction, be fined not less*, than five nor more than twenty * 
dollars’ for every such offenser 
38'6r08 Contents of privies; penalty*---It is unlawful for 
any-person- to deposit the contents -of any >privy in- any other place 
than such as may be approved by the state health officer, the 
health authorities of any incorporated city or by the inspector 
of the state board of health, if in an unincorporated town, in NUISANCES INJURIOUS TO HEALTH 
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the State of Florida; and any person ■so...,pff ending shall be fined 
not less than .five nor more than fifty dollars for every such 
offenser 
386r09 Penalty for violation of regulations as to surface 
closetsr--Any person keeping or maintaining surface closets and 
privies used for the deposit of human excreta within incorporated 
limits, unincorporated towns, suburbs and thickly settled 'com- 
munities which are not flyproof in construction and are not in 
conformity with plans recommended or approved by the state board 
of health, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction 
thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding ten dollars* 
386*10 Keeping hogs in pen; penalty*--The keeping, herding 
and feeding of hogs in pens or otherwise within any incorporated 
city or unincorporated town of the State of Florida of over two 
thousand inhabitants, is declared a nuisance injurious to health; 
and any person creating or maintaining such nuisance who shall fail, 
after due notice from the state health officer to abate the same, 
shall be fined not less than five nor more than twenty-five 
dollars for every such offense* 
386*11 G lander s a nd other contagious diseases ; pena 11 y* - - 
Any animal affected by glanders or other contagious or pestilential 
disease kept in any part of the State of Florida, is declared a 
nuisance injurious to health; and any person keeping or maintaining 
such nuisance, who shall fail, after due notice from the state 
health officer, to abate the same, shall be fined not less than 
five nor more than twenty-five dollars for every such offense* 
586*12 Certain acts declared to be nuisances; penalty*-- 
The boiling of offal, swill, bones, fat, tallow'or Tard, the 
crushing, grinding or burning of bones or shells, cleaning guts, 
making glue from any dead animal or part thereof, making or 
boiling varnish or oil, making lamp black, turpentine or tar, 
distilling ardent, alcoholic or fermented spirits, storing or 
keeping fat scraps, grease or other offensive animal matter, 
rendering or drying out dead, undressed and unslaughtered animals, 
or any other business or trade whereby noisome stenches and odors 
and noxious gases arise or are generated, within any incorporated 
or unincorporated city or town of the State of Florida of over two 
hundred Inhabitants, are declared nuisances injurious to health; 
and any person who shall cause, erect, create, maintain or continue 
any such nuisance, and who shall fail, after due notice from the 
state health officer, to abate the same, shall be fined one 
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386,13 Slaughter housesr--Unclean and filthy slaughter 
houses, rooms, buildings or places where sheep, hogs, cattle or 
other animals are slaughtered within any Incorporated city or 
town or any unincorporated town or village of the State of 
Florida are declared nuisances injurious to health; and any 
person creating, keeping or maintaining such nuisances, who shall 
fail, after due notice from the state health officer, to abate 
the same, shall be fined not more than fifty dollarsr SUPERVISION BY THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH OVER POLLUTION OF ALL UNDERGROUND 
AND SURFACE WATERS IN THE STATE AMD OVER V/ATER SUPPLIES, SEV/ERAGE SYSTEMS, 
SE'VAGE AASTE AMD REFUSE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS IN THE STATE. 
Chapter 381, Sections 381,/;3-381,47, Inclusive, and 
Chapter 3C7, Section 387.08, Firrida• Statutes, l%i. 
(331.A3) Supervising over Mater Supply and Foliation: The State Board of 
Health or its duly accredited representative shall have general control and super- 
vision over the underground water and all lakes, rivers, streams, canals, ditches 
and coastal waters under jurisdiction of the State of Florida, insofar as their 
pollution may affect the public health, impair the interest of the public, or of 
persons lawfully using the same. The said Board of Health or its duly accredited 
representative shall also have general supervision and control over all water supply 
sewerage, refuse, and sewage treatment systems in the State, insofar as their ade- 
quacy and sanitary said physical conditions affect the public health. 
(333. .44) Approval of Later; No county, municipality, person, persons, firm, 
corporation, company, public or private institution or community of more than twenty 
five inhabitants shall install a system of water supply, sewerage, refuse or sewage 
disposal or materially alter or extend any existing system until complete plans and 
specifications for the installation, alterations, or extensions, together with such 
other information us the State Board of Health may require, have been submitted and 
approved by the said Board. The State Board of he .1th may further make and enforce 
such specific rules and regulations regarding the submission of plans for approval 
and record as it may deem reasonable and proper bo fulfill the requirements of this 
section. 
(331.45) Board to Advise with lluniciaal authorities; The State Board of 
Health shall consult with .and advise the authorities of counties, municipalities, 
person, persons, firm, corporation, company, public or private institution or 
communities of less than twenty-five inhabitants as to the most appropriate source 
of water supply, and the best method of assuring its purity, or us to the best 
method of disposal of dr- in:ge, sewage or refuse, with reference to the existing 
and future needs of ail communities or persons which may be affected thereby. It 
shall also consult with and advise corporations, companies, and individuals engaged 
or intending to engage in any rae.nufecturing or other business whose sewage, wastes 
or waste product may tend to pollute the waters of the State, It may also conduct 
experiments relating to the purification of water and the treatment of sewage, waste 
or ref use. 
(381.A6) Board tq Issue Order Requiring Alterations to Correct Improner Con- 
ditions: '.Then the State Board of Health or their duly accredited representative 
finds, upon investigation, that any water supply, sewerage, waste or refuse disposal 
system is in any w-y a menace to health or is creating a nuisance the State Board 
of Health or their duly accredited representative may issue an order requiring owner 
of the system to make such alterations as may be necessary to correct improper 
conditions, 
(381,47) Penalty for Violations of Section 361.44-331.46, Inclusive: Any 
county, municipality, person, persons, firm, corporation, company-, public or private institution, or community of more than twenty-five inhabitants who shall violate 
any of the provisions of sections 331.44-331.46 or any of the rules and regulations 
provided in accord with said sections shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 
upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars 
nor more than two hundred dollars. 
(387.08) Penalty for Deposit of terious Substance in Lakes, Rivers, Streams, 
Ditches, etc: Any person, firm, company, corporation or association in this State, 
or the managing agent of any person, firm, company, corporation or association in 
this State, or any duly elected, appointed or lawfully created State Officer of this 
State, or any duly elected, appointed or lawfully created officer of any county, 
city, town, municipality, or municipal government in this State, who shall deposit, 
or who shall permit or allow any person or persons in their employ or under their 
control, management or direction to deposit in any of the waters of the lakes, rivers, 
streams and ditches in this State, any rubbish, filth, or poisonous, or deleterious 
substance or substances, liable to effect the health of persons, fish or live stock, 
or place or deposit any such deleterious substance or substances in any place where 
the same may be washed or infiltercd into any of the waters herein named, shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof in any court of competent 
jurisdiction, shall be fined in a sum not more than five hundred dollars; provided, 
further, that the carrying into effect of the provisions of this section shall be 
under the supervision of the State Board of Health. FLORIDA STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER I 
Public Water Supplies 
Reference is made to Chapter 381 (Sections 381,44, 381,4b, 
381,146 and 381,147), Florida Statutes I9I4I and amendments there- 
to. 
Section (1) Public Water Supply definedr A public water 
supply as referred to in these regulations shall be a system 
serving more than Twenty-five persons. 
Section (2) Application for approval. Before entering in- 
to a contract for the insta TIat Ion, extension, or alteration of 
a public water supply system, the person, persons, firm, corpo- 
ration, company, institution, municipality, or community, owning 
or constructing such system, shall make application to the State 
Board of Health on forms orovided for the purnose (1E-3&), in 
duplicate, for the approval by said Board of the contemplated 
worksr Such application shall be signed by the owner, president 
of a corporation, or other responsible person, as by the mayor 
or city manager of a municipality, with a statement that the 
plans for the project have been approved by the governing body 
of applicantr 
Section (3) Plans to be submitted. The application shall 
be accompanied by tTHc fo11owlng data~Tn duplicate : 
(a) A comprehensive engineers report describing the 
project, the basis of design together with design data, 
and other pertinent data necessary to give an accurate 
understanding of the work to be undertaken and the 
reasons for the same. 
(b) Blue prints of drawings of the work to be done in 
sufficient detail as to make clear to the contractor 
just what work is to be done. 
(c) Complete specifications as may be necessary to 
supplement the drawings. 
(d) Additional data as may be required by the Chief 
Sanitary Engineer of the State Board of Health, 
Section (4) Plans by registered engineer. Drawings, sped 
fications, and other data submitted with the application must 
have been prepared by a competent engineer or engineers, regis- 
tered under Chapter 471, Florida Statutes and amendments 
thereto. Such engineer or engineers shall have affixed to plans 
his or their names and certificate or registration number or 
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Section (5) Alterations of Plans, The Chief Sanitary Engi- 
neer of the State Board of Health, as agent of said' Board shall 
affix his name and approia.1 upon the application submitted and 
written record of approval upon elans, specifications and other 
data submitted with the application,- A complete set of such 
approved olans and other data shall be returned to the appli- 
cant r Upon execution of such approval the works shall, be con- 
structed exactly according to plans and specifications,. No 
alterations shall be made except with the written consent and 
approval of the Chief Sanitary Engineer of the State Board of 
Healthr 
Section (6) Operation of works according to approved plansr 
Upon construction of the water wor’ks", the owner or person re- 
sponsible for its oners11 on shall keep in service all items de- 
signed for the purification of the water surely, or its protection 
from pollution, to perform adequately the function for which 
such were designed, 
Section (7) Water works under competent supervision. The 
owners of the water supply and "the municipal officers of ""‘a mu- 
nicipally-owned works shall provide responsible personnel for 
the operation of the water works, who shall have had experience 
in such work, and a knowledge of the basic scientific principles 
relating to the purification and proper protection of the water 
supply. 
Section (8) Water Samples for Laboratory Tost, The person 
responsive for the operation of" all public water works shall sub- 
mit to the Laboratory of the State Board of Health such samples 
of the watpr, in such manner, and at such time, as he may be 
directed by the Chief Sanitary Engineer of the State Boards Each 
water supply owner shall at his own expense provide for the pur- 
pose a shipping container for samples, according to specifi- 
cations furnished by the Bureau of Engineering, State Board 
of Health, so that samples may bo iced for shipment to the 
Laboratory, 
Section (9) Abnormal occurrences to bo reportedr No now 
source of water supply shall bo introduced into the “system, and 
no purification process or protective provision be altered or 
discontinued, except where the watir works onorator notifies 
the Chief Sanitary Engineer of the State Board of Health and 
secures his written aoprovaIf In case of a break-down in 
purification or protective works occurring, or where any sus- 
picious circumstances or abnormal taste or odor occurs in 
connection with a water supply, it shall bo the duty of the 
person responsible for the operation of the works to notify 
immediately the State Health Officer or his Chief Sanitary FLA, STATE SANITARY CODE 
(nirpTEr'i7~age 3, 
Engineer, Tby wire or tele phone r Provided, however, that where 
there is an approved local health organization the local health 
officer shall be notified, and it shall be his duty to notify 
the State Health Officer, 
Section (10) Treatment plant records to be furnished State 
Board of Healthy Where water purification or treatment plant's 
are operated the person in res eonsible charge shall record such 
operating data and tests on forms and in a manner prescribed by 
the Chief Sanitary Engineer, State Board of Health, and shall 
transmit such records to him as he may spec ify. 
Section (11) Chlorine sterilization required, All public 
water supplies shall he equipped with the necessary apparatus 
and shall apply continuously to the water chlorine in suficicnt 
quantities to maintain a chlorine residual in all Darts of the 
system,- Provided, however, that this requirement may be waived 
by the Chief Sanitary Engineer, State Board of Health, in the 
case of deep-seated well supplies, whose adeouate protection 
has been assumed and laboratory tests confirm the safe character 
of the water. 
Section (12) Emergency intakes, by-pass not permitted. 
Emergency intakes where water of doubtfu1 qua1ity may be ad- 
mitted to the mains shall not be permitted, nor shall there be 
allowed to exist provision whereby a water purification plant 
may be by-passed. 
Section (13) Certain cross-connect'ions prohibited, No 
officers, board, corporation, muni cipality or other persons 
having the management of a public water supply shall permit any 
physical connection between the distribution system of such 
supply and that of any other water supply unless such other supply 
is regularly examined as to its ouality by those in charge of 
the public supply to which the connection is made and is also 
found to be safe and potable. This provision shall apply to 
all water distribution systems either inside or outside of any 
building or buildings. 
Section (ih) Permissible arrangement where dual supplies 
are used. If a potable water supply is used as an auxiliary- 
supply delivered to an elevated tank, or to a suction tank, 
which tank is also supplied with water from a source with which 
cross-connections are not permitted by Section 13 of this 
Chapter, such tank shall be opened to atmospheric pressure and 
the potable water supply shall be discharged at an elevation 
above the high water line of the tank. FLA, STATS SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER 1, Page" '57 
Section (15) Disinfection of mains, tanks, etc, No person, 
board or municipality charged with the management or control of 
a public water supply, shall put into service any new main, 
standpipe, reservoir, tank, or other pipe or structure through 
which water is delivered to consumers for potable purposes, nor 
resume the use of any such structure or main after it has been 
cleaned, until such structure or main has been effectively 
sterilized or disinfected** Provided, that this shall not apply 
to mains, reservoirs, tanks, or other structures, the waters 
from which are subsequently treated or purified. 
The Sections of this Chapter were adonted by 
the State Board of Health ’n executive 
session on February 16, to be effective 
from that date. FLORIDA STATE SANITARY CODS 
CHAPTER IT 
Potable Water in Places Serving the Public 
Section (1) Use of public water supply required, where 
available,- In all schools, hotels, eating places, stores,Tacto- 
ries, camps, institutions, public buildings, or other places where 
water is served to employees, customers, patrons, or the general 
public, such water shall be secured from the public water supply 
(Chapter 1 of this Code) where such supplies are available, and 
no other source of supply made accessible. Provided, that this 
requirement shall not prevent large hotels, institutions or 
industrial plants from using their own private water supply where 
they comely with the provisions of Chanter 1 of this Code 
covering public water suppliesr 
Section (2) Peep well, where public supply not available,. 
Whore no publie wator supply is available the water used in places 
designated in Section 1 of this Chapter, shall be from a source 
meeting the following requirements; 
(a) The well from which the water is secured shall be 
drilled to a depth where a water of deepseated origin 
will be secured, and from a water-bearing stratum that 
is overlaid by an impervious formation that will pre- 
vent the entrance of shallow ground water, or pro- 
tected from pollution in a manner approved by the Chief 
Sanitary Engineer, 
(b) The casing shall bo extended above the top of the 
ground surface or pump well and a concrete platform 
provided that will divert surface drainage and prevent 
its entrance into the well or between casing and walls 
of the wellr The lower end of the casing or inner 
casing, if two sized casings are used, must be firmly, 
seated in the impervious protecting rock, and calked 
so that water from sources above the protecting rock 
cannot enterr 
(c) Where the water Is pumped, the installation of 
the pump and connection shall be such that there will 
be no contamination with surface or shallow ground 
water. Where a hand pump is used, the pitcher type 
is not permitted, but a self-priming, force pump must 
in all cases be provided. 
(d) Samples of the water after installation of the 
supply must be submitted to the Laboratory of the 
State Board of Health in sufficient number to check 
on the quality of the supply. FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER II, Pare ?* 
(e) Where new wells are drilled the owner must reouire 
in his contract with the driller that a log be kept and 
furnished the State Board of Health showing the nature 
and thickness of each formation encountered, and samples 
must be procured of each formation for submission to 
the State Geologists 
Section (3) Gross connections prohibited*- The provision in 
Chapter 1, Sections 13 and 14 prohibiting cross connections shall 
apply in connection with water supplies covered in this chant err 
Section (1+) Certain areas where potable ground water not 
available* Where it is impossible to secure a notable water from 
deep-seated underground sources, cisterns or other types of 
ground water supplies that may be practicable may be permitted 
provided written approval is secured from the Chief Sanitary 
Engineer of the State Board of Health or the State Health Officer, 
and such supplies maintained in accordance with specifications 
accompanying such writtonapproval* 
Section (5) Distributionr Drinking water piping shall be 
in accordance with (Chapter VIII Plumbing, of this Coder Sanitary 
drinking fountains or closed containers so constructed that the 
water does not come Into contact with the ice, shall, be providcde 
Except where drinking fountains are used, individual drinking 
cues shall be furnished* The use of a common drinking glass or 
cun is forbidden*. 
Section (6) Sanitary Drinking Fountains* Sanitary drinking 
fountains, if used, shall comply with the following specifications 
(a) The fountain shall be constructed of impervious ma- 
terial, such as vitreous china, porcelain, enameled cast 
iron, other metals, or stoneware* 
(b) The jet of the fountain shall issue from a nozzle 
of nonoxidizing impervious material set at an angle 
from the vertical* The nozzle and every other opening 
in the water pipe or conductor loading to the nozzle 
shall bo above the edge of the bowl so that such nozzle 
or opening will not he flooded in case a drain from the 
bowl of the fountain becomes clogged* 
(c) The end of the nozzle shall he protected by non- 
oxidizing guards to prevent persons using the fountain 
from coming into contact with the nozzle* 
(d) The inclined jot of water issuing from the nozzle 
shall not touch the guard, thereby causing spattering* FLA. STATE SANITARY COLE 
CHAPTER II, Page "JV 
(e) The Tbowl of the fountain shall bo so designed and 
proportioned as to bo free from corners which would be 
difficult to clean or which would collect dirt* 
(f) The bowl shall be so proportioned as to orevent 
unnecessary splashing at a point where the jet falls 
into the bowl. 
(g) The drain from the fountain shall not have a 
direct physical connection to a waste pipe unless the 
drain is trappedr 
(h) The water supply pipe shall be provided with an 
adjustable valve fitted with a loose key or an auto- 
matic valve permitting the regulation of the rate of 
flow of water to the fountain so that the valve ma- 
nipulated by the users of the fountain will merely 
turn the water on or offr 
(i) The height of the fountain at the drinking level 
shall be such as to he most convenient to persons 
utilizing the fountain,- The provision of several step 
like elevations to the floor at fountains will permit 
children of various ages to utilize the fountainr 
(j) The waste opening and pipe shall be of sufficient 
size to carry off the water promptly* The opening 
shall be provided with a strainer* 
The Sections of this Chapter were adopted 
by the State Board of Health in executive 
session on February 16, to be effect- 
ive from that datOr FLORIDA STALL SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER III 
Public Sewerage Systems 
Reference is made to Chanter 301 (Sections 381,145, 
381,146,381,14?) and Chapter 387, Florida Statutes 1941 and amend- 
ments thereto. 
Section (1) Public Sewerage Systems Defined, A public 
sewerage system ns referred to in these regulations shall be a 
system serving twenty-five or* more persons* 
Section (2) Application for Anprovalr Before entering 
into a contract for the installation, extension, or alteration of 
a public sewerage system or sewage treatment plant, the person, 
persons, firm, corporation, campany, institution, municipality, or 
community owning or constructing such system, shall make appli- 
cation to the State Board of Health on forms proscribed for suqIi 
purpose (IE-36) in duplicate, for approval of the contemplated 
works by said Board and receive such approval,. Such application 
shall be signed by the owner, president or general manager of a 
corporation, or other responsible person, as by the mayor or 
manager of a municipality, with a statement that plans for the 
project as submitted have been accepted and approved by the 
governing body of applicant* 
Section (3) Data to be Submit tec1 With Application, The 
application shall bo accompan led by the following data in duplicate: 
(a ) A comprehens ive eng 1 neer * s report descrilbing the 
project, the basis of design together with design 
data, with other pertinent data necessary to give an 
accurate understanding of the work to be undertaken 
and the reasons for same* 
(b) Blue prints of drawings of the work to be done in 
sufficient detail as to make clear to the contractor 
just what work is to bo done* 
(c) Complete specifications as may be necessary to 
supplement the drawings* 
(d) Additional data as may be required by the Chief 
Sanitary Engineer of the State Board of Health* 
Section (k) Plans by Registered Engineer* Drawings, speci- 
fications, and other data submitted with the application must 
have been prepared by a competent engineer or engineers registered 
under Chapter 471, Florida Statutes and amendments thereto* 
Such engineer or engineers shall have affixed to plans his name or 
their names and certificate or registration number or numbers* FLA. STATS SANITARY CODE 
Section (5) Alteration of Plans After Approval*- The Chief 
Sanitary Engineersof the State Board of Health, as agent of said 
Board, shall affix his name and approval upon the application 
submitted and record of approval upon the plans and other data 
submitted with the application*- A complete set of such approved 
plans and data shall be returned to the applicant*- Upon execution 
of such approval the works shall be constructed exactly according 
to plans and specifications as approvedr No alterations shall be 
made in such plans and specifications except with the written 
consent and approval of the Chief Sanitary Engineer of the State 
Board of ilea 1th*- 
Section (6) Operation of Works According to Approved Flans. 
Upon construction of the sewerage works, the owner or person re- 
sponsible for its operation shall keep in service all eouipmont 
and appurtenances designed for the treatment of the sewage*- 
Section (7) Sewage Treatmert Works Under Competent Supervision 
The owners of the sewerage system and tlio municipal officers re- 
sponsible for municipally owned works, shall provide responsible 
personnel for the operation of scwaee treatment works, who shall 
have had experience in such v/ork, and a knowledge of the basic 
scientific principles relating to the proper operation of such 
sewage treatment worksr 
Section (8) Abnormal Occurrcnees to be Reported*- In case of 
a breakdown or lack of proper functioning of the sewage treatment 
works, causing or likely to cause improperly treated sewage to be 
discharged from the plant, it shall be the duty of the person re- 
sponsible for the operation of the sewage treatment plant to 
promptly notify the State Health Officer, or his Chief Sanitary 
Engineer*- Provided, however, that where t here is a county health 
officer, report may be made to him and ho, in turn, shall notify 
the State Health Officer* 
Section (9) Treatment Plant Records to be Furnished State 
Board of He alt in Where a sewage treatment plant is operated in’ 
connection with a sewerage system, the person in responsible 
charge shall record such operating data and control tests on 
forms provided by the Chief Sanitary Engineer, State Board of 
Health, and shall transmit such records to him as 1~e may specify*- 
Section (10) Sowars Not to be Pi s into Storm Sewers* 
No sewage shall be dis" charged into any sewer designee to' carry 
storm, water, nor shall storm water be discharged a sewer" 
designed to carry sanitary sewage only,- This section shall not 
prevent the installation of a combined system after its ap- 
proval by the Chief Sanitary Engineer of the State Board of 
Health, which shall be subject to all applicable provisions of 
lav/ and this Sanitary Code,- FLAc STATE SANITARY CODE 
uftmzTTrTj-Td-fi ?, 
Section (11) Sewage Treatment plcnt Not to be By-passed** 
Where a sewage treatment plant is provided no saware shall be 
allowed to by-pass the plant, nor shall any untreated sewage be 
discharged into the waters such plant is designed to protoctr 
Section (12) Outfalls to Pis charge to Deep Watery Outfalls 
discharging untreated sewage or effluent from a treatment plant, 
shall be carried to the channel of the stream, or to deep water 
where the outlet is submerged at all stages of tider 
Section (13) Grease Traps Requiredr Sewers from restaurants 
or daces where a larre amount of ’cooking is done, or where the 
sewage carries a large amount of grease, shall not be connected 
to a municipal sewerage system without nroviding an efficient 
grease trap. 
The Sections of this Chapter were adonted by 
the State Board of Health in executive session 
on February 16, to be effective from 
that date*- FLORIDA STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER IV 
Pollution of Streams and- Waters of the State 
Reference is made to Chapter 28 (Section 28,11): Chanter 55 (Section 
55«-10); Chapter 581, (Section and Chapter 387 (Section 387,08) 
Florida Statutes aod amendments thereto. 
These statutes make it unlawful to deposit in any of the 
lakes, rivers, streams, canals, ditches and coastal waters, under 
the Jurisdiction of the State of Florida, any rubbish, filth, or 
poisonous or deleterious substance or substances, liable to affect 
the health of persons, fish, or livestock. The carrying into 
effect of the provisions of these Sections is placed under the 
supervision of the State Board of Health, 
Section (1) When p o1lut ion is a me na c e to he a11 h. It is con- 
sidered by the State Board of Health that sewage, or other filth, 
poisonous and deleterious industrial wastes, and other poisonous 
and deleterious substances, arc liable to affect the health of 
persons, fish, or livestock, when discharged Into the waters of 
the State under the following conditions and are therefore un- 
lawful : 
(a) When raw sewage or Incompletely treated sewage, or 
wastes deleterious to a drinking water or to a water 
treatment plant, are discharged into a stream or body 
of water from which a public water supply is derived. 
(b) When raw or Incompletely treated sewage is discharged 
into a water so as to cause an unsafe concentration of 
bacteria from human excreta in waters where shellfish 
are taken, or where there .are bathing beaches es- 
tablished and operating. 
(c) When sewage or wastes are discharged in such con- 
centrations as to reduce the dissolved oxygen below the 
natural oxygen balance. 
(d) When acids, alkalies, or other chemicals, or dele- 
terious substances are discharged into waters so as to 
interfere with the biochemical functioning of the stream 
or waters, or where such wastes kill or interfere with 
the normal development of fish or other foods derived 
from waters. 
Section (2) Raw sewage not to be <3 is charge dr No person, 
persons, firm, corporation, or municipality, shall discharge any raw 
untreated sewage into any of the lakes, oonds, streams, ditches 
or tidal waters of the Stater Provided, however, that under FLA, STATS SANITARY CODE 
certain conditions, where the State Board of Health has annroved 
out-falls from municipal systems without treatment under au- 
thority of Chapter 381 (Section JQlrkh) Florida Statutes 
and amendments thereto, such outfalls may he permitted. 
Section (3) Sewage not to he discharged so as to cause de- 
posit on shorec No person, "firms, corporations or 
municipal?*ty shall discharge sewage in such way as to cause the 
deposition of excreta particles, or sewage sludge along the 
margins of streams or other waters above minimum low water mark. 
The Sections of this Chapter were adonted hy 
the State Board of Health in executive session 
on February 16, 16, to ho effective from that 
date. FLORIDA STATE: SANITARY CODS 
CHAPTER V 
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR SEWAGE DISPOSAL IN UNSEWERED AREAS 
Section 1, Seotic Tank to be Provided. Where a public sewerage system is 
not available, private sewer outfalls from residences, schools, apartments, and 
other buildings intended for human occupancy or use must discharge into a septic 
tank constructed in accordance with the provisions of thds Chapter, The effluent 
from such septic tanks must not be discharged into any of the streams or waters 
of the State without further treatment, except in areas where the State Board of 
Health has granted permission, or, in specific cases, where approval has been 
obtained from the Florida State Board of Health, 
Section 2, Disposal of Septic Tank Effluent, The effluent from septic tanks 
except as otherwise provided for in Section 1, supra, shall be discharged into sub- 
surface soil absorption beds, as hereinafter provided for in this Chapter, or shall 
be treated with some type of sewage filter or other purification devi.ee the iilans 
for which have been approved by the Florida State Board of Health, and the effluent 
approved by it for discharge into a stream or other water. 
Section 3• Definitions for the p’irposes of this Chapter are as follows 
(a) "Septic tank": A water-tight receptacle so designed as to accomplish 
the partial removal and digestion of the suspended solid matter in sewage, 
and constructed in accordance with the specifications hereinafter outlined. 
(b) "House sewer": The pipe line conveying sewage from the house or 
building to the septic tank. 
(c) "Septic tank absorption bed" or "drain field": an underground system 
of pipe, leading from the outlet tee of the septic tank, consisting of 
open-jointed concrete or clay pipe, or perforated fiber pipe, so distributed 
that the effluent from a septic tank is oxidized, and absorbed by the soil. 
(d) "Effective Capacity" of a septic tank: The actual liquid capacity of 
a septic tank as contained belew the liquid level line of said tank• 
(e) "Effective depth" of a septic tank: the actual liquid depth of a 
septic tank as measured from the inside bottom of the septic tank to the 
liquid level line. 
(f) "Freeboard" or "air space" of a septic tank: The distance as measured 
frem the liquid level line to the inside top of the septic tank. 
Section 4, Septic Tank.' Septic tanks for the treatment of sewage from 
residences, apartments, hotels, schools and other buildings as hereinbefore de- 
signated, when used in the State of Florida, shall conform to the following mini- 
mum requirements: 
(a) Septic tanks shall be generality rectangular in shape, or of a shape 
approved by the Florida State Board of Health* Where tanks having more than 
one compartment are used, the first compartment shall have the capacity as FLA.. STATE S.U.ITA.g CODE 
CHATTEL Vi Page 2. 
heretofore and hereinafter set forth in this Chapter. 
(b) Septic tanks shall be built, of concrete, either precast or poured In 
place; the concrete used for the construction of septic tanks shall have a 
unit compressive strength of 3000 pounds per square inch. Brick or concrete 
block may be used where practical-and permitted by local authority; said 
septic tanks shall be water-tight and free of leaks. Tanks of any other type 
or material must have the approval of the Florida State Board of Health, 
before being installed. 
(c) Septic tanks constructed by precasting shall have a minimum wall thick- 
ness of 2 inches, and shall be adequately reinforced to facilitate handling. 
(d) Septic tanks constructed by'pouring in place shall nave a minimum wall 
and bottom thickness of A inches, . 
(e) All septic tank tops shall be of concrete. Precast tops shall have a 
minimum thickness of 3 inches and. shall be reinforced with 3/8 inch reinforc- 
ing steel set- 6 inches on centers 'both' laterally and. longitudinally* One- 
piece tops poured in place shall have a minimum thickness of A inches, rein- 
forced as above mentioned, and be provided with a 22-inch manhole located, 
over'.the inlet and. over, the outlet, .. 
(f) Tees extending 5 inches above-.end Id inches below the liquid level line, 
or long sweep quarter-bends, shall be- Installed at both; the inlet and outlet 
of the septic tank, ■ • 
(g) The invert of the inlet and outlet may be at the same elevation but in 
no case shall the outlet be higher than the inlet. 
(h) The length (inside measure) of a septic tank‘shall be at least twice, 
but not more than three times, the width of the tank, * 
(i) The effective depth of a. septic tank shall be not less than 4 feet for 
tanks up to 1200-gallon effective capacity. 
(j) Ventilation of tanks shall be only through vents in the building plumbing. 
(k) Freeboard on tanks not over 1200 gallons shall be 8 inches minimum. 
(1) Septic tanks shall be located as far from a spring*or well as possible, 
and at a lower elevation. No part of a .septic tank ..and the drain field there- 
from. shall be located under any building, nor wjthin 3 feet thereof, nor 
within 50 feet of any Water supply ‘wo3.1 or cistern. 
Section 5, Capacity, 
(a) The minimum effective capacity of any septic tank installed in the State 
of Florida shall be 500 gallons to servo not more than A persobs. For more 
than A persons, trio minimum effective capacity cf a septic tank shall be qOO 
gallons plus an additional 50 gallons for each person over A to be served, in 
the case of residences, Hotels, apartment houses and 'rooming houses, the 
number of persons tc be served shall be computed' on the basis of the number 
of bedrooms in the house, with each bedroom computed on the basis of 2 persons, FLA, STATS SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER V, Page 3 " 
cr on the basis of the actual number of persons to be served by the tank, 
whichever number may be greater. 
(b) detention period in a septic tank of 2000—galion capacity or less 
shall be not less than 24 hours. This means that the capacity shall be not 
less than tne sewage flow during the 24—Hour period. 
(c; The 24-hour sewage flow for schools serving day pupils only shall be com- 
j. utt.d as follows: Schools without cafeterias and gymnasiums, B gallons per 
capita; scnocls with cafeterias and. without .gymnasium, 12 gallons per capita; 
schools with cafeterias and gymnasium, 20 gallons per capita. 
(d) For daily sewage flows from tourist camps or trailer parks, use 35 gallons 
P'pr capita when central bath house is used; use 50 gallons per capita for indi- 
vidual bath units, (See Chapter XVI, Trailer Parks, for number of persons per 
room or per trailer in such camps.) 
(e) For hospitals; (1) With metered flows, use daily average flow over the 
current 12-month period; (2) Without meters, use 200 gallons'per bed per day. 
(f) for bathing places cr swimming pools: 1C gallons per patron per day. 
Section 6, House Sewer. 
(a) xfie minimum size pipe used for a house sewer shall be 4 inches and shall 
be cast iron soil pipe, or of such material as may be aperoved by the Florida 
State Board of Health, 
(b) The minimum grade on a house sower shall bo 6 inches per feet, A 
grade of 24 inches per 96 feet shall be maintained wherever possible. 
(c) ihere shall be a cleanout plug extending above grade, with a brass screw 
cleanout at each change of direction and at minimum intervals of 75 feet, 
Y-branch openings for cleanouts shall be usee and olaced on high side of change 
of direction. 
Section 7. Grease- Traps. 
(a) Grease traps may be omitted for single family residences, but must be in- 
stalled on a separate kitchen line in case of restaurants or establishments 
that discharge large quantities of grease. 
Section 8, Absorption Field 
(a) All drain tile shall be laid in gravel, cinders, broken shell, washed 
rock or similar material* This pervious mateiial shall extend from‘a minimum 
distance oi 4 inches below the drain tile up to top of drain tile. 
(b) The maximum depth from the bottom of the drain tile to the finished grade 
of the ground shall not exceed 24 inches and the drain fields shall be laid 
above the ground water table. 
(c) The minimum width of the trench containing the drain tile shall be 12 
inches, 
(d) The minimum diameter of the drain tile shall be 4 inches inside measure- 
ment . FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAP1ER V. Page 4 
(e) All drain lines shall be graded from the outlet of the tank at 2 t6- 4 
inches per 100 feet. 
(f) Distance between laterals shall be 8 feet or more but in no case less 
than 3 feet. 
(g) The maximum lateral length shall not exceed 75 feet. 
(h) Heavy felt roofing paper shall be placed over the top and down along 
the sides of all open joints before backfilling. All joints between adjacent 
drain tiles*'shall be broken 1/4 inch. 
(i) Sumps, dry wells, soakage'pits or drain wells shall not be used for dis- 
posal of septic tank effluent* 
(j) The length of drain field for any septic tank shall be. calculated on the 
designed flow and from the following table based upon percolation test 
data pertinent to the area concerned: 
Percolation Times (Fall of 1 inch in water 
level in a presoaked 12-inch square hole dug 
to depth of drain tile.) 
Absorption Area, of Drain Tile 
Trench per 100 gallons of 
designed flow 
(i) From negligible time to 1 minute 59 seconds 
15 square feet 
(2) From 2 minutes to 3 minutes 59 seconds 
20 square feet 
(3) From 4 minutes to 5 minutes 59 seconds 
25 square feet 
(4) From 6 minutes to 7 minutes 59 seconds 
30 square feet 
(5) From 8 minutes to 9 minutes 59 seconds 
35 square'feet 
(6) From 10 minutes upwards 
Use intermittent''.sand 
filters or sewerage 
(k) All drain tile used in the construction of subsurface filters> tile 
fields, or underdrain of sand sewage filters must conform to the specifica- 
tions C4-24 of the American Society for Testing Materials, or to Commercial 
Standard CS116-44. 
(1) Distribution boxes must be included on all drain fields in excess of 
75 feet in total length. For drain fields of 75 feet in length which can 
not be laid in one continuous line distribution"boxes are required. 
Section 9. Sludge Disposal 
(a) Sludge from septic tanks shall be disposed of by burial and not by be- 
ing emptied into ditches or waters. 
Section 10, Schools 
(a) The minimum effective capacity of a septic tank, for day schools only, 
shall be 500 gallons to serve not more than 30 pupils and teachers. For FLA. STATE SAMI TART CODE 
CHAPTER V. Paae 5 
boarding schools or schools where pupils stay in residence, the minimum 
effective capacity of septic tanks shall be computed in accordance with 
the requirements set forth in Section 5 of this Chapter. 
(b) The minimum effective capacity of septic tanks for day schools seating 
over 30 pupils and teachers shell bo computed in accordance with the require- 
ments sot forth in Section 5 of this Chapter. 
Section 11. For septic tanks of over 1200-gallon capacity, sludge drying 
beds, filters, sipnens, dry wells, disposal plants for hospitals, large commercial 
institutions and other installations not herein specified, plans and specifications 
shall be submitted to the State Board of Health for approval. 
Section 12. Unapproved Sortie Tanks not to be Sold. Mo person, persons, 
corporation, or firm shall sell or manufacture for sale within the State of 
Florida any septic tank or similar device that docs not conform to the requirements 
for such devices as hereinbefore set forth. 
Section 13. Local Health Authorities. Nothing herein contained shall be 
construed as preventing local health authorities, wherever sue)' may be established, 
frau formulating or enforcing any other regulations governing the installation and 
use of septic tanks or ocher sewage disposal device, provided such regulations 
shall not be less strict than the minimum roouirenu nts for such septic tank or 
sewage disposal device as outlined in this Chapter. 
Section 14. Permits. No septic tank shall be constructed or installed until 
a permit for such construction or installation has been obtained from either; 
(a) The full-time local County Health Unit, organized and operated under 
Chapter 154, Florida Statutes, 1941, and amenoments thereto, for the County 
in which such tank is to be located; or 
(b) A full-time City Health Department, apprcvecl by the State^Health 
Officer for such purpose, of the city within the corporate limits of suet 
tank is to bo located; or 
(c) The Florida State Board of Health fox'* tanks to bo located in counties 
not served by a full-time County Health Unit. 
Upon the completion, of installation or construction of a septic tank and 
drain field and before tncy are cover a with earth and nut in service,^they shall 
be inspected and approved by the County Sanitary Officer or the authorized person 
from whom the construction or installation permit was secured,. 
The Sections of this Chapter were adopted 
by the State Board of Health in executive 
session on February’10, 194$ to bo effec- 
tive from that date. SUGGESTED PLANS for 
SEPTIC TANK, DISTRIBUTION BOX, and DRAIN FIELD 
Florida State Board of Health 
Bureau of Sanitary Engineering 
Jacksonville 1 Florida 
SECTION DETAIL OF TILE FIELD 
Scale: 3/4" = l'-0" 
3- 1- *48 FLORIDA STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER VI 
Sanitary Privies 
Reference is made to Chapter 386, Section 3B6.09, Florida Statutes of 1911, 
cand to ..amendments thereto. This chapter makes it unlawful for .any person, firm 
or corporation to keep or maintain surface closets and privies, used for the de- 
posit of human excreta within incorporated limits, unincorporated towns, suburbs 
and thickly settled communities, unless these closets and privies are constructed 
in conformity with specifications approved by the State Board of Health, 
Section 1. Definitions, 
(a) Privy. A privy is defined as a building which is not connected to a 
sewerage system or a private water carried sewage disposal system and which 
is used for the reception, disposition and storage of feces or other excreta 
from the human body. 
(b) Septic Privy. A septic privy is one in which the fecal matter is placed 
in a septic tank containing water and connected to a drain field but which is 
not served by a water supply under pressure. 
(c) Box and Can Privy, a box and can privy is one in which fecal matter is 
deposited in a can or bucket which must be removed for emptying and cleaning. 
(d) Concrete Vault Privy. A vault privy is a pit privy with the pit lined 
with concrete in such manner as to make it water tight. 
(e) Chemical Privy. A chemical privy is one in which fecal matter is de- 
posited into a tank containing a caustic chemical solution to prevent septic 
action while the organic matter is decomposed. 
(f) Local Health Authority. The term "Local Health Authority", where used 
in this Chapter, shall mean the Director of a County Health Unit as authorized 
by Chapter 154, Florida Statutes, 1941, or his authorized representative. 
Section 2. Approved Privy. The privy approved and recommended by the State 
Board of Health is the type known as the sanitary pit privy. The ‘sanitary pit privy 
shall be constructed in accordance with the following minimum requirements; 
(a) The sanitary pit privy shall consist of an earthen pit, a floor covering 
the pit, a seat riser, a seat, and a seat cover so constructed that fecal mat- 
ter and urine will be deposited at least four feet and not more than five feet 
below the surface of the ground into an earthen pit which is completely fly- 
tight and which is so constructed as to present a reasonably permanent struc- 
ture which will not deteriorate to the extent of developing openings through 
v;hich flies may enter the pit during the normal use-expectancy of the privy. 
(b) The pit shall be at least 3g feet square and shall be fitted with a curb 
adequate to prevent caving and containing sufficient openings to allow' liquid 
contents to seep into the surrounding soil throughout the perimeter and depth 
of the pit. FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER VI, Page 2 
(c) The floor shall cover the,pit tightly to. prevent the entrance of flies 
between the ground and the floor. Floor and seat risers shall be constructed 
of concrete or such other impervious material as will not warp, crack, or 
develop openings sufficiently large for the entrance of insects or leakage of 
excreta. The floor shall rest on such foundation as is required to prevent 
- settling, sagging, erosion, or caving. 
(d) The pit shall be located or a mound shall be constructed so that roof 
water shall drain away from the pit in a manner to prevent erosion or caving. 
(e) The seat riser shall be cast integrally with the floor or shall be joined 
to the floor sc as to form a water-tight, insect-tight joint. 
(f) The seat riser shall be fitted with a seat and cover which shall effec- 
tively prevent the entrance of flies at ail times when the privy is not in 
use. Seat covers shall be self-closing. 
(g) A suitable building shall be constructed to provide necessary comfort 
and privacy for the users of the privy. 
Section 3. Location. Privies shall not be located within 50 feet of a well 
or other source of. ground water supply except by approval of the local.health 
authority or in the absence of such local health authority by the State Health 
Officer or his authorized representative. Provided, however, that no privy shall 
be located within 200 feet of any source of ground water used for a public water 
supply as defined by Chapter I of this Code. No privy shall be located within 
25 feet of the shore line of any lake or stream. 
Section A, Wood Floors Not Approved. Wooden floors and seat risers are 
specifically disapproved by the State Board of Health on the grounds that this 
material does not meet the requirements of Section 2(c) of this Chapter. 
Section 5. Disposal of Privy Contents. When pit privies become filled to 
within 18 inches of the surface of the ground, the building, floor and foundation 
shall be removed and the pit filled with earth. Pits shall be over-filled by 
mounding earth at least 12 inches over the natural ground surface to care for 
shrinkage. Under no circumstances will pit contents be removed by scavengers nor 
will the curb within the pit be salvaged. 
Section 6. Certain Types Disapproved. Septic privies, concrete vault privies, 
box and can type privies, chemical toilets, or any type of privy that depends on a 
scavenger system for its sanitary efficiency are not approved by the State Board 
of Health, Provided, however, that under epidemic or other emergency conditions 
the State Health Officer may give approval for a system of excreta disposal recom- 
mended by the Chief Sanitary Engineer and operated under his supervision. 
Section 7. Bureau of Sanitary Engineering to Supply Plans. The Bureau of 
Sanitary Engineering shall maintain at ail times a supply of recommended plans for 
pit privies to comply with these regulations; such plans shall be available to the 
public upon request. It shall be the responsibility of the Chief Sanitary Engineer FU. STATE SANITARY C0D3 
CHAPTER VI, Page 3 
to revise such plans from time to time in order that they shall reflect the latest 
knowledge and development as pertains to materials and methods of construction of 
individual excreta disposal facilities. 
The sections of this Chapter were adopted by 
the State Board of Health in executive session 
on February 16, 1946, to be effective from that 
date. FLORIDA STATE SANITARY CODE 
Chapter VII 
Drinking Water, Toilet and Vfashroom Facilities in Buildings Serving the Public 
and in Places of Employment 
Section 1. Places of Employment Must Provide Facilities for Employees. 
All mills, factories, canning plants and similar industrial establishments, 
all hotels, restaurants, and places handling food in the State of Florida, 
and in municipalities of 3,000 population or more, all printing, mercantile, 
dressmaking, millinery establishments, places of sinusernent, telegraph or 
telephone offices or exchanges, and offices, shall install and maintain 
washroom and toilet facilities for their employees in compliance with the 
provisions of this Chapter. 
Section 2. Public Toilets. All places of overnight occupancy, such 
as hotels, rooming houses, tourist camps and trailer camps, where private 
toilets are not attached to the rooms; and all restaurants, cafes, public 
waiting rooms and places of amusement; shall provide toilet and washroom 
facilities in accordance with this Chapter. All public buildings, stores, 
parks and similar establishments, where washrooms and toilet facilities 
are supplied for the use of patrons, visitors, or the general public, shall 
comply with the provisions of this Chapter. 
Section 3. Toilets in Separate Rooms. Toilets and lavatories must 
be installed in a room separated by substantial partition walls, extending 
from floor to ceiling, from workrooms. Doors to toilet rooms shall not 
open into any room or compartment where food is prepared, handled, stored, 
cooked, or eaten. 
Section 4. Separation of Sexes and Races. Toilet and lavatory 
rooms must be provided for each sex and in case of public toilets or where 
colored persons are employed, separate rooms must be provided for their 
use. Each toilet room shall be plainly marked, viz: "White Men", "White 
Women", "Colored Men", "Colored Women". 
Section 5, Privacy. Each toilet seat shall be separated by a 
partition from adjoining ones, and, at least in rooms for women, a door 
shall be provided which will entirely conceal the occupant from outside view. 
All doors to toilet rooms shall be self-closing, and for women’s rooms a 
screen shall be provided or other arrangement that will not permit a view 
of toilets when door is open. 
Section 6. Facilities to be Provided, 
(a) In Places of Employment. For women employees there shall be pro- 
vided in toilet rooms apxjropriately designated not less than one toilet 
seat for each 25 women employees or major fraction thereof; provided 
that where the number of women employees exceeds 200 this number may 
be reduced to one toilet seat for each 30 women employees. For male 
employees there shall be provided in toilet rooms designated for men not 
less than one toilet seat and one urinal for each 40 men or major 
fraction thereof; provided that where the number of men employed ex- 
ceeds 200 the number of fixtures may be reduced to one toilet seat and FLORIDA STATS SANITARY CODS 
CHAPTER VII, Page 2 
one urinal for each 50 men employed. There shall be provided in 
toilet rooms or in a separate room adjacent thereto at least one 
lavatory for each 50 persons but in no case shall there be less than 
one lavatory for each toilet room. In no case shall less than one 
toilet seat and one lavatory be provided for each sex and if members 
of the white and colored race are employed, separate facilities shall 
be provided for each race. 
(b) Places Serving Public. In places serving the public such as 
restaurants, bars and similar establishments and for waiting rooms of 
public transportation systems the number of toilet seats to be added to 
those listed above for the use of the public shall be based on the 
seating capacity of the establishment or the maximum number of patrons 
expected to be present at one time if seats are not provided. In these 
establishments one toilet seat shall be provided in the toilet rooms 
designated for women fcr each 100 seats, or for each 100 persons or major 
fraction thereof expected to be present at one time if seats are not 
provided; in the toilet rooms designated for men there shall be provided 
one toilet seat and one urinal for each 160 seats or for each 160 
persons or major fraction thereof expected to be present at one time if 
seats are not provided. However, where the number of seats exceeds 600 
these numbers may be reduced to one toilet seat in the women’s toilet 
rooms for each 120 seats and one toilet seat and one urinal for each 200 
seats in the toilet rooms designated for men. In all cases one lavatory 
shall be provided for each sex for each 200 seats or major fraction 
thereof; provided that no toilet room shall contain less than one lavatory 
(c) Overnight Occupancy. In places offering overnight occupancy to 
the public, such as trailer camps, tourist camps, hotels, rooming houses, 
recreation camps, labor camps and all other such places, where toilet 
facilities and bathing facilities are contained in central units for 
men and women, not less than the following facilities shall be provided 
in addition to those required for employees as designated in paragraph 
(a) above; 
For women - 1 toilet seat for each 15 women 
1 lavatory for each 20 women 
1 shower bath for each 20 women 
For men - 1 toilet seat for each 20 men 
1 urinal for each 25 men 
1 lavatory for each 20 men 
1 shower bath for each 20 men 
In all cases the number of fixtures shall be as hers listed or major 
fraction thereof. The number of men and women shall be estimated on 
the basis of two persons to each bedroom and three persons to each 
trailer and the total population is to be considered equally divided 
as to men and women; provided that if the management of the installation 
shall have regulations in effect which limit the number of persons in 
bedrooms or trailers to a smaller figure than that listed, the'smaller 
number will govern. FLORIDA STATE SANITARY CCDS 
GHAPfER VII, Page 5 
(d) Schools. The sanitary fixtures to be provided in schools shall be 
in accordance with the requirements contained in Chapter XXIV of this Code, 
(e) Variations. Variations in the above minimum requirements to either 
increase or decrease the number of fixtures per unit number of people may 
be made by the Chief Sanitary Engineer of the State Board of Health in 
all cases where special conditions prevail. 
Section 7. Type of Fixtures and Plumbing. The type of fixtures and 
the plumbing shall be in compliance with Chapter VIII of this Code, 
Section 8. Lighting. Lighting in all toilet rooms shall be at least 
one (l) foot candle. 
Section 9, Ventilation. All toilet rooms must be provided with direct 
outside ventilation. This outside ventilation area shall not be less than 
4 square feet for a single toilet seat, and 1 square foot more for each addi- 
tional toilet seat. 
Section 10, Cleanliness. Floors end fixtures shall show at all times 
adequate use of soap and water. Floors and fixtures shall be washed daily, 
and walls washed and floors scoured at least weekly. Fixtures and plumbing 
should be kept in good repair, in sanitary condition and free from odor. 
Section 11. Sewage Disposal. Sewage disposal should be into the public 
sewerage system if such is available; otherwise in compliance with provisions 
of Chapter V of this Code. 
Section 12, Water Supply. Water supply shall be adequate in quantity and 
conveniently placed in compliance with provisions of Chapter II of this Cede, 
Hot water shall be provided for all lavatories. Cool drinking water shall 
be furnished from sanitary drinking fountains, or from iced containers of a 
type that the water does net come in contact with the ice. Where sanitary 
drinking fountains are not used, individual paper drinking cups shall be fur- 
nished in adequate quantity. Drinking fountains or water receptacles should 
be adequate in number and so placed that they will be conveniently accessible to 
all employees or patrons. 
Section 13. Soap and Towels. Each toilet room shall be adequately sup- 
plied with soap, preferably liquid type, and towels for individual use. Paper 
towels are considered most satisfactory. The common towel shall in no case be 
used. 
The Sections of this Chapter were adopted by 
the State Board of Health in executive session 
on February 16, 1946, to be effective from 
that date. FIORIDA STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER IX 
RESTAURANTS AND EATING PLACES 
Reference is made to Chapter 381, Sections 3S1.49 and 381.50, Florida 
Statutes, 1941, which requires the State Board of Health to make, adopt, pro- 
mulgate, and enforce rules and regulations which shall be known as The Sanitary 
Code of The State of Florida and which may include regulations governing restau- 
rants and ail other places where food is sold or served. 
Section-1. Definitions. The following definitions shall apply in the 
interpretation and enforcement of this Chapter: 
(a) Restaurant. The term '’restaurant" shall mean restaurant, coffee shop, 
cafeteria, short order cafe, luncheonette, tavern, sandwich stand, soda 
fountain, and all other eating or drinking establishments, as well as 
kitchens or other places in which food or drink is prepared for sale else- 
where. 
(b) Itinerant restaurant. The term "itinerant restaurant" shall mean one 
operating for a temporary period in connection with a fair, carnival, circus, 
public exhibition, or other similar gathering. * 
(c) Employee. The term "employee" shall mean any person who handles food 
or drink during preparation or serving, or who comes in contact with any 
eating or cooking utensils, or who is employed in a room in which food or 
drink is prepared or served. 
(d) Utensils. The term "utensils" shall include any kitchenware, table- 
ware, glassware, cutlery, utensils, containers, or other equipment with 
which food or drink comes in contact during storage, preparation, or 
serving. 
(e) Health Officer. The term "Health Officer" where used in this Chapter 
shall mean the official health authority of a county as authorized by 
Chapter 154, Florida Statutes of 1941, or, in the absence of such county 
health authority, the term "Health Officer" shall mean the State Health 
Officer or his authorized representative; provided, however, that in- 
corporated cities and towns of the State of Florida may adopt the provisions 
of this Chapter by local ordinance and in this case the term "Health Officer" 
shall mean the health authority of such incorporated city or town. 
(f) Person. The word "person" shall mean person, firm, corporation, or 
association. 
Section 2. Inspection of restaurants. The Health Officer shall inspect all 
restaurants within his jurisdiction as often as he may deem necessary for the en- 
forcement of the provisions of this Code, One copy of the inspection report shall 
be posted by the Health Officer upon the inside wall of the* restaurant, and said 
inspection report shall not be defaced or removed by any person except the Health 
Officer, Another copy of the inspection report shall be filed with the records 
of the Health Unit, FLORIDA STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER IX. Page 2 
The person operating the restaurant shall, upon request of the Health Officer, 
permit access to all parts of the establishment and shall permit copying of any or 
all records of food purchased. 
Section 3* Examination and condemnation of unwholesome or adulterated food 
or drink. Samples of food, drink, and other substances may be taken and examined 
by the Health Officer as often as may be necessary for the detection of unwhole- 
someness or adulteration. The Health Officer may condemn and forbid the sale of, 
or cause to be removed or destroyed, any food or drink which is unwholesome or 
adulterated. 
Section 4. Sanitary Requirements for restaurants. All restaurants shall com- 
ply with the following items of sanitation; 
(a) Building. All buildings used to house a restaurant shall be made rat- 
proof, freed of rats, and maintained in a rat-proof and rat-free condition. 
(b) Floors. The floors of all rooms in which food or drink is stored, pre- 
pared, or served, or in which utensils are washed, shall be of such construc- 
tion as to be easily cleaned, shall be smooth, and shall be kept clean and 
in good repair. 
(c) Walla «nd ceilings. Walls and ceilings of all rooms shall be kept clean 
and in good repair. Ail wails and ceilings of rooms in which food or drink 
is stored or prepared shall be finished in light color. The walls of all 
rooms in which food or drink is prepared or utensils are washed shall have a 
smooth, washable surface up to the level reached by splash or spray. 
(d) Doors and windows. Ail openings into the outer air shall be effectively 
screened and doors shall be self-closing, unless other effective means are 
provided to prevent the entrance of flies. 
(e) Lighting. All rooms in which food or drink is stored or prepared or in 
which utensils are washed shall be well lighted. 
(f) Ventilation. Ail rooms in which food or drink is stored, prepared, or 
served, or in which utensils are washed, shall be well ventilated. 
(g) Toilet facilities. Every restaurant shall be provided with adequate 
and conveniently located toilet facilities for its employees and guests; the 
facilities shall conform with provisions of Chapter VII of this Code. In 
restaurants hereafter constructed toilet rooms shall not open directly into 
any room in which food, drink, or utensils are handled or stored. The doors 
of toilet rooms shall be self-closing. Toilet rooms shall be kept in a clean 
condition, in good repair, and well lighted and ventilated. Hand-washing 
signs shall be posted in each toilet room used by employees. 
(h) Water supply. Running water under pressure shall be easily accessible 
to all rooms in which food is prepared or utensils are washed, and the water 
supply'shall be adequate and of safe sanitary quality in conformance with the 
provisions of Chapter II of this Code, FLORIDA STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER IX, Page 3 
(i) Lavatory facilities. Adequate and convenient hand-washing facilities 
shall be provided in conformance with the provisions of Chapter VII of this 
Code, Hot and cold running water, soap, and approved sanitary towels shall 
be furnished by the management. The use of a common towel is prohibited. No 
employee shall resume work after using the toilet room without first washing 
his hands. 
(j) Construction of utensils and equipment. All multi-use utensils and all 
show and display cases or windows, counters, shelves, tables, refrigerating 
equipment, sinks, and other equipment or utensils used in connection with the 
operation of a restaurant shall be so constructed as to be easily cleaned and 
shall be kept in good repair. Utensils containing or plated with cadmium or 
lead shall not be used; Provided, that solder containing lead may be used 
for jointing. 
(k) Cleaning and bactericidal treatment of utensils and equipment. All equip- 
ment including display cases or windows, counters, shelves, tables, refriger- 
ators, stoves, hoods, and sinks shall be kept clean and free from dust, dirt, 
insects and other contaminating material. All clothes used by waiters, chefs, 
and other employees shall be clean. Single-service containers shall be used 
only once. 
All multi-use eating and drinking utensils shall be thoroughly cleansed 
and effectively subjected to an approved bactericidal process after each usage. 
Ail multi-use utensils used in the preparation or serving of food and drink 
shall be thoroughly cleaned and effectively subjected to an approved bacteri- 
cidal process immediately following the days operation. Approved bactericidal 
processes shall include; 
(1) Immersion for at least 2 minutes in clean hot water at a temperature 
of at least 170° F. or for g minute in boiling water. Unless actual boil- 
ing water is used an approved thermometer shall be available convenient 
to the vat. The pouring of scalding water over washed utensils shall 
not be accepted as satisfactory compliance. When hot water is used for 
bactericidal treatment there shall be provided a hot water heater(prefer- 
ably controlled by a thermostat) capable of maintaining a water temper- 
ature of at least 170°F. in the vat at all times during business hours 
and water at such temperature shall be available at all times while 
utensils are being washed and given bactericidal treatment. The heating 
device may be integral with the immersion vat. 
(2) Immersion for at least two minutes in a lukewarm chlorine bath con- 
taining at least 50 ppm of available chlorine if hypochlorites are used, 
or a concentration of equal bactericidal strength if chloramines are used. 
The bath shall be made up at a strength of 100 ppm or more of hypochlorite 
and shall not be used after its strength has been reduced to 50 ppm. 
Bactericidal treatment with chlorine is ineffective if the utensils have 
not been thoroughly cleaned and the bactericidal treatment requirement 
shall be considered as violated if utensils so treated are not clean. 
Chlorine solutions once used shall not be used on any succeeding day but 
may be reused for other purposes. Where chlorine treatment is used a 
three-compartment vat shall be required, the first compartment to be used 
for washing, the second for plain rinsing and the third for chlorine 
immersion; provided that, for existing installations, the second or FLORIDA STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER IX, Page 4 
rinsing compartment may be omitted if a satisfactory rinsing or spraying 
device is substituted. Upon removal from the chlorine bath the utensils 
may be rinsed in clean running water, if desired, and allowed to air dry. 
(3) Exposure in a steam cabinet equipped with an indicating thermometer 
located in the coldest zone to at least 170°F. for at least Ip minutes, 
or at least 200°F. for at least 5 minutes. Steam cabinets shall be 
provided with a valve to permit the discharge of cold air when steam is 
admitted. 
(4) Exposure in a properly designed oven or hot-air cabinet, equipped 
with an indicating thermometer in the coldest zone, to hot air' at a 
temperature of at least 18CPF. for at least 20 minutes. 
(5) Equipment that is too large to immerse may be treated with (a) live 
steam from a hose in the case of equipment,in which steam can be confined; 
(b) boiling water rinse; (c) spraying or swabbing with chlorine solution 
of approved strength. 
(6) When dishwashing machines are used, the adequacy of bactericidal 
treatment shall bo determined by actual laboratory tests under the 
direction of the Health Officer, 
(7) Care shall be taken in the bactericidal treatment of containers by 
immersion in hot water or chlorine rinse to prevent the trapping of air 
in the container, thus preventing contact with the entire surface of the 
container. 
No article, polish, or other substance containing any cyanide preparation 
or other poisonous material shall be used for the cleansing or polishing of 
utensils. 
(L) Storage and handling of utensils and equipment. After bactericidal treat- 
ment utensils shall be stored in a clean, dry place protected from flies and 
dust and other contamination, and shall be handled in such a manner as to 
prevent contamination as far as practicable. Single service utensils shall 
be purchased only in sanitary containers, shall be stored therein a clean 
dry place until used, and shall be handled in a sanitary manner. 
(m) Disposal of wastes. All wastes shall be properly disposed of, and all 
garbage and trash shall be kept in suitable receptacles in such manner as not 
to become a nuisance. Specific wastes shall be disposed of as listed below. 
(1) Sanitary sewage and other liquid wastes shall be placed into a city 
sewerage system, if such is available, or shall be disposed of in accord- 
ance with the provisions of Chapter V of this Code, Ail plumbing in 
restaurants constructed after the adoption of this Chapter shall be 
in conformance with the provisions of Chapter VIII of this Code. 
(2) Garbage shall be stored in metal-covered containers which shall 
effectively prevent the garbage from being available to rats and insects 
and shall be diwsposed of in a manner to prevent the breeding of flies, 
the harborage of rodents or the creation of other nuisances in accordance 
with the provisions of Chapter XXXI of this Code. FLORIDA STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER IX, Page 3 
(n) Refrigeration. All readily perishable food and drink shall be kept at or 
below 50°F. except when being prepared or served. Waste pipes from refrigera- 
tors shall be installed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter VIII of 
this Code. Waste water shall be properly disposed of* 
(o) Wholesomeness of food and drink. All food and drink shall be clean, 
wholesome, free from spoilage, and so prepared as to be safe for human con- 
sumption. Ail milk, fluid milk products, ice cream, and other frozen deserts 
served shall be from approved sources in accordance with the provisions of 
Chapter X of this Code. Milk and fluid milk products shall be served in the 
individual original containers in which they were received from the distribu- 
tor or from a bulk container equipped with an approved dispensing device; 
provided, that this requirement shall not apply to cream, which may be served 
from the original bottle or from a dispenser approved for such service. All 
oysters, clams, and mussels shall be from approved sources, and if shucked, 
shall be kept in the containers in which they were placed at the shucking 
plant until used. 
(p) Storage display, .and serving of food and drink. Ail food and drink shall 
be so stored, displayed, and served as to be protected from dust, flies, vermin, 
depredation and pollution by rodents, unnecessary handling, droplet infection, 
overhead leakage, and other contamination. Mo live animals or fowls shall be 
kept or allowed in any room in which food and drink are prepared or stored. 
All means necessary for the elimination of flies, roaches, and rodents shall 
be used. 
(q) Cleanliness of Employees. All employees shall wear clean outer garments 
and shall keep their hands clean at all times while engaged in handling food, 
drink, utensils, or equipment. Employees shall not expectorate or use 
tobacco in any form in rooms in which food is prepared. 
(r) Health of Employees. No person suffering from a communicable disease, or 
known to be, or suspected of being a carrier of organisms causing a communicable 
disease shall be employed in a restaurant or permitted to remain on the premises 
Each employer shall have in his possession a certificate in writing for each 
employee from a Health Officer approved by the State Board of Health, or a 
registered medical physician, stating that the employee has been thoroughly 
examined, including a Wasserman or other recognized blood test for syphilis, 
and that said employee is found to be not suffering from any disease in a 
communicable stage. Such certificate shall show the date of examination and 
shall not be accepted as in compliance with this section after a period of 
six months from that date. Both employer and employee shall be held respon- 
sible for violation of the requirements of this section. 
(s) Miscellaneous. The premises of all restaurants shall be kept clean and 
free of litter or rubbish. None of the operations connected with a restaurant 
shall be conducted in any room used as living or sleeping quarters. Adequate 
lockers or dressing rooms shall be provided for employees* clothing and shall 
be kept clean. Soiled linens, coats, and aprons shall be kept in containers 
provided for this purpose. 
The Sections of this Chapter were adopted by 
the State Board of Health in executive 
session on February 16, 1946, to be effective 
from that date. FLORIDA STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER X 
Milk and Cream 
Rules and regulations defining '•milk” and certain "milk products", "milk pro- 
ducer", "pasteurization", etc., prohibiting the sale of adulterated or misbranded 
milk and milk products, requiring permits for the sale of milk and milk products, 
regulating the inspection of dairy farms and milk plants, the examination, grading, 
labeling, placarding, pasteurization, regrading, distribution, and sale of milk and 
milk products, providing for the publishing of milk grades, the construction of 
future dairies and milk plants, the enforcement of these rules and regulations, and 
the fixing of penalties. 
Be it ordained by the Board of Health of the State of Florida as follows 
Section 1. Definitions. The following definitions shall apply in the inter- 
pretation and the enforcement of these rules and regulations. 
(a) Milk. Milk is hereby defined to be the lacteal secretion obtained by the 
complete milking of one or more healthy cows, excluding that obtained within 
15 days before and 5 days after calving, or such longer period as may be 
necessary to render the milk practically colostrum free; which contains not 
less than B.5 per cent of milk solids not fat, and not less than 3-1A per 
cent of milk fat. 
(b) Milk fat or butter fat. Milk fat or butter fat is the fat of milk. 
(c) Cream and sour cream. Cream is a portion of milk which contains not less 
than 18 per cent milk fat. Sour cream is cream, the acidity of which is more 
than 0,20 per cent, expressed as lactic acid. 
(d) Skimmed milk. Skimmed milk is milk from which a sufficient portion of 
milk fat has been removed to reduce its milk fat percentage to less than 3*25 
per cent. 
(e) Milk or skimmed milk beverage. A milk beverage or a skimmed milk bever 
age is a food compound or confection consisting of milk or skimmed milk, as 
the case, may be, to which has been added in a sanitary manner a syrup or 
flavoring consisting of wholesome ingredients. 
Chocolate milk. Chocolate milk is a food compound or confection con- 
sisting of milk, to which has been added in a sanitary manner chocolate syrup 
or flavoring consisting of wholesome ingredients. It shall contain not less 
than 2.0 per cent butter fat. 
Chocolate skimmed milk. Chocolate skimmed milk is a food compound or con 
faction consisting of skimmed milk, to which has been added in a sanitary man- 
ner, chocolate syrup or flavoring consisting of wholesome ingredients. Any 
such confection containing less than 2,0 per cent butter fat shall be labeled 
"chocolate skimmed milk". 
Powdered milk, condensed milk, syrups, flavorings, etc., used in the manufac- 
ture of milk product or beverage shall oe stored so as not to become con- 
taminated before being used. FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER X, Page 2 
(f) Buttermilk. Buttermilk is a product resulting from the churning of milk 
or cream, or from the souring or treatment by a lactic acid or other culture 
of milk, skimmed milk, reconstituted skimmed milk, evaporated or condensed 
milk or skimmed milk, or milk or skimmed milk powder. It contains not less 
than 8,5 per cent of milk solids not fat. 
(g) Vitamin D milk. Vitamin D milk is milk the vitamin D content of which 
has been increased by a method and in an amount approved by the Health Officer, 
(h) Reconstituted or recombined milk and cream. Reconstituted or recombined 
milk is a product resulting from the recombining of milk constituents with 
water, and which complies with the standards for milk fat and solids not fat 
of milk as defined herein. Reconstituted or recombined cream is a product re- 
sulting from the combination of dried cream, butter, or butter fat with cream, 
milk, skimmed milk or water. The sale of reconstituted or recombined milk or 
cream is prohibited. 
(i) Goat milk. Goat milk is the lacteal secretion, free from colostrum, ob- 
tained by the complete milking of healthy goats, and shall comply with all the 
requirements of these rules and regulations. The word "cow” shall be inter- 
preted to include goats. 
(j) Homogenized milk. Homogenized milk is milk which has been treated in 
such manner as to insure break-up of the fat globules to such an extent that 
after 18 hours storage no visible cream separation occurs on the milk and the 
fat percentage of the top 100 cc, of milk in a quart bottle, or of propor- 
tionate volumes in containers of other sizes, does not differ by more than 
10 per cent of itself from the fat percentage of the remaining milk as deter- 
mined after thorough mixing. Milk shall be clarified and homogenized before 
pas teurization. 
(k) Milk Products. Milk products shall be taken to mean and include cream, 
sour cream, homogenized milk, goat milk, vitamin D milk, buttermilk, skimmed 
beverages, and any other product made by the addition of any substance to milk 
or any of these products and used for similar purposes and designated as a 
milk product by the health officer. 
(1) Pasteurization. The terms "pasteurization", "pasteurized”, and similar 
terms shall be taken to refer to the process of heating every particle of .milk 
or milk products to at least 113 degrees F., and holding at such temperature 
for at least 30 minutes, or to at least 150 degrees F., and holding at such 
temperature for at least 15 seconds, in approved and properly operated equip- 
ment or any other equally efficient process which has been approved 'by the 
State Health Officer. 
(m) Adulterated milk and milk products. Any milk or milk product which con- 
tains any unwholesome substance, or which is defined in these rules and regu- 
lations does not conform with its definition, or which carries a grade label 
unless such grade label has been awarded by the health officer and not revoked, 
shall be deemed adulterated or misbranded. FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER X. Page 3 
(n) Milk producer. A milk producer is any person who owns or controls one 
or more cows any part of the milk or milk products from which is sold or 
offered for sale. 
(°) Milk distributor. A milk distributor is any person who offers for sale 
or sells to another any milk or milk products for human consumption as such. 
(p) Dairy or dairy farm. A dairy or dairy farm is any place or premises where 
one or more cows are kept, any part of the milk or milk products from which is 
sold or offered for sale. 
(g) Milk plant. A milk plant is any place or premises or establishment where 
milk or milk products are collected, handled, processed, stored, bottled, 
pasteurized, or prepared for distribution. 
(r) Health Officer. The term Health Officer shall mean the Health Officer 
of the State of Florida or his duly authorized representative. 
(s) Average bacterial plate count, direct microscopic count, reduction time, 
and cooling temperature. Average bacterial plate count and average direct 
microscopic count shall be taken to mean the logarithmic average, and average 
reduction time and average cooling temperature shall be taken to mean the 
arithmetic average, of the respective results of the last four consecutive 
samples, taken upon separate days, irrespective of the date of grading or re- 
grading. 
(t) Grading period. The grading period shall be such period of time as the 
Health Officer may designate within which grades shall be determined for all 
milk and milk products, provided that the grading period shall in no case 
exceed 6 months. 
(u) Person. The word "person” as used in these rules and regulations, shall 
mean "person, firm, corporation, or association". 
(v) No term such as "Natural Milk" or similar terms shall be used upon the 
package label, in advertisements, or on vehicles which may cause the customer 
to believe that Raw Milk is more natural than Pasteurized Milk. 
(w) Such designations as "Golden Guernsey Milk", "Pure Holstein Milk", end 
similar terms shall not be used unless the herd or herds producing the milk 
are predominantly (85$) Guernsey, Holstein, etc. 
(x) The statement "Approved by the State Board of Health" and similar terms 
shall not be used to advertise any milk or milk products unless such statement 
has been given in writing by .an authorized representative of the State Board 
of Health and has been issued in the twelve-month period immediately preceeding. 
(y) All certified milk dealers shall hold a permit to distribute certified 
milk from the State Board of Health. Said permit shall be given gratis upon 
satisfactory compliance with all the provisions of the current requirements 
of the American Association of Medical Milk Commissions, FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER X. Page A 
Section 2, The sale of adulterated, misbranded, or ungraded milk or milk pro- 
ducts prohibited. No person shall within the State of Florida sell, offer, or ex- 
pose for sale, or have in possession with intent to sell, any milk or milk product 
which is adulterated, misbranded, or ungraded. Provided that in an emergency un- 
graded milk may be sold as designated by the Health Officer, It shall be unlawful 
for any person, elsewhere than in a private home, to have in possession any adulter- 
ated, misbranded, or ungraded milk or milk product. 
Section 3. Permits. It shall be unlawful for any person to bring into or re- 
ceive into the State of Florida, for sale, or to sell, or offer for sale therein, or 
to have in storage where milk or milk products are sold or served, any milk or milk 
product defined in these rules and regulations who does not possess a permit from 
the Health Officer, 
Only a person who complies with the requirements of these rules and regula- 
tions shall be entitled to receive and retain such a permit. 
Such a permit may be suspended by the Health Officer, or revoked after an 
opportunity for a hearing by the Health Officer, upon the violation by the holder 
of any of the terms of these rules and regulations. 
Section 1. Labeling and placarding. Ail bottles, cans, packages, and other 
containers enclosing milk or any milk product defined in these rules and regulations 
shall be plainly labeled or marked with (1) the name of the contents as given in the 
definitions in these rules and regulations; (2) the grade of the contents; (3) the 
work ’’pasteurized" only if the contents have been pasteurized; (A) the word "raw" 
only if the contents are raw; (5) the phrase "for pasteurization" if the contents 
are to be pasteurized; (6) the name of the producer if the contents are raw, and 
the name of the plant at which the contents were pasteurized, if the contents are 
pasteurized; (7) in the case of vitamin D milk, the designation "Vitamin D Milk" 
and the source of the Vitamin D; and, (8) in the case of milk or cream, the n?mie 
of the State in which produced. The label or mark shall be in letters of a size, 
kind, and color approved by the Health Officer and shall contain no marks or words 
which are misleading. 
Every restaurant, cafe, soda fountain, or other establishment serving milk or 
milk products shall display at all times, in a place designated by the Health 
Officer, a notice approved by the Health Officer, stating the lowest grade of milk 
and milk products served. 
Section 3• Inspection of- dairy farms and milk plants for the purpose of grad- 
ing or regrading. At least once during each grading period the Health Officer 
shall inspect ail dairy farms and all milk plants whose milk or milk products are 
intended for consumption within the State of Florida, In case the Health Officer 
discovers the violation of any item of sanitation, he shall make a second inspec- 
tion after a lapse of such time as he deems necessary for the defect to be remedied, 
but not before the lapse of 3 days; and the second inspection shall be used in de- 
termining the grade of milk and milk products. Any violation of the same item of 
these rules and regulations on two consecutive inspections shall call for immediate 
degrading. FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER X. Page 5 
One copy of the inspection report shall be posted by the Health Officer in a 
conspicuous place upon an inside wall of one of the dairy farm or milk plant build- 
ings, and said inspection report shall not be defaced or removed by any person ex- 
cept the Health Officer, Another copy of the inspection report shall be filed with 
the records of the Health Department. 
Section 6. The examination of milk and milk products. During each grading 
period at least four samples of milk and cream from each dairy farm and each milk 
plant shall be taken on separate days and examined by the Health Officer. Samples 
of other milk products may be taken and examined by the Health Officer as often as 
he deems necessary. Samples of milk and milk products from stores, cafes, soda 
fountains, restaurants, and other places where milk or milk products are sold shall 
be examined as often as the Health Officer may require. Bacterial plate counts and 
direct microscopic counts shall be made in conformity with the latest standard 
methods recommended by the American Public Health Association, Examinations may 
include such other chemical and physical determinations as the Health Officer may 
deem necessary for the detection of adulteration, these examinations to be made in 
accordance with the latest standard methods of the American Public Health Associa- 
tion and the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists. Samples may be taken 
by the Health Officer at any time prior to the final delivery of the milk or milk 
products. All proprietors of stores, cafes, restaurants, soda fountains, and other 
similar places shall furnish the Health Officer, upon his request, with the names 
of all distributors from whom their milk and milk products are obtained. Bio-assays 
of the vitamin D content of vitamin D milk shall be made when reouired by the Health 
Officer in a laboratory approved by him for such examinations, provided that periods 
between Bio-assays shall not exceed six months. 
Y/henever the average bacterial count, the average reduction time, or the aver- 
age cooling temperature falls beyond the limit for the grade then held, the Health 
Officer shall send written notice thereof to the person concerned, and shall take 
an additional sample, but not before the lapse of 3 days, for determining a new 
average in accordance with section 1 (s). Violation of the grade requirement by the 
new average or by any subsequent average during the remainder of the current grading 
period shall call for immediate degrading or suspension of the permit, unless the 
last individual result is within the grade limit. 
Section 7, The grading of milk and milk products. At least once every six 
months the Health Officer shall announce the grades of all milk and milk products 
delivered by all producers or distributors and ultimately consumed within the State 
of Florida, Said grades shall be based upon the following standards, the grading of 
milk products being identical v;ith the grading of milk except that the bacterial 
standards shall be doubled in the case of cream, and omitted in the case of sour 
cream and buttermilk. Vitamin D milk shall be only of grade A or grade B pasteurized, 
certified, or grade A raw quality. 
Certified milk raw. Certified milk raw is raw milk which conforms with the re- 
quirements of the American Association of Medical Milk Commission in force at the '■ 
time of production and is produced under the supervision of a medical milk commis- 
sion and of the Health Officer, 
Grade A raw milk. Grade A raw milk is raw milk the average bacterial plate 
count of which as determined under Sections 1 (s) and 6 of these rules and regula- 
tions does not exceed 50,000 per cubic centimeter, or the average direct micros— FLA. STATE SANIT.-uRY CODE 
CHAPTER Page 6 
copic count of which does not exceed 50,000 per cubic centimeter if clumps ore 
counted or 200,000 per cubic centimeter if individual organisms are counted, or the 
average reduction time of which is not less than 8 hours: Provided, that if it is 
to be pasteurized the corresponding limits shall be 200,000 per cubic centimeter, 
200,000 per cubic centimeter, 800,000 per cubic centimeter, and 6 hours, respectively 
and which is produced upon dairy farms conforming with all of the following items 
of sanitation. 
Item Ir. Cows, tuberculosis ond other diseases. A tuberculin test of all 
herds and additions thereto shall be made before any milk therefrom is sold, and 
at least once every 12 months thereafter, by a licensed veterinarian approved by 
the State livestock sanitary authority. Said tests shall be made and reactors dis- 
posed of in accordance with the requirements approved by the United States Depart- 
ment of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry, for accredited herds, A certifi- 
cate signed by the veterinarian and attested to by the health Officer and filed with 
the Health Officer shall be evidence-of the above test. 
Herds producing milk for human consumption in the raw state, comprised of 
mature and immature animals, whether vaccinated or not, shall be free of Bang’s 
Disease, as shown by annual tests made in accordance with the rules and regulations 
of the State Livestock Sanitary Board, Additional tests during the year may be re- 
quired whenever deemed necessary. 
All milk must be pasteurized before being sold for human consumption when pro- 
duced from herds comprised of animals vaccinated against Bang1s Disease during the 
adult stage or animals not free from Bang's Disease, 
Gows which show an extensive or entire induration of one or more quarters of 
the udder upon physical examination, whether secreting abnormal milk or not, shall 
be permanently excluded from the milking herd. Cows giving bloody, stringy, or 
otherwise abnormal milk, but with only slight induration of the udder, shall be 
excluded from the herd until re-examination'shows that the milk has become normal. 
For other diseases such tests and examinations as the Health Officer may re- 
quire shall be made at intervals and by methods prescribed by him, and any diseased 
animals or reactors shall be disposed of as he may require. 
Item 2r, Dairy barn, lighting. A dairy or milking barn shall be required and 
such sections thereof where cows are milked shall be provided with adequate light, 
properly distributed, and when necessary shall be provides with adequate supplemen- 
tary artificial light, so placed to Illuminate the udder. 
Item 3r, Dairy bam, air space and ventilation. Such sections of all dairy 
barns where cows are kept or milked shall be well ventilated and shall be so ar- 
ranged as to avoid overcrowding. 
Item Ar. Dairy barn floors. Tne floors, feed troughs and gutters of such 
parts of all dairy barns in which cows are milked shall be constructed of concrete 
or other approved impervious and easily cleaned material, shall be graded to drain 
properly, and shall be kept clean and in good repair. Barn floors shall be cleaned 
between shifts. Gutters shall be not less than four inches deep; the distance from FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER. X. PAGE 7 
inner edge of gutter to outside wall shall be not less than six feet; for two row 
barns, tail to tail, the distance between gutters shall be not less than 8 feet. 
Barn sewage shall be properly disposed of to prevent pooling and fly breeding. 
No horses, pigs, fowls, calves, etc., shall be permitted in parts of the barn 
used for milking, nor shall they be penned or housed closer than 100 feet to milking 
barn or milk house. 
Item 5r. Dairy barn, walls and ceilings. Exterior walls of all dairy barns 
shall be not less than A feet high and extend entirely around the milking barn, 
except for doorways. The walls and ceilings shall be painted once every 2 years 
or oftener, if necessary, or finished in an approved manner, and shall be kept 
clean and in good repair. In case there is a second story above that part of the 
barn in which cows are milked, the ceiling shall be tight. The feed room shall 
be separated from the barn by a dust-tight partition and door. No -feed shall be 
stored in the milking portion of the barn. 
Item 6r. Dairy barn, cowyard. The cowyard shall be graded and drained as 
well as practicable and kept clean. It shall not be located closer than 100 ft. 
to milking barn or milk house, topographical features permitting, and shall con- 
nect to the barn by meansof a lane. 
Item ?r. Manure disposal. All manure shall be removed 100 feet or more 
and stored or disposed of in such manner as best to prevent the breeding of flies 
therein or the access of cows to piles thereof. 
Item 8r. Milk house.or room, construction. There shall be provided a milk 
house: or milk room in which the cooling, handling, and storing of milk and milk 
products and the washing, bactericidal treatment, and storing of milk containers 
and utensils shall be done. 
(a) The milk house or room shall be provided with a tight floor con- 
structed of concrete or other Impervious material, in good repair, and 
graded to provide proper drainage. 
(b) It shall have walls of impervious material at least A'feet up from 
the floor and ceilings of such construction as to permit easy cleaning, 
and shall be well painted or finished in an approved manner. 
(c) It shall have adequate natural and artificial light and be well 
ventilated. 
(d) It shall have all openings effectively screened including outward- 
opening, self-closing, doors, unless other effective means are provided 
to prevent the entrance of flies. Glass windows shall be of such type 
as will protect against weather conditions. FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER X, PAGE 3 
(e) It shall be used for no other purposes than those specified above 
except as may be approved by the health officer; shall not open directly 
into a stable or into any room used for domestic purposes; shall have 
ample running hot and cold water piped into it, shall be equipped with 
two-compartment stationary wash and rinse vats, except that in the case 
of retail raw milk, if chlorine is employed as the principal bactericidal 
treatment, the three-compartment type must be used; and shall, unless the 
milk is to be -pasteurized, be partitioned to separate the handling of 
milk and the storage of cleansed utensils from the cleaning and other 
operations, which shall be so located and conducted as to prevent any 
contamination of the milk or of cleaned equipment. Milk room sewage shall r 
be properly disposed of to prevent pooling and fly breeding. 
Item 9r. Milk house or room, cleanliness and flies. The floors, walls, 
ceilings, and equipment of the milk house or room shall be kept clean at all times. 
All means necessary for the elimination of flies shall.be used. All trash and 
garbage shall be kept in a tightly covered metal container. 
Item lOr, Toilet. Every dairy farm shall be provided with one or more 
sanitary toilets conveniently located and properly constructed, operated, and 
maintained, so that the waste is inaccessible to flies and does not pollute the 
surface soil or contaminate any water supply, in accordance with Chapter V where 
septic tanks are used, and Chapter VI where privies are- used of the Stnte Sani- 
tary Code, 
Item Hr. Water Supply. The water supply for the milk room and dairy barn 
shall be ample, properly located, constructed, and operated, and shall be easily 
accessible, adequate, and of a safe sanitary quality, in accordance with Chapter 
II of the State Sanitary Coue. It siiull be piped into the milk room and dairy 
barn. 
Item 12r, Utensils, construction. All multi-use containers or other uten 
sils used in the handling, storage, or transportation of milk or milk products 
must be made of smooth nonabsorbent material and of such construction as to be 
easily cleaned, and must be in good repair. Joints and seams shall be soldered 
flush. Woven wire cloth shall not be used for straining milk; only single 
service straining material shall be used. All milk pails shall be of a small- 
mouth design approved by the health officer. The- manufacture, packing, trans- 
portation, and handling of single-service containers and container caps and 
covers shall be conducted in a sanitary manner. FLA, STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER X, Page 9 
Item 13r, Utensils, cleaning. All multi-use containers, equipment, and 
other utensils used in the handling, storage or transportation of milk and milk 
products must be thoroughly cleaned after each usage. 
Item Utensils, bactericidal treatment. All multi-use containers, equip- 
ment, and other utensils used in the handling, storage, or transportation of milk 
or milk products shall between each usage be subjected to an approved bactericidal 
process with steam, hot water, chlorine, or hot air. 
Item 15r. Utensils, storage. All containers and other utensils used in the 
handling, storage, or transportation of milk or milk products shall be stored on 
suitable racks in an inverted position above the floor so as not to become contam- 
inated before being used. 
Item l6r. Utensils, handling. After bactericidal treatment no container or 
other milk or milk product utensil shall be handled in such manner as to permit any 
part of any person or his clothing to come in contact with any surface with which 
milk or milk products come in contact. 
Item l?r. Milking, udders and teats, abnormal milk. The udders and teats of 
all milking cows shall be cleaned and rinsed with a bactericidal solution at the time 
of milking. Abnormal milk shall be kept out of the milk supply and shall be so 
handled and disposed of as to preclude the infection of the cows rand the contamina- 
tion of milk utensils. 
Item 18r. Milking, flanks. The flanks, bellies, and tails of all milking cows 
shall be free from visible dirt at the time of milking. 
Item 19r, Milkers1 hands. Milkers' hands shall be cleaned, rinsed with, a 
bactericidal solution, and dried with a clean towel immediately before milking and 
following any interruption in the milking operation, vVet-hapd milking is prohibited. 
Convenient facilities shall be provided for the washing of milkers' hands. 
Item 20r, Clean clothing. Milkers and milk handlers shall wear clean outer 
garments while milking or handling milk, milk products, containers utensils, or 
equipment. 
Item 21r, Milk stools. Milk stools shall be made of metal and shall bp kept 
clean and shall be stored above the floor. 
Item 22r. Removal of milk. Each pail of milk shall be removed immediately to 
the milk house or straining room. No milk shall be strained in the dairy barn. 
Item 23r, Cooling, Milk must be cooled immediately after completion of milk- 
ing to 50 degrees F, or less and maintained at that temperature until delivery at 
the plant or consumer. 
Item 2ir. Bottling and capping. Milk and milk products shall be bottled from 
a container with a readily cleanable valve, or by means of an approved bottling 
machine. Bottles shall be capped by machine. Caps or cap stock shall be purchased 
in sanitary containers and kept therein in a clean dry place until used. FLA. STaTE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER X. Page IQ 
Item 25r, Personnel, health. The Health Officer or a physician authorized by 
him shall examine and take a careful morbidity history of every person connected 
with a retail raw dairy, or obo-ut to be employed, whose work brings him in contact 
with the production, handling, storage, or transportation of milk, milk products, 
containers, or equipment. If such examination or history suggests that such person 
may be a carrier or infected with the organisms of typhoid or paratyphoid fever or 
any other communicable diseases likely to be transmitted through milk, he shall 
secure appropriate specimens of body discharges and cause them to be examined in a 
laboratory approved by the State Board of Health for such examinations, and if the 
results justify such person shall be barred from such employment. 
Such persons shall furnish such information, submit to such physical examina- 
tions, and submit such laboratory specimens as the Health Officer may require for 
the purpose of determining freedom from infection. 
Item 26r. Miscellaneous. All vehicles used for the transportation of milk or 
milk products shall be so constructed and operated as to protect their contents from 
the sun and from contamination. All vehicles used for the transportation of milk 
or milk products in their final delivery containers shall be constructed with per- 
manent tops and with permanent or roll-down sides and back, provided* that openings 
of the size necessary, to pass the delivery man may be permitted in the sides or 
back for loading and unloading purposes. All vehicles shall be kept clban, and no 
substance capable of contaminating milk or milk products shall be transported with 
'milk or milk products in such manner as to permit contamination. All vehicles used 
for the distribution of milk or milk products shall have the name of the distributor 
prominently displayed. 
The immediate surroundings of the dairy shall be kept in a neat, clean condi- 
tion. '• 
Grade B raw milk. Grade B raw milk is raw milk which violates the bacterial 
stand,ard or the abortion testing requirement for grade A raw milk, but which con- 
forms with all other requirements for grade A raw milk, and has an average bacterial 
plate count not exceeding 1,000,000 per cubic centimeter, or an average direct 
microscopic count not exceeding 1,000,000 per cubic centimeter if clamps are counted 
or 1,000,000 per cubic centimeter if individual organisms are counted, or'an aver- 
age reduction time of not less than 3s hours, as determined under sections 1 (s) 
and 6. 
Grade C raw milk. Grade C raw milk is raw milk which violates any of the re 
quirements for grade B, raw milk. 
Certified milk-pasteurized. Certified milk-pasteurized is certified milk-raw 
which has been pasteurized, cooled, and bottled in a milk plant conforming with the 
requirements for grade A pasteurized milk. 
Grade A pasteurized milk. Grade A pasteurized milk is grade A raw milk, with 
such exceptions as are indicated if the milk is-to be pasteurized, whifch has been 
pasteurized, cooled, find bottled in a milk plant conforming with all of the follow- 
ing items of sanitation and the average.bacterial plate count of which at no time 
after pasteurization -and until delivery exceeds 30,000 per cubic centimeter, as 
determined under sections 1 (s) and 6, FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE1 
CHAPTER X. Page 11 
The grading of a pasteurized milk supply shall include the inspection of re- 
ceiving and collecting stations with respect to items Ip to 15p, inclusive, and 
17p, 19p, 22p, and 23p, except that the partitioning requirement of item 5p shall 
not apply. 
Item lpf Floors. The floors of all rooms in which milk or milk products are 
handled or stored or in which milk utensils are washed shall be constructed of con- 
crete or other equally impervious and easily cleaned material and shall be smooth, 
properly drained, provided with trapped drains, and kept clean. 
Item 2p, Walls and ceilings. Walls nnd ceilings of rooms in which milk or 
milk products are handled or stored or in which milk utensils are washed shall have 
a smooth, impervious, 'washable, light-colored surface and dhall be kept clean. 
Item 3p. Doors and windows. Unless other effective means are provided to 
prevent the access of flies, all openings into the outer air shall be effectively 
screened and doors shall be self-closing, Windows shall be of suitable glass as will 
protect against weather conditions. Solid doors shall be provided. 
Item Ap, Lighting and ventilation. All rooms shall be well lighted and 
ventilated. 
Item 5p. Miscellaneous protection from contamination. The various milk-plant 
operations shall be so located and conducted as to prevent any contamination of the 
milk or of the cleaned equipment. All means necessary for the elimination of flies 
shall be used, Ther shall be separate rooms for (a) the pasteurizing, processing, 
cooling, and bottling operations, and (b) the washing and bactericidal treatment of 
containers. Cans of raw milk shall not be unloaded,directly into the pasteurizing 
room. Pasteurized milk or milk products shall not be permitted to come in contact 
with equipment with which unpasteurized milk or milk products have been in contact, 
unless such equipment has first been thoroughly cleaned aad subjected to bacterici- 
dal treatment. Rooms in which milk, milk products, cleaned utensils, or containers 
are handled or stored shall not open directly into any stable or living quarters. 
The pasteurization plant shalltbe used for no other purposes than the processing of 
milk and milk products and the operations incident thereto, except as may be approved 
by the Health Officer. 
Item 6p. Toilet facilities. Every milk plant shall be provided with toilet 
facilities conforming with Chapter VII of the State Sanitary Code, Toilet rooms shall 
not,open directly into any room in which milk, milk products, equipment, or container! 
are handled or stored. The doors of all toilet rooms shall be’ self-closing. Toilet : 
rooms shall be kept in a clean condition, in good repair, and well ventilated. In 
case privies or earth closets are permitted and used, they shall be separate from 
the building, and shall be of a sanitary type constructed and operated in conformity 
with the requirements of item lOr, grade A raw milk, . 
Item ?p. Water supply. The water supply shall be easily accessible, adequate, 
and of a safe, sanitary quality, in conformity,with Chapter II of the State Sanitary 
Code. . i , : . . . ■ ' FLA, STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER X. Page 12. 
, Item 8p. Hand washing f acilities.(Vu-ive nient handwashing facilities shall be 
provided, including warm running water, soap, and approved sanitary towels. The 
use of common towel is prohibited. Handwashing signs must be displayed in conspi- 
cuous places. 
Item 9p. Sanitary piping. All piping used to conduct milk or milk products 
shall be "sanitary milk piping" of a type which can be easily cleaned with a brush. 
Pasteurized milk and milk products shall be conducted from one piece of equipment 
to another only through sanitary milk piping. Fittings which are inaccessible to 
cleaning and inspection are prohibited. 
Item lOp, Construction .and repair of containers and equipment. All multi-use 
containers axid equipment with which milk or milk products come, in contact shall be 
constructed in such manner as to be easily cleaned and shall be kept in good repair. 
The manufacture, packing, transportation, and handling of single-service containers 
and container caps and covers shall he conducted in a sanitary manner. 
Item lip. Disposal of wastes. All wastes shall be.properly disposed of. All 
trash and garbage shall be kept in a tightly covered metal container. 
Item 12p, Cleaning and bactericidal treatment of containers and equipment. 
All milk and milk products containers and equipment, except single-service contain- 
ers, shall be thoroughly.cleaned after each usage. All containers shall be sub- 
jected to an approved bactericidal process .after each cleaning and all equipment 
immediately before each usage. When empty and befpre being returned to a producer 
by a milk plant each container shall be effectively cleaned and subjected to bacteri- 
cidal treatment. Bottle washers and other mechanical equipment shall be cleaned as 
recommended by the manufacturer. 
Item 13p, Storage of containers and equipment. After bactericidal treatment 
all bottles, cans, and other multi-use milk or milk products containers and equip- 
ment shall be stored in such manner as to be protected from contamination. 
Item Up. Handling of containers and equipment. Between bactericidal treat- 
ment and usage, and during usage, containers and equipment shall not be handled or 
operated in such manner as to permit contamination of the milk. All mechanical 
equipment must be operated according to the manufacturer’s directions to obtain 
proper results, , . . 
Item 15p. Storage of caps, parchment paper, and single-service containers. 
Milk bottle caps, or cap stock, parchment paper for milk cans, ,and single-service 
containers shall be purchased and stored only iri sanitary tubes and cartons, res- 
pectively, and shall be kept therein in a clean dry place. 
Item l6p. Pasteurization. <Pasteurization shall be performed as described in 
Section 1 (1) of these rules and regulations. 
Item 17p. Cooling. All milk arid milk products received for pasteurization 
shall immediately be cooled in approved equipment to 50 degrees F, or less and main- 
tained at that temperature until pasteurized. All pasteurized milk and milk products 
shall be immediately cooled with approved equipment to a temperature of 50 degrees 
F, or less and maintained thereat until delivery. FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER X. Page 13 
Item 18p, Bottling. Bottling of milk and milk products shall be done at the 
place of pasteurization in approved mechanical equipment. 
Item 19p. Overflow milk. Overflow milk or milk products shall not be sold for 
human consumption. 
Item Capping. Capping of milk and milk products shall be done by approvec 
mechanical equipment. Hand capping is prohibited. The cap or cover shall cover the 
pouring lip to at least its largest diameter. 
Item 21p. Personnel, health. The Health Officer or a physician authorized by 
him shall examine and take a careful morbidity history of every person connected wiU 
a pasteurization plant, or about to be employed, whose work brings him in contact 
with the production, handling, storage, or transportation of milk, milk products, 
containers, or equipment. If such examination or history suggests that such person 
may be a carrier of or infected with the organisms of typhoid or paratyphoid fever 
or any other communicable diseases likely to be transmitted through milk, he shall 
secure appropriate specimens of body discharges and cause them to be examined in a 
laboratory approved by the State Board of Health for such examinations, and if the 
results justify such person shall be barred from such employment. 
Such persons shall furnish such information, submit to such physical examina- 
tions, and submit such laboratory specimens as the Health Officer may require for 
the purpose of determining freedom from infection. 
Item 22p, Personnel, cleanliness. Ail persons coming in contact with milk, 
milk products, containers, or equipment shall wear clean outer garments and shall 
keep their hands clean at all times while thus engaged. 
Item 23p. Miscellaneous. All vehicles used for the transportation of milk 
products shall be so constructed and operated as to protect their contents from the 
sun and from contamination. Ail vehicles used for the transportation of milk or 
milk products in their final delivery containers shall be constructed with perman- 
ent tops and with permanent or roll-down sides and back, provided that openings of 
the size necessary to pass the delivery man may be permitted in the sides or back 
for loading and unloading purposes. All vehicles shall be kept clean, and no sub- 
stance capable of contaminating milk or milk products shall be transported with milk 
or milk products in such manner as to permit contamination. All vehicles used for 
the distribution of milk or milk products shall have the name of the distributor 
prominently displayed. The immediate surroundings of the milk plant shall be kept 
in a neat, clean condition. 
Grade B pasteurized milk. Grade B pasteurized milk is pasteurized milk which 
violates the bacterial standard for grade A pasteurized milk or the provision of 
lip*-cover caps of item 20p or the requirement that grade A raw milk be used, but 
which conforms with all other requirements for grade A pasteurized milk, has been 
made from raw milk of not less than grade B quality, and has an average bacterial 
plate count after pasteurization and before delivery not exceeding 50,000 per cubic 
centimeter, as determined under section 1 (s) and 6, 
Grade C pasteurized milk. Grade C pasteurized milk is pasteurized milk which 
violates any of the requirements for grade B pasteurized milk. FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER X, Page YJ> 
Section 8. No. milk or milk products shall be sold to the final consumer except 
graded milk properly labeled, provided, however, that cities wishing to adopt their 
own milk ordinances shall have the right to do so if the minimum requirements of 
those rules and regulations are maintained. No milk -or milk product shall be sold 
to or dispensed by restaurants, soda fountains, grocery stores, or similar estab- 
lishments except those of grade "A" quality provided, however, that when any milk 
distributor serving restaurants, soda fountains, grocery stores, etc.', fails to 
qualify for the above grade the Health Officer is authorized to revoke his permit, 
or in lieu thereof to degrade his product and permit its sale during a temporary 
period not exceeding 30 days or in emergencies such longer period as he may deem 
necessary. 
No person, firm, corporation, or association shall sell., deliver, offer, or 
expose for sale or have in possession with intent to sell within the State of Florida 
any mislabeled or illegal milk bottles, bottle caps, covers, or hoods. 
Section 9. Supplementary grading prescribed and regrading authorized. If, at 
any time between the regular announcements of the grades of milk or milk products, 
a lower grade shall be determined, in accordance with sections 5, 6, and 7 of these 
rules and regulations, the Health Officer shall immediately lower the grade of such 
milk or milk products, and shall enforce proper laoeling and placarding thereof. 
Any producer or distributor of milk or milk products the grade of which has 
been lowered by the Health Officer, and who is properly labeling his milk and milk 
products, may at any time make application for the regrading of his product. 
Upon receipt of a satisfactory application, in case the lowered grade is the 
result of an excessive average bacterial plate count, direct microscopic count, 
reduction time, or cooling temperature, the Health Officer shall take further samples 
of the applicant’s output, at a rate of not more than two samples per week. The 
Health Officer shall regrade the milk or milk products upward whenever the average 
of the last four sample results indicates the necessary quality, but not before the 
lapse of 2 weeks from the date of degrading. 
In case the lowered grade of the applicant’s product is due to a violation of 
an item of the specifications prescribed in section 7, other than average bacterial 
plate count, direct microscopic count, reduction time, or cooling temperature, the 
said application must be accompanied by a statement signed by the applicant to the 
effect that the violated item of the specifications has been conformed with. Within 
one week of the receipt of such an application and statement the Health Officer shall 
make a reinspection of the applicant’s establishment, and thereafter as many addi- 
tional reinspections as he may deem necessary to assure himself that the applicant 
is again complying with the higher grade requirements, and, in case the findings 
justify, shall regrade the milk or milk products upward, but not before the lapse 
of two weeks from the date of degrading. 
Section 10. Transferring or- dipping milk; delivery containers; handling more 
than one grade; delivery of milk at quarantined residences. Except as permitted in 
this section, no milk producer or distributor shall transfer milk or milk products 
from one contaixier to another on the street, or in any vehicle or store, or in any 
place except a bottling or milk room especially used for that purpose. The sale of 
dip milk is hereby prohibited. FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER X. Page !«; 
Ail pasteurized milk and milk products shall be placed in their final delivery 
containers in the plant in which they are pasteurized, and all raw milk and milk 
products sold for consumption in the raw state shall be placed in their final de- 
livery containers at the farm at which they are produced. Milk and milk products 
sold in the distributor’s containers in quantities less than one gallon shall be de- 
livered in standard milk bottles or in single .service containers. It shall be un- 
lawful for hotels, soda fountains, restaurants, groceries, and similar establish- 
ments to sell or serve any milk or milk product except .in the original container in 
which it was received from the distributor or from a bulk container equipped with 
an approved dispensing device: Provided, that this requirement shall not apply to 
cream consumed on the premises, which may be served from the original bottle or 
from a dispenser approved for such service. 
It shall be. unlawful for any hotel, soda fountain, restaurant, grocery, or 
similar establishment to sell or serve any milk or milk products which have not 
been maintained, while in its possession, at a temperature of 50 degrees F. or less. 
No milk or milk products shall be permitted to come in contact with equipment 
with which ,avlower grade of milk or milk products has been in contact unless such 
equipment has first been thoroughly cleaned and subjected to bactericidal treatment. 
Bottled milk or milk products, if stored in water, shall be so stored that 
the tops of the bottles will not be submerged. 
It shall be the duty of all persons to whom milk or milk products are delivered 
to clean thoroughly the containers in which such milk or milk products are delivered 
before returning such containers. Apparatus, containers, equipment, and utensils 
used in the handling, storage, processing, or transporting of milk or milk products 
shall not be used for any other purpose without the permission of the Health Officer, 
The delivery of milk or milk products to and the collection of milk or milk 
products containers from residences in which cases of communicable disease trans- 
missible through milk supplies exist shall be subject to the special requirements 
of the Health Officer, 
Section 11, Milk and milk products from points beyond the limits of routine 
inspection. Milk and milk products from points beyond the limits of routine inspec- 
tion of the State of Florida may not be sold in the State of Florida unless produced 
and pasteurized under provisions equivalent to the requirements of these rules and 
regulations, and the Health Officer is satisfied that the health official having 
jurisdiction over the production and processing is properly enforcing such previ- 
sions. 
Section 12. Future dairies and milk plants. All dairies and milk plants from 
which milk or milk products are supplied to the State of Florida which are hereafter 
constructed, reconstructed, or extensively altered shall conform in their construc- 
tion to the requirements of these rules and regulations for grade A dairy producing 
milk for consumption in raw state, or for grade A pasteurization plants, respectively 
provided that the requirement of a two—room milk house shall be waived in the case 
of dairies the milk from which is to be pasteurized. Properly prepared plans for all 
dairies and milk plants which are hereafter constructed, reconstructed, or extensive! FLA. STATE SANITARY CODS 
CHAPTER X, Page 14 
altered shall be submitted to the Health Officer for approval before work is begun. 
In the case of milk plants signed approval shall be obtained from the Health Officer 
Section 13. Notification of disease. Notice shall be sent to the- Health 
Officer immediately by any producer or distributor of milk or milk products upon 
whose dairy farm or in whose milk plant any infectious, contagious, or communicable 
disease occurs.. 
Section IX. Procedure when infection suspected* When suspicion arises as to 
the possibility of transmission of infection from any person concerned with the 
handling of milk or milk products, the Health Officer is authorized to require any 
or all of the following measures: (1) The immediate exclusion of that person from 
milk handling, (2) the immediate exclusion of the milk supply concerned from distri- 
bution and use, (3) adequate medical and bacteriological examination of the person, 
of his associates, and of his and their body discharges. 
Section 15. Enforcement interpretation. These rules and regulations shall 
be enforced by the Health Officer in accordance with the interpretations thereof 
contained in the 1939 edition- of the United States Public Health Service Milk Code, 
a certified copy of which is and shall be kept on file in the home office of the 
State Board of Health at Jacksonville, Florida, 
The Sections of this Cheap ter were adopted by 
the State Board of Health in executive session 
on February 16, 1946, to be effective from that 
date. FLORIDA STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XI 
COMMERCIAL FOOD CANNERIES 
Section 1. Definition. Food canneries, for the purpose of these regu- 
lations, shall include all commercial food canneries, juice extracting, and 
preserving plants. A food cannery is defined as a place, building or 
establishment where fruits, fruit juices, vegetables, shellfish, fish or 
meats are packed in hermetically sealed containers, processed by heat treat- 
ment and subsequently placed on the market for general consumption as human 
food. Juice extracting plants care establishments extracting fruit or vege- 
table juices and canning or bottling same. Preserving plants are estab- 
ments where jellies, preserves, jams, and similar products are packed or 
canned. 
Section 2. Permits for Operation Required. No commercial cannery 
shall operate without a permit from the State Board of Health, and no permit 
shall be issued until an inspection shall be made of the establishment, its 
equipment, methods of operation, and its surroundings, and these found to 
comply with the provisions of this Chapter of the Sanitary Code of this 
State. If, upon further inspection, it is found that the provisions of this 
Code are not being complied with, the permit shall be revoked, and the 
cannery shall not operate after the permit is revoked. 
Section 3. Buildings, Walls, and Ceilings. The cannery buildings 
shall be substantially constructed of suitable material and construction 
to carry out in a sanitary manner the purpose for which it is designed. 
Provisions shall be made to prevent the entrance of rats. The wails and 
ceilings shall be so constructed and of such materials as to be easily 
cleaned. They shall be kept clean and well painted. Ceilings shall be 
tight so as to prevent dust and dirt from dropping, or material stored above 
from sifting through to the floor below. 
Section 4. Floors. All floors shall be of water-proofed concrete, 
vitrified tile, or other Impervious material, so constructed as to be easily 
and effectively cleaned, and kept in a sanitary manner. Sufficient drains, 
gutters, gratings, and sewers shall be provided to insure proper and prompt 
removal of waste liquids and water. 
Section 5. Lighting. Lighting in workrooms where peeling, butchering, 
cutting, packing or cooling is done shall be sufficient so that not less 
than five (3) foot candles shall be provided on all working surfaces. In 
storerooms, machine rooms, washrooms, and other parts of the plant where 
detailed work requiring good vision is not carried on, the lighting shall not 
be less than 1 foot candle. 
Section 6. Ventilation and Heating. All parts of the establishment 
shall be well ventilated, and where natural ventilation from windows is not 
sufficient to preserve a sanitary condition, the necessary mechanical FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER. XI, Page 2 " 
ventilation shall be provided. The temperature in -workrooms shall be main- 
tained not below 68 degrees Fahrenheit, and where necessary in summer 
adequate, fan cooling shall be provided. 
Section 7. Waste Containers, Chutes, and Conveyors. Suitable con- 
tainers, flumes, chutes, or conveyors shall be provided for proper and sani- 
tary removal of wastes from the peeling, butchering, cutting, packing, or 
cooking rooms. 
Section 8. Insect and Rodent Control. All openings into peeling, 
butchering, cutting, packing, or cooking rooms or into rooms where food is 
unloaded or stored, shall be screened with 16-mesh wire, and insect aud 
rodent control devices installed. Screen doors shall be self-closing, tight 
fitting, and open outward. 
Section 9. Unloading Room. A room or rooms shall be kept for unload- 
ing fruits, vegetables, meats, fish, shellfish, or supplies, entirely sepa- 
rate from the main, packing or canning room. 
Section 10. Water Supply. An adequate supply of potable running 
water shall be furnished. The quality of tills water shall be such as to 
meet the requirements of Chapter II of this Code. No water that does not 
meet such requirements shall be available in the cannery. Steam shall be 
provided where necessary in the interest of cleanliness, sterilization, 
comfort or safety. 
Section 11. Toilets, Lavatories, etc. Toilets, washrooms, urinals, 
drinking fountains and such sanitary facilities shall be such as to meet 
the requirements of Chapter VII of this Code. An extra lavatory, equipped 
with the required soap and towels, shall be located in the canning room 
convenient to the door through which persons pass from toilets. 
Section 12. Plumbing. Plumbing shall be as required under Chapter 
VIII of this Code, and in accordance with local plumbing ordinances not in 
conflict with this Code, 
Section 13* Rest Rooms. All establishments employing over 230 persons 
shall provide a rest room adequately equipped for emergency use, and to pro- 
vide first aid. 
Section 14. Washing of Hands. Signs shall be conspicuously posted 
in the various rooms about the cannery directing all employees handling 
foodstuffs to wash their hands thoroughly after each absence from their post 
of duty. The management must see that this requirement is complied with. 
Section 15. Emergency Medical Kits. Adequate emergency medical kits 
shall be provided and kept ready for use. 
Section 16. Employees’ Clothing. All employees who assist in prepar- 
ing or handling fruits, vegetables, and other food intended for canning, 
shall wear garments of washable fabrics, and all female employees so 
engaged shall wear clean washable caps, covering the hair. FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE. 
CHAPTER XI, Page 3 
Section 17. Offal or Waste Kept from Floor. Offal or waste material 
from any source shall not be allowed on the floor at any time, but shall 
be placed in containers, flumes, chutes, and conveyors for removal. 
Section 18. Cleaning of Floors and Equipment. Ail floors, fixtures 
and equipment shall be cleaned as often as may be necessary to maintain them 
in a sanitary condition. Utensils coming into contact with food shall, after 
cleaning,be sterilized by immersion for 2 minutes in boiling water, or by 
subjecting them to live steam .In a closed compartment fur 5 minutes. 
Section 19. Disposal of Wastes, All solid and liquid wastes must be 
separated by screening, and their treatment for disposal and ultimate dis- 
posal must be according to a system; approved by the Chief Sanitary Engineer, 
of the State Board of Health, and in compliance with Chapter IV of this Code. 
Section 20. Disposal of Sewage. Disposal of sewage shall be into a 
public sewerage system or according to the requirement of Chapter V of this 
Code. No liquid or solid cannery waste shall be discharged into such sewer, 
unless it shall have been subjected to a preliminary treatment approved by 
the Chief Sanitary Engineer of the State Board of Health. 
Section 21. Health Certificates. Every person employed in a cannery 
prior to employment shall be examined by a health officer approved by the 
State Board of Health or by a registered medical physician. There shall be 
obtained from such health officer or physician a statement in writing stat- 
ing that the employee has been thoroughly examined, including a Washerman 
or other recognized blood tost for syphilis, and has been found free from 
disease in a communicable form. Such certificate shall show the date of 
examination. The employer shall have in his possession such certificate 
for each of his employees. No certificate shall be accepted as meeting the 
requirements of this section after a period of six months from the date of the 
examination. No person shall remain in employment at a cannery unless he or 
she has furnished such certificate to the employer, and both employer and em- 
ployee shall be responsible for violations of this Section. 
Section 22. Certain Employees with Sores to be Excluded. No person 
with obvious uncleanly habits, or with dermatitis, sores, or other lesions 
on their hands or arms shall be allowed to work at peeling or sectioning 
of fruit or vegetables, or handling food to be canned, and it shall be the 
duty of the person responsible for the operation of the cannery to cause 
daily inspection to be made of such employees and to immediately exclude 
those showing described conditions. They shall not be allowed to return 
to work until such condition has completely healed. Provided, however, 
that if no communicable disease is involved, such employees may work with 
rubber gloves. 
The Sections of this Chapter were adopted by 
the State Board of Health in executive 
session on February 16, 1946, to be effective 
from that date. FLORIDA STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XII 
ABATTOIRS 
Section 1. Definitions. For the purpose of these Regulations, the 
following definitions shall apply: 
(a) Abattoir. An abattoir is any slaughtering, meat canning, curing, 
smoking, salting, rendering, or other similar establishment. 
(b) Meat. Meat shall be considered to mean and include any part, 
or parts, of the edible portion of cattle, swine, sheep, or other 
animals or poultry, that can be, or that -are, ordinarily slaughtered 
in abattoirs and sold for or used as food for human consumption. 
(c) Meat Products. Meat products shall be considered to mean and 
include any meat or combinations of any meat with any other material 
prepared as food for human consumption. 
(d) Offal. Offal shall mean the inedible portions of animals or 
poultry handled in the abattoir. This includes tankage from render- 
ing tanks, hair, bones, paunch contents, manure, and similar 
material. 
Section 2. Plans to be Approved. Duplicate copies of complete 
drawings, covering drainage, sewerage, plumbing, treatment and disposal 
of wastes and sewage, for new plants or for remodeling or extending 
existing plants, shall be submitted to the Bureau of Sanitary Engineering 
of the State Board of Health and approved in advance of construction. 
Section 3» Lighting and Ventilation. There shall be abundant light, 
both natural and artificial, and sufficient ventilation in all rooms and 
parts of the plant to insure proper sanitary conditions. 
Section 4. Drainage. There shall be an efficient drainage and plumb- 
ing system for the abattoir and premises, and all drains and all plumbing, 
drains and gutters shall be installed with traps and vents in conformity 
with the State Sanitary Code. 
Section 5. Disposal of Sewage and Wastes. All sewage and liquid 
wastes shall be treated to separate solid offal and shall be conducted 
to a point where it can be disposed of without nuisance and without 
pollution of waters to the detriment of the public interest. Waste 
disposal works must be included in plans submitted to and must be approv- 
ed by the State Board of Health (Chapter V). Offal and solid wastes 
must be handled, removed from the plant, and disposed of in a sanitary 
manner so as to cause no nuisance. FLA, STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XII, Page 2 
Section 6. Water Supply. A water supply must be furnished in ade- 
quate quantity and of a potable quality to meet the requirements of the 
Sanitary Code (Chapter II). Adequate piping must be provided to adequate- 
ly distribute the water to various parts of the abattoir as may bo needed 
to insure proper sanitary conditions. 
Section 7. Floors, Walls, and Ceilings. The floors, walls and ceil- 
ings, partitions, posts, doors, and other parts of all structures shall be 
of such materials, construction and finish as will make them susceptible 
of being readily and thoroughly cleaned. The floors shall be of non- 
absorbent material, concrete or tile, and water-tight. The rooms and com- 
partments used for edible products shall be separate and distinct from 
those used for inedible products. 
Section 8. Odors. The abattoir in general, and the rooms and com- 
partments in which any meat or meat product is prepared or handled in 
particular shall be as free from odors as is practical, and toilet rooms, 
catch basins, hide cellars, casing room, offal tanks, fertilizer rooms, 
and stables shall be so located and separated ns to keep odors from them 
in the compartments where edible products are prepared or handled. 
Section 9* Insects and Vermin. Every practicable precaution shall 
be taken to keep, the abattoir free from flies, rats, mice and other vermin. 
Compartments where edible products are handled shall be adequately screen- 
ed so as to keep them free from flies. The construction of new buildings 
shall include all reasonable provisions for preventing the ingress and 
egress of rats. The use of poisons for any purpose in rooms or compart- 
ments where any unpacked meat product is stored or handled is forbidden, 
except under such restriction or precautions as the State Board of Health 
may prescribe. The use of bait poisons in hide cellars, inedible compart- 
ments, outbuildings, or similar places, or in storerooms containing canned 
or tierced products is not forbidden, but so-called rat viruses shall not 
be used in any part of the abattoir or premises thereof. 
Section 10. Dogs ana Cats Excluded. Dogs, cats, or other domestic 
animals shall not be permitted in abattoirs. 
Section 11. Sanitary Facilities. The abattoirs shall be provided 
with adequate dressing rooms, toilet rooms, commodes, urinals, and lava- 
tories, as specified under Chapter VII of this Code. 
Section 12. Disinfectants. Properly located facilities shall be 
provided for cleansing and disinfection of utensils used for, and hands 
of employees handling, any meat or meat product. Disinfectants used 
shall be of proven and recognized potency. 
Section 13. Cuspidors. Clean cuspidors of such shape as not to be 
readily upset, and of such material as to be readily disinfected and 
cleansed shall be provided. They shall be sufficient in number and access! 
bly placed in all rooms and places, and all persons shall be required to 
use them when expectorating. FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XII, Page 3 
Section 14. Equipment and Utensils. Equipment and utensils used for 
preparing, processing, and otherwise handling any meat or meat pro- 
ducts, shall be of such materials and construction as will make them 
susceptible of being readily and thoroughly cleaned, and such as will 
insure strict cleanliness in the preparation and handling of all meat 
and meat products. Trucks and receptacles used for inedible products 
shall bear some distinctive and conspicuous marking and shall not be 
used for handling edible products. 
Section lq. Storage and Handling. Rooms, compartments, places, 
equipment, and utensils used for preparing, storing or otherwise 
handling any meat or meat product, and all other parts of the 
abattoir shall be kept clean and sanitary. Operations and procedures 
involving the preparation, storing or handling of any'meat 
or meat product shall be strictly in accord with cleanly and sanitary 
methods. 
Section 16. Handling Diseased Carcasses. Butchers and others who 
dress or handle diseased carcasses or parts shall, before handling 
or dressing other carcasses or parts, cleanse their hands of grease, 
immerse them in a disinfectant of recognized and approved potency, 
and rinse them in clean water. Implements used in dressing dis- 
eased carcasses shall bo thoroughly cleansed in boiling water or in 
an approved disinfectant, followed by rinsing in clean water. The 
employees of the abattoir shall keep their hands clean, and always 
upon leaving a toilet or urinal, shall wash their hands before hand- 
ling any meat or meat product or utensil used for same. 
Section 17. Aprons and Frocks. Aprons, frocks, and other outer 
clothing, worn by persons who handle meat or meat products, shall 
be of material that is readily cleaned, and only clean garments 
shall be worn. Knife scabbards shall be kept clean. 
Section IB. Insanitary Practices. Such practices as spitting on 
whetstones, placing skewers or knives in the mouth, inflating lungs 
or casings, or testing with air from the mouth such receptacles as 
tierces, kegs, casks, and the like, containing or intended as con- 
tainers of any meat or meat product, are prohibited. Care should be 
taken to prevent the contamination of meat with perspiration. 
Section 19. Vehicles. The vehicles in which any meat or meat pro- 
duct is transported shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition. 
Vehicles used in transferring loose meat and meat proaucts shall be 
closed, or so covered that the contents shall be kept clean. 
Section 20. Cleaning Containers. Second hand tubs, barrels, and 
boxes, intended for use as containers of meat or meat products 
shall be inspected when received at the abattoir before they are 
cleaned. Those showing evidence of misuse rendering them unfit 
serve as containers for food shall be rejected. The use of those in 
good condition shall be allowed only after thorough cleaning. Steam- 
ing after thorough scrubbing and rinsing is essential to proper clean- 
ing of tubs and barrels. FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XII, Page 4 
Section 21. Cleaning Tank Cars. Interior of tank cars about to be • 
used for transporting edible meat products shall be carefully inspect- 
ed for cleanliness. Lye and soda solutions used in cleaning must be 
thoroughly removed by rinsing with clean water. 
Section 22. Adjacent Rooms and Premises. All operating and storage 
rooms and departments of abattoirs used for inedible products shall 
be kept in acceptably clean condition. The outer premises of every 
abattoir, unloading docks and areas where vehicles are loaded, and 
the driveways, approaches, yards, pens, and alleys, shall be properly 
drained, and kept in a clean and orderly condition. All catch basins 
and waste treatment devices on the premises shall be of such construc- 
tion and location, and be given such attention as will insure their 
being kept in acceptable condition with regard to odors and cleanliness 
The accumulation on the premises of any material in which flies may 
breed or hog hair, bones, paunch contents, manure or other offal, is 
forbidden. No nuisance shall be allowed in any abattoir or on its 
premises. 
Section 23. Health Certificates. No abattoir shall employ, in any 
department, where any meat or meat product is handled or prepared, 
any person affected with tuberculosis or other communicable disease. 
No persons showing open lesions of any nature on their hands or arms 
or on other parts of the body, shall be allowed to work until a 
registered medical practitioner shall have certified in writing that 
such lesions are not due to communicable disease. A health certificate 
signed by a registered medical practitioner or the health officer shall 
be required for each employee and kept on file at the abattoir. 
Section 24. Horses and Mules. Equinines owned or used by abattoirs 
on the premises thereof, shall be free of diseases communicable to man. 
The Sections of this Chapter were adopted 
by the State Board of Health in executive 
session on February 16, 1946, to be effec- 
tive from that date. FLORIDA STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XIII 
MEAT MARKETS 
Section I, Definitions. For the purpose of these regulations, the 
following definitions shall "apply; 
(a) Meat. Meat under this Chapter shall be considered to mean and 
include any part, or parts, of the edible portion of cattle, swine, 
sheep, or other animals, that can be, or that are, ordinarily slaugh- 
tered in abattoirs and sold for or used as food for human consumption. 
The term "meat" also shall include fish, fowl or game. 
(b) Meat Products. Meat products under this Chapter shall be consid- 
ered to mean and include any combination of meat or meats with any 
other material prepared for human consumption. 
(c) Meat Markets. Meat markets under this Chapter shall be consid- 
ered to mean and include any buildings, houses, or enclosures in 
which meats or meat products are offered for sale. 
Section 2. Building. The building in which the meat market is located 
shall be of such nature that it may be readily kept in a sanitary condition 
and in good repair. 
Section 3* Floors. Every meat market shall have sufficient floor 
area to accommodate all the necessary operations. Ail floors shall be of 
smooth concrete, tile, or tight wood construction. When drains are used, 
they must be trapped and shall connect with the sanitary sewerage system. 
Clean, sifted sawdust may be used on the floors, provided it is changed 
often enough to keep it clean and free from meat scraps. Ail floors shall 
be cleaned sufficiently often to keep them in a clean and sanitary condition 
Storage, machinery, merchandise and other floor encumbrances should be pro- 
tected or sufficiently elevated as not to interfere with the cleaning of 
the floors. Dry cleaning of floors shall not be permitted, but cleaning 
should be by washing, mopping or sweeping, with water, moist sawdust, or 
sweeping compound. During this cleaning, all meat and meat products 
shall be covered, or otherwise protected from dust. 
Section 4* Walls and Ceilings. AIL walls and ceilings in a meat 
market shall be constructed of smooth, washable, non-absorbent material, 
free from cracks, crevices and open joints, and shall be kept well painted. 
All right angles where walls and floors meet should be constructed with a 
rounded sanitary joint so as to be easily cleaned. The walls and ceilings 
shall be cleaned sufficiently often to prevent cobwebs and accumulations 
of dust or other contaminating substances. 
Section 5. Screening. Ail outside openings shall be effectively screen 
ed and such screens shall be kept in good repair. All screen ioors shall 
open outward and shall be self-closing without leaving cracks through which 
flies and other insects may pass. All necessary procedures shall be car- 
ried out to control flies and the market shall be free from such at all FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XIII, Page 2 
times. Large fans protecting doorways may be used in lieu of screen doors, 
provided they are found effective. 
Section 6. Water Supply, Toilets, Lavatories, etc. Water supply, 
toilets, washrooms, and other sanitary conveniences shall be furnished in 
meat markets in compliance with Chapter VII 'f this Code. Signs shall be 
conspicuously posted requiring ail help to wash hands before beginning work, 
after visiting toilets. 
Section 7. Wash Sink. A wash sink of adequate size with adequate hot 
and cold running water and the necessary soap or washing powder, shall be 
installed for the washing of trays, utensils and other equipment used in the 
market. Adequate protection to prevent splashing of the walls behind the 
sink shall be provided. Where no other lavatory provisions are made for 
washing the hands, the wash sink shall be equipped with a combination fau- 
cet permitting the proper mixing of-hot and cold running water, and the 
required soap and individual towels shall be furnished. 
Section 8. Cleaning of Utensils and Equipment. All counters, blocks, 
or other equipment upon which meat or meat products are handled shall be 
thoroughly cleaned at least once each day and as much oftener as may be 
necessary to keep them clean and sanitary. No trays, racks, or containers 
shall be re-used without thorough washing. All knives, saws, cleavors, grind- 
ers, and other tools, utensils, and machinery used in handling, cutting, 
chopping, grinding, mixing, or otherwise processing the mi eat or meat products, 
shall at least once each day be thoroughly cleaned and rinsed with hot water 
and a suitable soap, washing powder, or other detergent. 
All meat blocks shall be free from holes, cracks, and crevices, and 
shall be kept clean by some effective method. No oil cloth, or newspaper, 
shall be used on any counter, table, or shelf where meat or meat products 
are handled, and clean new wrapping paper only shall be used in weighing 
the products upon sale. 
Section 9* Handling of the Meat an.: Meat Products. Meat and meat 
products for sale or on display shall be properly covered to protect them 
effectively from contamination by flies, dust, vermin, handling by custom- 
ers, or from other sources of contamination. 
No meat or meat product, except cured meats, shall be kept exposed 
outside of refrigerators, or refrigerated display cases, except in such 
quantities as are needed for immediate transfer, sale or display purposes, 
and shall be arranged in such display cases or refrigerators in an orderly 
sanitary manner. Smoked or salted meat or meat products, may be kept out- 
side of refrigerators, provided they are in a clean box raised well above 
the floor level so as to be inaccessible to dogs, cats, rats, and other 
animals. No meat shall be stored directly upon the floor. 
No meat or meat product transported to a meat market shall be receiv- 
ed into that market unless the meat, whether in entire carcasses, halves, 
quarters or cuts, has been thoroughly covered and wrapped in clean cloths, 
or in some other manner, as to protect it from dust, flies, sun, rain, or 
other sources of contamination. FLA. ST ..TIL SANITARY CODE 
CH/.FTER XIII. Page 3' 
No meat or meat product shall be wrapped in newspapers, or previous- 
ly used wrapping paper. 
No customers, or other persons directly employed in the market, shall 
be permitted to handle fresh meats and meat products intended for sale to 
the public and display cases shall be arranged so as to prevent such hand- 
ling. 
No person shall be allowed to sit or lie on counters or chopping blocks, 
or where meat is handled. 
Section 10. Cold Storage Facilities, Sufficient refrigerator space 
shall be provided to accommodate the volume of business conveniently. 
Refrigeration shall not be considered satisfactory if the temperature in 
any part of the refrigerator or display cases exceeds 40 degrees Fahrenheit 
at any time. All refrigerators, meat boxes, and display cases shall be 
kept clean, sanitary, and free from objectionable odors. All treads, false 
floors, or other obstacles to the cleaning of floors and other parts in 
the refrigerator or cold storage room shall be easily removable. Drains 
from refrigerators, cold storage rooms, or display cases shall discharge 
into a sanitary sewer only through an air break and trap. 
Section 11. Garbage and Refuse Disposal. All meat markets shall be 
provided with covered galvanized iron cans of sufficient size (not exceed- 
ing 20 gallons) and number to receive ail refuse, offal, filth, meat scraps, 
bones, rubbish, and other waste materials that may originate around meat 
markets. Such cans shall be kept tightly covered at all times, so that 
the contents are kept protected from flies, rodents, vermin and animals. 
The contents of the cans shall be completely removed from the premises at 
least once every 24 hours, and the cans thoroughly washed. 
Section 12. Certain Operations and Materials not Permitted. Mo 
spoiled or tainted meat or meat products shall be offered for sale, stored, 
or kept on the premises. Wo live poultry or live animals of any kind shall 
be kept in the sales room of the meat market, nor shall this room be used 
for sleeping or domestic purposes. 
The evisceration, skinning, drawing, dressing (except in the case of 
poultry), or any other operation other than the cutting, slicing, or grind- 
ing of meat to facilitate its use, handling or sale, shall be strictly 
prohibited in market sales rooms. 
Section 13. Health of Employees. No person suffering from a communi- 
cable disease, or is known to be or suspected of being a carrier of a commu- 
nicable disease, shall be employed or permitted to remain on the premises 
of a meat market. Each owner or employer in a meat market shall have in 
his possession for himself and each individual employee, a health certifi- 
cate or ‘'health card” issued by a local health officer approved by the 
State Board of Health. Such certificate or card shall certify that the person 
to whom the certificate is issued has been thoroughly examined, including 
a Wasserman or other recognized blood test for syphilis and an X-ray or fiuor- 
oscopi examination of the chest for tuberculosis, and has been found to be FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XIII, Page 4 
free from any disease in a communicable stage. Provided, however, that where 
health cards are to be issued by a local health officer, the person applying 
may have the examination as heretofore provided by an approved registered 
Doctor of Medicine of his own selection, and such doctor will report his 
findings in writing to the health officer, who will issue the required card 
or certificate. 
Section 14. Premises and Surroundings. All waste materials, obsolete 
and unnecessary objects, and rubbish of all kinds, shall not be permitted to 
accumulate in or immediately around the market. 
Store rooms, basements, closets, and other parts of the building, pens 
or coops for poultry or live animals, and all outside premises, shall be 
kept in a clean,orderly and sanitary manner. 
Section 15. Food Unsafe for Human Consumption to be Destroyed. It 
shall be the duty of the State Health Officer or health officer duly deputiz- 
ed by the State Board of Health, or their agents duly authorized to enforce 
these regulations, to seize and destroy or render inedible by applying 
kerosene or similar material to any and all foods covered by this chapter of 
the Sanitary Code found to be unwholesome or to be not produced and handled 
in compliance with the Sanitary Code so that they are rendered unsafe for 
human consumption. 
The Sections of this Chapter were adopted 
by the State Board of Health in executive 
session on February 16, 1946, to be effec- 
tive from that date. FLORIDA STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XIV 
SHELLFISH 
Reference is made to Chapter 381, Sections 381.19 - 381.59, Florida Statutes 
1911 and amendments thereto. 
Definitions. 
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation of this Chapter 
Approved. The term (approved” means under conditions, procedures -and con- 
struction acceptable to the Regulatory Authority. 
Area, Growing. Growing area is any area in which market shellfish or seed 
shellfish are growing. 
Employee. The term "employee” or "handler” means any person who handles the 
shellfish or is employed at any time in a room in which shellfish are stored or 
processed. 
Floating, Floating consists of holding market size shellfish on structures 
of wood or other material supported by pontoons or piling in shallow bodies of 
water adjacent to shore. 
Plant. The term "plant” shall mean any establishment where shellfish are pro' 
cessed or stored. 
Regulatory Authority. The term "Regulatory Authority” shall mean the State 
Board of Health, Bureau of Sanitary Engineering, and their duly authorized repre- 
sentatives. 
Shellfish. The term "shellfish" means all fresh or frozen oysters, clams, 
scallops and mussels either shucked or in the shell, and any fresh edible products 
thereof, 
Shellstock Storage. Dry. Dry storage is the storage of market shellstock out 
of water. 
Shellstock Storage, Wet. Wet storage is the storage in water of shellfish in- 
tended to be marketed within three months, whether the storage be in natural bodies 
of water or in tanks containing sea water. (Sec. A (a) to f (d). 
Section 1. Certification. 
(a) Certificate for Production Required. It shall be unlawful for any plant 
or person to engage in the gathering, shucking, packing, or repacking of shell- 
fish for sale without having complied with these regulations and having applied 
for and obtained a certificate from the Regulatory Authority, FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XIV. Page 2 
(b) Certificate Application. Written application on forms provided must be 
filed with the Regulatory Authority before gathering for market or operation 
of the plant begins each fiscal year (suggested building plans and specifica- 
tions are available without charge from the Regulatory Authority.) 
(c) Certificate Issued. Certificate and number shall be issued only after an 
inspection by the Regulatory Authority of the growing areas and plant has re- 
vealed that the sections of this Chapter have been complied with. 
(d) Certificate Expiration. Ail certificates shall be re-issued annually to 
expire automatically on August 31. 
(e) Certificate Not Transferable. Certificate and number shall not be trans- 
ferable. 
(f) Certificate Revoked. Certificate and number may be revoked by the Regu- 
latory Authority at any time for violations of any section or sections .of this 
Chapter, Continued indifference in complying with these regulations will 
necessitate the taking up of the certificate and number. 
(g) Certificate Identification Containers. The packers certificate number 
preceded by the State abbreviation shall be impressed, embossed, lithographed, 
or otherwise permanently recorded on the container or on the cover if the 
cover becomes an integral part of the container during the sealing process. 
(Example - Fla. 10). The. date of shucking shall be impressed, embossed, or 
otherwise permanently recorded on the container. 
(h) Certificate Identification Shellstock. Shellstock shall be identified by 
a tag securely fastened to the shipping container and bearing the certificate 
number of the producer, his name and address, the name and address of the 
consignee, the kind and quantity of shellstock in the container and the date 
the shellfish were taken from the water. 
(i) Certificate Identification Out of State. No shellfish from sources out- 
side of the State of Florida shall be brought into this State for the purpose 
of resale or public distribution unless the product bears evidence of certi- 
fication from its State or Nation based on similar requirements as outlined 
in this Chapter. 
(j) Certificate of Health Required. All employees including gatherers, 
shuckers, packers, and transporters, or other persons handling or coming in 
contact with shellfish, shellfish storage areas or work rooms shall submit to 
the management of the shellfish plant a certificate of health issued in ac- 
cordance with the regulations of the Florida State Sanitary Code and shall 
comply with all the hygienic requirements herein and the regulations of the 
aforesaid Code heretofore and hereinafter adopted and promulgated. Examina- 
tions for health certification shall include the examination of authentic 
specimens of urine and feces in a laboratory approved by the Florida State 
Board of Health. Such laboratory examination of specimens submitted by the 
applicant shall include laboratory techniques, which will rule out the pre- 
sence of typhoid bacilli, salmonella organisms, ana dysentery bacilli. The 
examination shall also include any other tests, indicated by the Regulatory FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XIV. 3 
Authority to detect a case or carrier of any communicable disease* 
Signs excluding all unauthorized persons shall be posted on all entrances to 
processing rooms and storage areas or work rooms. 
If the employee, owner or manager of a shellfish plant has reason to suspect 
that any worker has contracted or is a carrier of a communicable disease, the 
employee or the employer shall immediately notify the proper health authority 
who shall take such action as may be appropriate. Pending such action by the 
healtn officials or the recovery of the employee, said employee shall be ex- 
cluded from contact with shellfish, shellfish storage areas and the shellfish 
plant. Persons with open wounds or infected lesions on the exposed parts of 
the body shall be excluded from contact with shellfish or the shellfish plant. 
Section 2, Growing Areas. 
(a) Surveys. It shall be unlawful for any plant or person to market any 
shellfish from any growing area prior to sanitary and bacteriological surveys 
having been made by the Regulatory Authority and a certificate to the gatherers 
has been issued. 
(b) Approved Shellfish Growing Areas. Approved oyster growing areas shall 
satisfy the following conditions: 
The sanitary survey shall disclose no likelihood that human fecal discharges 
reach the area in dangerous concentrations or before sufficient time has 
elapsed to render such discharges innocuous. The median bacteriological content 
of samples of water collected from those portions of the area determined by 
sanitary surveys to be most probably exposed to fecal contamination shall not 
show the presence of organisms of the coliform group in excess of 70 per 100 
ml, of water expressed in terms of most probable numbers (MPN) in a series of 
samples from each station sufficient to determine the conditions existing. 
These samples shall have been collected throughout the suspected area during 
one or more market seasons. The samples shall have been collected under vari- 
ous stages of tide and with due consideration to varying weather conditions. 
Bacteriological re-examinations of the area shall be made whenever periodical 
sanitary surveys made not less frequently than oxice every two years, indicate 
that there may have been a significant increase in the quantity of sewage 
entering the area since the last bacteriological examinations were made. 
(c) Grossly Polluted Closed Areas. If the sanitary survey discloses that the 
area is either obviously subject to gross pollution by direct discharge of 
sewage and other wastes; or is demonstrably exposed more or less continuously 
to even slight direct contamination with human fecal discharges from nearby 
sources ashore; or if an area usually of good quality is exposed to occasional 
direct and Immediate contamination with human fecal discharges; or if bacter- 
iological examinations indicate that the degree of contamination is greater than 
that tolerated for moderately polluted areas, then such areas shall be declared 
to be a grossly polluted area from which the taking of oysters for market pur- 
poses shall not be permitted. FLa. state sanitary code 
CHAPTER XIV, Paffe A 
(d) Moderately Polluted Restricted Areas, After making sanitary and bacter- 
iological surveys, an area shall be declared to be a moderately polluted res- 
tricted area if it is shown that: 
(1) The area is intermediate between approved and grossly polluted areas 
with regard to exposure to and protection'against fecal pollution. 
(2) The bacteriological survey discloses that the median bacteriological 
content of the water expressed in terms of the most probable number (MPN) 
of coliform organisms per 100 mi. lies between 70 and 700 and if, 
(3) The sanitary survey shows that such contamination is probably of 
human origin. 
(e) Re-Laying. Oysters may be re-laid from a polluted area to an approved 
area only during the closed season for marketing; provided that re-laying is 
done not less than 15 days prior to the opening of the mext market season, 
and is done only with the written permission of and under such restrictions 
as may be made by the Regulatory Authority to prevent polluted oysters from 
reaching the consumer. 
Section 3. Sampling and Testing 
(a) Samples. Samples of shellfish may be taken and examined by the Regulatory 
Authority at any time or place. Samples of shellfish shall be furnished by 
operators of plants, trucks, carriers, stores, restaurants and other places 
where shellfish are sold. "Swab tests" of all utensils and equipment, chemical 
residual tests and temperature tests of bactericidal treatment waters may be 
made as often as deemed necessary by the Regulatory Authority. 
(b) Procedures Employed in the Bacteriological Examination of Shellfish and 
Shellfish Waters. The procedures followed are those given in the report of the 
American Public Health Association Standard Methods Committee to the Committee 
on Research and Standards, and/or procedures hereinafter adopted and promul- 
gated by the said Committee, Journal of the American Public Health Association, 
Voi. 33, No. A, May 19A3, pp 582-91. 
These procedures include those for bacteriological examination of shellfish 
growing waters and for bacteriological examination of shellfish. The follow- 
ing applies to the interpretation and application of results obtained from the 
bacteriological examination of oysters only: 
When an M.P.N. value of 230 or more of coliform organisms per 100 ml. of sample 
in oyster shellstock sampled at the growing areas or in shellstcck or shucked 
oysters at the point of shucking, shall be interpreted as an indication of 
unfavorable conditions or practices surrounding the production and handling of 
the product and shall necessitate investigation. An M.P.N, value of 2A00 
coliform organisms per 100 ml. may be tolerated in some samples. If this 
occurs in more than two consecutive samples, corrective measures shall be 
enforced by the Regulatory Authority, FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XIV. Page 5 
(c) Examination of Mussels and Clams for Presence of Poison. A representative 
number of samples of mussels and clams shall be collected from growing areas 
suspected of containing poisonous shellfish and examined by the State Board 
of Health for the presence of poison before mussels and clams intended for 
human consumption shall be taken from such growing area. 
Section 1, Conditioning - Cleansing - Floating - Wet and Dry Storage. 
(a) Conditioning. Conditioning of shellfish from approved growing areas 
shall be permitted only in the following manner: 
(1) Written permission shall be obtained from the Regulatory Authority. 
(2) The tank is of impervious material, water-tight and with relatively 
smooth inside surfaces to permit adequate cleansing; so located that the 
bottom of the tank is at least one foot above the extreme high water 
mark of the water body adjacent to it, and the tops of the sidewalls at 
least four inches above the level of the contiguous floor or ground 
surface. 
(3) Floor or ground surfaces adjacent to the tank slope away from it to 
permit effective and complete drainage. 
(l) Water for the process is obtained from a natural body of water, 
the quality of which, when treated, is equal to or better than that 
specified in the Public Health Service Drinking Water Standards, (2110), 
(5) Applied water is maintained in such condition by the continuous or 
intermittent application of chlorine to it that the chlorine residual 
does not fall below 0,05 ppm. 
(6) 'Water used for conditioning on entering the tank is 
a. Free from objectionable settleable solids; 
b. Of a salinity at least equal to that to which the shellfish 
are accustomed, such salinity to be determined by the use of a 
hydrometer; 
c. Of a bacteriological quality at least equal to that for drink 
ing water; 
d. Carrying a chlorine residual of not less than 0,5 ppm as deter- 
mined by the orthotolidine test 15 minutes after the chlorine appli- 
cation, or determined by some equivalent test. 
(7) A fill-and-draw tank is emptied at least once every 21 hours and a 
ccntinuous-flow tank receives applied water at a rate that will fill it 
in not more than 21 hours. 
(B) The oxygen content of the cleansing water at all points in the tank 
is maintained at not less than 30 per cent saturation. FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XIV, Page 6 
(9) The operator is experienced in this type of work or possesses a 
satisfactory knowledge of the principles of water treatment .and bacter- 
iology and satisfies the State Health Department that he is fully cap- 
able of operating the plant concerned. 
(10) Plant employees possess at least the health qualifications outlined 
for a shucker in Section (1) .(j). 
(ll) Unauthorized persons as well as animals are excluded from the plant. 
(12) Boots to be worn by an employee while working in a conditioning 
tank are used for this purpose only and are washed in chlorinated water 
containing at least 50 parts per million chlorine before the employee 
enters the tank. 
(13) Suitable operating reports are submitted at least monthly to the 
Regulatory Authority, 
(b) Cleansing, Shellfish for artificial cleansing shall be taken only from 
clean or moderately polluted growing areas. Artificial cleansing shall be 
permitted only in the following manner: 
(1) Written permission shall be obtained from the Regulatory Authority, 
(2) The tank is water-tight and with smooth inside surfaces to permit 
adequate cleansing; so located that the bottom of the tank is at least 
one foot above the extreme high water mark of the water body adjacent 
to them, and. the tops of the sidewalls at least four inches above the 
level of the contigious floor or ground surface. 
(3) Floor or ground surfaces adjacent to the tank slope away from it to 
permit effective and complete drainage. 
(l) Water for the process is obtained from a natural body of water, 
the quality of which is equal to or better than that specified for ap- 
proved growing areas and after treatment meets the same requirements as 
specified for the vaster used in conditioning. Sec. (A) (a)(A). 
(5) Applied water is maintained in such condition by the continuous or 
intermittent application of chlorine to it that the chlorine residual 
does not fall below 0.05 ppm. 
(6) The oxygen content of the cleansing water at all points in the tank 
is maintained at not less than 30 per cent saturation. 
(7) Only live clean-washed shellfish, having a coliform content of less ‘ 
than 2A000 per 100 ml, expressed as , and the shells of which are 
sufficiently whole to permit their retention of shell liquor are submitted 
to the process, and adequate precautions are taken to prevent shellfish 
intended for cleansing from reaching the market before cleansing is com- 
pleted. FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XIV. Page 7 
(8) Shellfish are treated for a period of not less than 2A hours in 
water having a temperature above 50 degrees F. 
(9) The results of tests for each batch of oysters cleansed give M.P.N. 
coliform concentrations of not more than 230 per 100 ml. 
(10) No treated shellfish are released for consumption without authority 
of a plant operator approved or licensed by the State Regulatory Authority. 
(11) The plant operator is experienced in this type of work, or possesses 
a satisfactory knowledge of the principles of water treatment and bacter- 
iology and has been approved by the State Health authorities. 
(12) Unauthorized persons, animals and rodents are excluded from the 
plant. 
(13) Plant employees possess at least the health qualifications outlined 
for a shucker, Section 1 (j). 
(c) Floating & Wet Storage. Floating and wet storage as defined in Defini- 
tions shall not be practiced unless written approval is given each year by the 
Regulatory Authority. The presence of usable floats in the water or bedding 
near shore shall be deemed to be evidence that floating or wet storage is 
being practiced. 
(d) Shellstock Storage. Dry. Shellstock in dry storage shall be adequately 
protected from contamination at all times. 
Section 5. Plant Arrangement. 
(a) Separate Rooms. Unless shellfish are shucked directly into packing con- 
tainers with no further processing, the shucking and packing operations shall 
be done in separate rooms. There shall be installed in the partition between 
the two rooms an impervious delivery window shelf through which the shucked 
stock is passed to the packing room. 
(b) Storage. An adequate size room or compartment shall be provided for 
bulk storage separate from the workrooms. Provision shall be made for storing 
employees’ outer garments, aprons, gloves, and accumulated articles in a 
separate room or lockers. Purses, lunches and small personal articles may be 
kept in a cabinet in the shucking room. Packing cans and lids for daily use 
shall be kept in a carton on an elevated rack conveniently located in the 
packing room. An impervious rack shall be provided over the utensil sinks 
for storage of shucking buckets. 
(c) Equipment Space. Adequate space shall be provided for space heating 
unit, utensil sinks, handwashing sinks and refrigeration. 
Section 6. Construction Boats - Plant - Equipment. FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XIV, Page 8 
(a) Boats. All boats used for tonging, dredging, or transporting shellfish 
(including "buy" boats) shall be so constructed, and maintained as to prevent 
contamination of the shellfish in the boat. longer1s skiffs shall be provided 
with false bottoms. 
(b) Floors. The floors of the processing rooms shall be constructed of smooth 
impervious concrete or other impervious material, free of cracks, holes or un- 
even surfaces, graded not less than one quarter inch to one foot and maintained 
in this aforesaid condition. In a frame building the floors when poured shall 
form a curb not less than two inches high, placed between and flush with the 
studding so as to receive the overlap of the wall covering. In a concrete 
block building footing and floors should be poured at the same time. 
(c) Walls. Interior walls of the processing rooms to a height of not less 
than four feet from the floor shall be covered with smooth impervious material, 
light colored and washable. The wall covering shall overlap the floor curb. 
At shucking benches smooth, washable, impervious back walls shall extend to 
ceiling. Window ledges shall be covered with impervious material and slope not 
less than forty-five degrees into bench. 
(d) Ceilings. In the shucking room the ceiling (or roof) shall be tight. 
Ceiling or roof over shucking benches shall be finished in washable light 
colored paint. 
The packing room shall be ceiled overhead with a tight smooth washable material. 
(e) Shellstock Storage Bins. Walls and floors shall be constructed of an 
impervious material. Smooth, free from cracks, holes, or other uneven sur- 
faces, Floors shall be elevated from flooding, protected from foot traffic 
and graded one quarter inch to one foot. 
(f) Shucking Benches - Blocks & Stands. Bench and walls shall be of am im- 
pervious material. Smooth, free of cracks or crevices. An impervious or im- 
pervious lined shute not less than 7 inches in diameter shall be provided from 
the bench to the outside cr a 7 inch hole to the floor. There shall be no 
ledges, shelves, cr nails above the benches where miscellaneous articles might 
accumulate. 
Shucking blocks shall be removable of solid one piece construction. Foot 
stands shall be of finished material and painted 'where hand contact occurs. 
(g) Shell Disposal Area. Unless plant is over water where fill is being made 
platform receiving shell waste shall be concrete, draining to water or tile 
line. 
(h) Equipment. Flumes, blowers, vats, sinks, lavatories, tables, stands or 
shelves shall be made of a non-corrosive impervious material, constructed in 
such a manner as to eliminate grooves, seams, holes and cracks. All seams and 
joints shall be well filled with solder and dressed to a smooth surface. Con- 
veyors, if used, shall be so constructed that the shucked product will not be 
contaminated by their use. FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CtLlPTER XIV. Page 9 
The P-MPes blowers shall be removable or so located that cleaning is not 
difficult. The portion of the air pipes below the tank liquid level shall be 
of smooth, not-readily corrodible, impervious material. There shall be a san- 
itization connection of adequate size to the air line of the blower above the 
tank liquid level by which steam, hot water, or chlorine solution may be forced 
through the line. 
Perforations in the skimmers, colanders, and blower trays shall be smooth to 
facilitate cleaning. Skimmers, ladles, and colanders of wire mesh construction 
are not permitted. Several types of blowers have narrow and deep compartments 
along their sides or at corners, separated from the main part of the blower by 
a perforated plats. The area thus formed is very difficult, if not impossible, 
to clean and offers an ideal place for dirt and slime to collect,' Where this 
occurs the plates shall be removed or the space tightly sealed from the main 
part of the tank. ' 
Pipes shall be supported at a sufficient distance above the bottom of the tank 
to allow easy passage of a brush between the pipes and tank bottom. 
Air pump intakes shall be protected against contamination. 
Shallow tanks and tubs shall'be elevated by legs, by a table, or by a bench 
to raise the top rim at least three feet above the floor. 
(i) Utensils. All utensils such as skimmers, shucking pails, clip cans, tubs, 
measures, buckets, paddles, dipp’ers, knives, and hammers shall be made of a 
not-readily corrodible, smooth, impervious material, constructed in such a 
manner as to eliminate grooves, seams and cracks where foreign material and 
slime might collect. All seams and joints shall be well filled with solder 
and dressed to a smooth finish. 
(j) Utensil Sinks. Utensil washing sinks shall be three compartment if 
chlorine sterilization is used. Hot and cold water shall be piped to the sink. 
All compartments shall be big enough to submerge the largest receptacle coming 
in contact with the product, * 
(k) Refrigeration Facilities. Refrigerators shall have ample capacity to 
store all shucked shellfish received, packed or stored in the plant, Tne re- 
frigerators shall be well drained, well insulated and have impervious lining. 
In cabinet types lining shall overlap the top edges. 
Ice receiving box shall be of Impervious construction protected from foot 
traffic and flooding. s , • 
(1) • Aprons & Gloves. Aprons or coats shall be washable and of water repel- 
lent material. If gloves are worn they shall be of washable or waterproof 
material. 
Section 7. Basic Sanitation. 
(a) Water Supply. The plant shall be provided with an adequate supply .of hot 
and cold water, under pressure, source and installation to be approved by the FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XIV. Page 10 
Regulatory Authority. The supply shall bo accessible to all parts of the 
plant, and of a safe sanitary quality, meeting the Florida State Board of 
Health Standards. No cross connections with unapproved water supplies shall 
be permitted. 
(b) Sewage Disposal - Plant and Boats. Every shellfish -plant shall provide 
separate sanitary toilets for each sex (and where colored persons are employed, 
separate toilets must be provided for their use). For women employees there 
shall be provided not less than one toilet seat for every 25 women employees 
or major fraction thereof. For male employees there shall be provided not 
less than one toilet seat and one urinal for each 10 men or major fraction 
thereof, conveniently located, but not opening directly into any v;ork room. 
Such toilets, urinals, and disposal units shall be constructed in accordance 
with the requirements as outlined in Chapters V and VII of the Florida State 
Sanitary Code. 
Separate toilet facilities for each sex shall not be required where family 
shucking is carried on and satisfactory toilet facilities are available for 
family use in the home or conveniently located with respect thereto. 
During the marketing season no body excretions shall be discharged overboard 
from a boat Used in harvesting shellfish while it is in areas from which shell- 
fish are being dredged, tcnged, or otherwise gathered. 
(c) Drainage. Drainage of floors, bins, benches, refrigerators, sinks, skim- 
mers shall be sufficient and rapid. All disposal outlets and disposal facilitie 
shall be subject to the approval of the Regulatory Authority, 
(d) Screening & Fly Control. Ail openings in the plant shall be effectively 
screened with not less than 16 mesh screen wire. All outer screen doors shall 
open outward and be self-closing. Approved fly control procedures shall be 
practiced as directed by the Regulatory Authority. 
(e) Handwashing Sinks, /in adequate number of lavatories with running hot and 
cold water shall be provided, so located that their use by plant personnel can 
be readily checked. A supply of soap and a container of chlorine solution 
shall be provided at all times. Signs shell be posted in the toilets and over 
the lavatories warning the employees to wash their hands thoroughly. 
Section 8* Environmental Sanitation. 
(a) Heating and Ventilation. Work rooms shall be heated when necessary to a 
comfortable temperature (65-72 degress F.) and ventilated sc that workers may 
operate with safety and efficiency and without impairing their health. At 
least 10 square feet of floor space shall be provided for each processor. 
(b) Light, Windows and other openings shall have an aggregate area of not 
less than one-tenth of the total floor area and shall be so arranged as to in- 
sure proper light distribution. Light intensity of not less than five foot 
candles shall be maintained on all working surfaces. When necessary, natural 
light shall be supplemented with artificial light. FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XIV. Page 11 
Section 9. Cleanliness. 
(a) Personal Cleanliness. All workers shall wear clean outer garments pro- 
tected with clean water-proof washable aprons or coats, Shuckers gloves shall 
be thoroughly washed and rinsed in chlorine solution daily. No employee shall 
return from a toilet or enter the plant to work without first having washed 
and chlorinated his or her hands. The packer shall not skim or pack after 
doing other chores without washing and chlorinating his or her hands. 
(b) Equipment and Utensil Cleanliness. Refrigerators, ice crusher and box 
shall be washed out once a week or more often if necessary. The handwashing 
sinks, the utensil sinks, their drain boards and splash-backs shall be kept 
clean. 
All pieces of equipment and utensils which come in contact with shucked shell- 
fish shall be thoroughly scoured in hot water with a good detergent until clean 
at the end of each days operations. Air pipes in blowers shall be removed at 
the end of each days packing operations and their interior and exterior sur- 
faces thoroughly cleaned. 
(c) General Cleanliness. The walls, benches, shucking blocks, bins, and floors 
shall be scrubbed and flushed with approved water at the end of each days 
operations. Toilets, dressing rooms, sinks, clothes compartments, storage 
rooms, windows and sky lights shall be kept clean. The premises in general, 
both inside and out, shall be kept tidy, free of trash and accumulated non- 
essentials. 
(d) Bactericidal Treatment. All utensils which come in contact with shucked 
shellfish shall after cleaning, be subjected to a bactericidal treatment pro- 
cedure approved by the Regulatory Authority, 
Large equipment such as skimmers, flumes and blowers shall be subjected to 
bactericidal treatment immediately before use. 
The shucking benches, refrigerators, the ice crusher and box shall be flushed 
with chlorine solution after cleansing. Before filling, containers;and lids 
are to be rinsed through an approved bactericidal solution in the packing room. 
Section 10. Operation. 
(a) Shucking Operation. The practice known as "drag", returning meats over 
one gallon from the skimmer to the shucker is prohibited. Immediately after 
each delivery to the packing room the shucking bucket shall be thoroughly 
rinsed with water under pressure. 
(b) Packing and Sealing., Shucked shellfish shall be packed’and shipped in 
single—service containers made of clean impervious material positively sealed 
or in such containers so sealed that tampering can be detected. Shipping con- 
tainers shall not be re—used by the shellfish industry. 
(c) Repacking and Refilling. The packing of shucked shellfish should take 
place only in the. same plant as the one in. which they are shucked. If' FLA. STATE SANITARY CODS 
CHAPTER XIV, Page 12 
repacking is practiced, it shall be done strictly in accordance4with all the 
requirements stipulated for packing plants. The stock to be repacked must be 
received at the repacking plant in approved shipping containers. Containers 
shall show the earliest date of shucking of stock'packed therein, as well as 
the plant or plants in which the stock was shucked. 
Because of the "bleeding” nature of many Florida oysters, refilling the' con- 
tainer to assure a full pack of meats is practiced. Before refilling workmen1£ 
hands shall be clean. Any instrument used to remove lid shall be clean and 
sanitized. Previously packed containers shall be kept free of ice drainage 
and other contamination. 
(d) Packing and Shipping Shellstock, The washing of shellstock, when neces- 
sary, shall be done either with water obtained from sources approved by the 
Regulatory Authority or from approved shellfish areas. All shellstock, ex- 
cept that consigned to a shucking plant, shall be packed and shipped in clean 
containers such as barrels, bags, crates, or boxes under conditions which will 
prevent spoilage or contamination. When consigned to shucking plants in bulk, 
shellstock may be packed and shipped in such vehicles as clean railroad cars, 
trucks, and boats, under conditions which will prevent spoilage or contamina- 
tion, Storage facilities shall be at least equal to those described in A (d). 
Trucks, vehicles, and conveyances are to have impervious lining properly drain- 
ed, Trucks are to be covered or have tarpaulin over shipments.' A dealer hold- 
ing a certificate for shellstock only, or as a reshipper, shall not shuck any 
shellfish. 
(e) Refrigeration. Shucked shellfish shall be cooled to a temperature of 
50° F, or less within two hours after the shellfish are shucked and' shall be 
kept at or below that temperature until delivered to the consumer. If shucked 
shellfish are frozen they shall be kept in a frozen condition until delivered 
to the consumer. Shucked shellfish shall be frozen and stored in accordance 
with methods and conditions approved by the Regulatory Authority. A thermo- 
meter shall be kept in the refrigerator at a point predetermined to have ap- 
proximately the highest temperature. 
(f) Ice and Procedure. Ice shall be obtained from an approved source and 
shall be stored and handled in an approved manner. No ice or ice drainage 
shall be allowed to come in contact with shucked stock after processing has 
been completed. Containers with inverted lids stored under ice is prohibited. 
(g) Shell Disposal. Shells from which meats have been removed shall be 
promptly taken from the shucking room and disposed of so that the shucked 
product can in no way become contaminated. 
(h) Rodents and Vermin. Rat proofing and control measures to eliminate ro- 
dents and vermin shall be practiced where necessary. Animals shall be ex- 
cluded from the building interior. 
(i) Supervision. The plant owner or management shall designate an individual 
to be responsible for the compliance with those sectionsof this chapter having 
to do with operation, plauit cleanliness and personnel. It shall be this per- 
son’ s responsibility to see that the cleansing and sanitizing procedures are FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XIV. Pw/?e 13 
carried out within two hours of the terminating of each days operation. The 
management shall see that these responsibilities are carried out satisfactorily 
either by this individual or themselves. 
Section 11, Records. 
To permit tracing readily to the point of origin any shellfish on the 
market, it is necessary that complete and accurate records be kept by every 
shellfish dealer. 
Satisfactory Compliance; This item shall be deemed to have been satisfied if; 
(a) Shucking plants record the dates and dealers from whom purchases are made 
or areas where shellfish are taken and persons to whom sold. 
(b) Shellstock dealers1 records include the date, persons from whom purchased, 
quantity and kind of shellfish, and the dealers to whom sold. 
(c) Reshippers record the dates and dealers from whom purchases are made and 
those to whom sales are made together with kind and quantity of shellfish in- 
volved. 
(d) Such records shall be open to inspection at any time, during business 
hours, by any duly authorized representative of the Regulatory Authority. 
Section 12, Condemnation and Destruction. 
(a) The condemnation, seizure, and destruction by the Regulatory Authority of; 
(l) Deteriorated or contaminated shellfish; 
(2) Shellfish from any original source other than an establishment which 
holds an unrevoked certificate; 
(3) Shellfish in containers which do not display a legibly embossed, 
stamped, or lithographed certificate number; 
(A) The contents of shellfish containers of which the seal of the lid 
is broken; or, 
(5) Filled or unfilled containers embossed, stamped or lithographed with 
the certificate number of a packing plant other than that of the packing 
plant in which they are found, are hereby authorized. 
The Sections of this Chapter were adopted by 
the State Board of Health in executive session 
on February 16, 1916, to be effective from that 
date • FLORIDA STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XV 
Crabj Lobster, .Crayfish, and Shrimp Meat Cooking &- Packing Plants 
Reference is made to Chapter 381, Sections 3B1.A9-38I.59, Florida Statutes 
19A1 ard amendments thereto. 
Definitions. 
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation of this Chapter 
Approved, The terra "approved" means under conditions, procedures,, and con- 
struction acceptable to the Regulatory Authority. 
Crustacea. The term "arustacea" means any crab, lobster, crayfish, or shrimp 
either shucked or in the shell and any edible product thereof. 
Employee. The term "employee" means any person employed to handle the Crus- 
tacea or who enters an area where Crustacea are stored or processed. 
Plant. The term "plant" means any establishment where Crustacea are processed 
or stored. 
Regulatory Authority. The term "Regulatory Authority" means the State Board 
of Health, Bureau of Sanitary Engineering and their duly authorized representatives, 
Section 1. Certification. 
(a) Certificate for Production Required. It shall be unlawful for any plant 
or person to engage in the production for sale of cooked or processed Crustacea 
without having complied with these regulations and having applied for and ob- 
tained a certificate from the Regulatory Authority. 
(b) Certificate Application. Written application on forms provided must be 
filed with the Regulatory Authority before operation.of the plant begins each 
year (suggested building .plans and.specifications are available without charge 
from the Regulatory Authority). - 
(c) Certificate Issued. Certificate and number shall be issued only after an 
inspection of the plant by the Regulatory Authority has revealed that the 
sections of this Chapter have been complied with. . 
(d) Certificate Expiration. All certificates shall be re-issued annually to 
expire automatically on November 15. 
(e) Certificate Not Transferable, Certificate and number shall not be trans- 
ferable. 
(f) Certificate Revoked. Certificate and number may be revoked by the Regu- 
latory Authority at any time for violation of any section or sections of this 
Chapter. Continued indifference in complying with these regulations will 
necessitate the taking up of the certificate and number. FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XV. Page 2 
(g) Certificate Number Containers. The packers certificate number with the 
Crustacea identification letter preceded by the State abbreviation, ,e.g., . 
(FLA-10-C) shall be impressed, embossed, lithographed or- otherwise permanently 
recorded on the container or on the cover if the cover becomes an integral par 
of the container during the sealing process. 
(h) Certificate Identification Out of State. No cooked Crustacea meat from 
sources outside of the State of Florida shall be brought into the State for th 
purpose of resale or public distribution unless the product bears evidence of 
certification from its State or Nation based on similar requirements as out- 
lined in this Chapter. 
(i) Certificate of Health Required. All employees including crabbers, pro- 
cessors, pickers, packers, and transporters or other persons handling or com- 
ing in contact with Crustacea, Crustacea storage*areas or work rooms, shall 
submit to the management of the Crustacea plant a certificate of health issued 
in accordance with the regulations’ of the. Florida State Sanitary Code and shal 
comply with all the hygienic requirements herein and the regulations of the 
aforesaid Code heretofore and hereinafter adopted and promulgated. Examina- 
tions for health certification shall include the examination of authentic 
specimens of urine and feces in a laboratory approved by the Florida State 
Board of Health. Such laboratory examinations of specimens submitted by the 
applicant shall include laboratory techniques, which will rule out the pre- 
sence of typhoid bacilli, salmonella organisms, and dysentery bacilli. The 
examination shall also include any other tests, indicated by the Regulatory 
Authority to detect a case or carrier of any communicable disease. 
Signs excluding all unauthorized persons shall be posted on all entrances to 
any processing rooms and storage areas. 
If the employee, owner or manager of a Crustacea plant has reason to suspect 
that any worker has contracted or is a carrier of a communicable disease, the 
employee or employer shall immediately notify the proper health authority who 
shall take such action as may be necessary. Pending such action by the health 
officials or the recovery of the employee, said employee shall be excluded 
from contact with Crustacea, Crustacea storage areas and the Crustacea plant. 
Persons with open wounds or infected lesions on the exposed parts of the body 
shall be excluded from contact with Crustacea or the Crustacea plant. 
Section 2, Plant Arrangement. 
(a) Separate Rooms. Picking and packing operations shall be separated from 
the cooking, backing, and washing operations by a separate room or rooms. 
Offices and toilets shall be separate from all processing operations. The 
cooking operation shall not be permitted on the outside of the plant. 
(b) Storage. An adequate size room -or compartment shall be provided fer bulk 
storage separate from the workrooms. Provision shall be made for storing em- 
ployees1 outer garments, aprons, gloves, and accumulated articles in a separ- 
ate room or lockers. Purses, lunches, and small personal articles may be kept 
in a cabinet in the picking room. Packing cans and lids for daily use shall FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XV, Page 3 
be kept in an elevated compartment conveniently located in the picking room. 
An impervious rack or hangers shall be provided in the washing room elevated 
from the floor, preferably overhead, for storage of tubs, buckets, and baskets. 
Section 3. Construction Plant and Equipment, 
(a) Floors. In frame buildings the floors in the cooking, backing, picking, 
packing, and storage rooms shall be constructed of smooth impervious concrete 
or other impervious material; free of cracks, holes or uneven surfaces, graded 
not less than one quarter inch to one foot and maintained in this .aforesaid 
condition. While being poured, the floors shall form a curb not less than two 
inches high, and placed between and flush with the studding so as to receive 
the overlap of the wall covering. In concrete block buildings floors should 
be poured with foundations and become an integral part thereof. 
(b) Walls. Interior walls in processing rooms to a height of not less than 
four feet from the floor shall be of smooth impervious material. The wall 
covering shall overlap the floor curb. Walls adjacent to cooling racks, 
backing tables or washing tables shall be of smooth impervious material and 
sufficiently high to receive all splash. All wall surfaces shall be smooth, 
washable and light colored. 
(c) Ceilings. The ceilings and/or the roof shall be smooth, tight, and 
finished in washable light colored paint. 
(d) Equipment. Water flumes, washing vats, lavatories, backing tables, pick- 
ing tables, packing counter tables, shelves, benches, or stands shall be made 
of a non-corrosive impervious material, constructed in such a manner as to 
eliminate grooves, seams, holes, .and cracks where particles of Crustacea, dirt 
and slime might collect. All seams and joints shall be well filled with 
solder and dressed to a smooth surface. Wire cooling racks shall be con- 
structed of impervious material throughout. Conveyors, if used, shall be of 
impervious material so constructed that the cooked Crustacea will not be con- 
taminated by their use. 
(e) Utensils. All utensils such as tubs, buckets, baskets, pans, bowls, 
picking knives and cracking blocks shall be made of non-corrosive impervious 
material and shall be constructed in such a manner as to eliminate grooves, 
joints and cracks where food particles and dirt might collect. All joints 
and seams shall bo well filled with solder and dressed to a smooth surface. 
The handles of opening knives and the breaking blocks shall be so constructed 
as not to have cracks and crevices which would retain food particles, dirt 
and slime. 
(f) Aprons & Gloves. Aprons or coats shall be washable and of water repel- 
lent material. If gloves are worn, they.shall be of a washable or waterproof 
material. 
(g) Refrigeration Facilities. Refrigerators shall have ample capacity to 
store all Crustacea received, packed, or stored in the plant. The refrigera- 
tors shall be well drained, well insulated and have impervious lining. In FLA, STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XV, Page 1+ 
cabinet types lining shall overlap the top edges. All refrigerator cabinets 
shall have false bottoms of corrugated non-corrosive metal to permit free 
circulation of air and prevent odors. 
Ice crusher and ice receiving box shall be of Impervious construction protected 
from foot traffic and flooding. 
When pre-chiliing packed meat, only approved coil type cooling equipment shall 
be permitted, with an elevated fixture for spray head provided. 
(h) Utensil Sinks. Utensil washing sinks shall be three compartment if chlor- 
ine sterilization is used. Made of non-corrosive smooth impervious material. 
Hot and cold water shall be piped to the sink. All compartments shall be big 
enough to submerge the largest receptacle coming in contact with the product 
after cooking. 
Section A. Basic Sanitation. 
(a) Water Supply. The plant shall be provided with an adequate supply of hot 
and cold water, under pressure, source and installation to be approved by the 
Regulatory Authority, The supply shall be accessible to all parts of the plant 
and/or a safe and sanitary quality meeting the Florida State Board of Health 
Standards, No.cross connections with unapproved water supplies shall be per- 
mitted. 
(b) Sewage Disposal. Every Crustacea plant shall provide separate sanitary 
toilets for each sex (and where colored persons are employed, separate toilets 
must be provided for their use). For women employees there shall be provided 
not less than one toilet seat for every 25 women employees or major fraction 
thereof. For male employees there shall be provided not less than one toilet 
seat and one urinal for each 10 men or major fraction thereof, conveniently 
located, but not opening directly into .any work room. Such toilets, urinals, 
and disposal units shall be constructed in accordance with the requirements 
as outlined in Chapters V and VII of the Florida State Sanitary Code. 
Separate toilet facilities for each sex shall not be required where family 
processing is carried on and satisfactory toilet facilities are available for 
family use in the home or conveniently located with respect thereto.. 
(c) Drainage. Drainage of floors, cookers, refrigerators, sinks, and storage 
areas shall be sufficient and rapid. All disposal outlets and disposal facili- 
ties shall be subject to the approval of the Regulatory Authority. 
(d) Screening & Fly Control. All openings in the plant shall be effectively 
screened with not less than 16 mesh screening. All outer screen doors shall 
open outward and be self-closing. Approved fly control procedures shall be 
practiced as advised by the Regulatory Authority. 
(e) Handwashing Facilities. An adequate number of lavatories with running 
hot and cold water shall be provided, so located that their use by plant 
personnel can be readily checked, A supply of soap and a container of FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XV. Page 5 
chlorine solution shall be provided at all times. Signs shall be posted in 
the toilets and ever the lavatories warning the employees to wash their hands 
thoroughly* 
Section 5. Environmental Sanitation. 
(&) Heating and Ventilation. Work rooms shall be heated when necessary to a 
comfortaole temperature (65—72 degrees F.) and ventilated sc that workers may 
operate with safety and efficiency and without impairing their health. At 
least 10 square feet of floor space shall be provided for each picker and pro- 
cessor. 
(b) Light. Windows and other openings shall have an aggregate area of not 
less than one—tenth of the total floor area and shall be sc arranged as to 
insure proper light distribution. Light intensity of not less than five foot 
candles shall be maintained on all working surfaces. When necessary, natural 
light shall be supplemented with artificial light. 
(c) Steam Exhaust. Wet saturated steam released within a confined area of the 
plant from the pressure cooker shall be considered as an unfavorable condition 
of the employees environment. In such cases corrective measures to exhaust 
the steam either by exhaust fans or through a pipe, controlled by a valve to 
the outside shall be enforced by the Regulatory Authority, 
Section 6, Cleanliness. 
(a) Personal Cleanliness. All workers shall wear clean outer garments pro- 
tected with clean water-proof washable aprons or coats. Processors' gloves 
shall be thoroughly washed and rinsed in chlorine solution daily. No employee 
shall return from a toilet or enter the plant, to work without first having 
washed and chlorinated his or her hands. The packer shall not weigh or pack 
after doing other chores without washing and chlorinating his or her hands. 
(b) Equipment and Utensil Cleanliness. Upon the conclusion of each day's 
operations all pieces of equipment and utensils which come in contact with 
Crustacea after cooking, shall be thoroughly scoured with hot water and an 
effective detergent until all Crustacea deposits, dirt and slime are removed, 
then flushed with water under pressure. 
(c) General Cleanliness. Walls and floors shall be scrubbed and flushed with 
water under pressure. Toilets, dressing rooms, sinks, clothes compartments, 
storage rooms, windows and skylights shall be kept clean. The premises in 
general, both inside and out shall be kept tidy, free of trash and accumulated 
non-essentials. 
Unless water flumes are used, metal ’waste receptacles shall be provided under 
the picking tables and shall be emptied at frequent enough intervals to pre- 
vent over-loading and consequent littering of the floor. Where necessary, 
metal waste receptacles shall be provided at the backing equipment and 
handled the same as for the picking tables. 
All Crustacea refuse shall be disposed of in an area approved by the Regulatory 
Authority. FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XV. Page 6 
(d) Bactericidal Treatment. Ail utensils which come in contact with crustace 
after cooking shall after cleansing be subjected to a bactericidal treatment 
procedure approved by the Regulatory Authority, Large equipment such as back- 
ing and washing equipment, picking tables and packing counters shall be flush- 
ed with a bactericidal solution immediately before use. Refrigerators, ice 
crusher and box after cleansing shall be flushed with a bactericidal solution. 
Impervious containers of an approved bactericidal solution shall be kept cn 
the picking table, one for each picker. At frequent intervals containers 
shall be replenished with fresh solution. Pickers shall frequently dip their 
hand and knife into the solution. 
Before packing into them, packing containers and lids are to be rinsed through 
an approved bactericidal solution. 
All utensils used to transfer backed and washed Crustacea to picking tables 
shall be flushed with running water and rinsed through an approved chlorine 
solution before being used again. 
Section 7. Operation 
(a) Cooking. Crustacea shall be cooked in boiling water or in steam under 
such temperature, pressure and period of time as approved by the Regulatory 
Authority. Dead crabs, lobster, or crayfish shall be cooked and processed 
only under such conditions as approved by the Regulatory Authority, Cooked 
crabmeat in a mashed potato mealy condition shall be considered to have been 
in a state of decomposition arid unfit for human consumption. 
Cooking baskets and utensils containing cooked Crustacea shall be kept from 
floor contact or other contaminating surfaces. 
(b) Cooling. The practice of cooling crabs overnight in air temperatures 
after cooking is conducive to bacteriological germination, especially in hot 
weather. Where necessary, the cooling period and procedure shall be specified 
by the Regulatory Authority. 
(c) Refrigeration. Refrigeration equipment used for Crustacea and Crustacea 
products shall be maintained within a temperature range of 32 degrees and 50 
degrees F. 
A thermometer shall be kept in the refrigerator at a point predetermined to 
have approximately the highest temperature. 
Picked meat shall be placed in refrigeration immediately after weighing and 
sealing. If the meat is frozen it shall be frozen and stored in accordance 
with methods and conditions approved by the Regulatory Authority and shall be 
kept in a frozen condition until delivered to the consumer. 
Ice used for processing Crustacea shall be obtained from an approved source 
and shall be stored and handled in an approved manner. FLA, STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XV, Pago 7 
No more than three pounds of picked meat shall he allowed to. accumulate with 
each picker before being weighed, sealed and refrigerated. 
Dismembered washed bodies if held longer than one hour before picking shall be 
kept cool with ice or in refrigeration. 
Pre-chilling spray head shall be kept off packing counter in an elevated 
position. 
(d) Storage. Miscellaneous unused or abandoned equipment, unnecessary 
articles, bulk storage of cartons of cans and clothing shall be excluded 
from the work rooms. 
Utensils shall be stored on elevated metal rack or hangers. 
(e) Rodents and Vermin, Ratproofing and control measures to eliminate rodents 
and vermin shall be practiced where necessary. Animals shall be excluded from 
the building interior. 
(f) Stools and Chairs. All stools, chairs or benches shall be kept well 
painted and clean. Placing these articles on picking tables during clean up 
is prohibited. Pillows, unless covered with waterproof material are pro- 
hibited. 
(g) Supervision. The management shall designate an individual to be respon- 
sible for the compliance with those sections of this Chapter having to do with 
plant cleanliness, personnel, and operation. The management shall see that 
these responsibilities are carried out satisfactorily either by this indivi- 
dual or themselves. 
Section 8. Sampling and Testing. 
(a) Samples. Samples of Crustacea may he taken and examined by the Regulatory 
Authority at any time or place. Samples of Crustacea shall be furnished by 
operators of plants, trucks, carriers, stores, restaurants, and other places 
where Crustacea are sold. "Swab Tests" of all utensils and equipment, chemi- 
cal residual tests may be made as often as deemed necessary by the Regulatory 
Authority, ■ 
(b) Crustacea Meat. The procedures end technique to be employed in the 
bacteriological examination of cooked Crustacea meat are those given in the 
"Method for Bactericidal Examination of Crabmeat", U, S. Pure Food and Drug 
Administration, Washington, D. C., and any other procedure required by the 
Regulatory Authority, 
The following applies to the interpretation and application of the results 
obtained from the examination as in (b). 
Any time fecal coliform organisms can be found in the 1:10 dilution, it shall 
be interpreted as an indication of unfavorable conditions or practices sur- 
rounding the production and handling of the product. If this occurs in more 
than two consecutive samples, corrective measures shall be enforced by the 
Regulatory Authority. FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XV, Page 8 
(c) Decomposition Tests. The Organoleptic examination and pH determination 
as outlined in "Methods for Bactericidal Examinations of Crabmeat", U. S. 
Pure Food and Drug Administration shall be used and/or any other procedures 
required by the Regulatory Authority, 
(d) "Swab Tests". The procedures and technique to be employed in the bacteri 
logical examination of utensils arid equipment are those given in the Standard 
Method for Bacteriological Examination of Food Utensils proposed by the Sub- 
committee on Food Utensils Sanitation of the American Public Health Associatio 
in June 19A3 (see Public Health Bulletin No, 280, U, S. Public Health Service, 
Federal Security Agency, Washington, D. C.) .and/or any other procedures re- 
quired by the Regulatory Authority, 
The following applies to the interpretation and application of the results 
obtained from the examination as in (d). When the average plate count per 
utensil surface examined expressed in M.P.N. exceeds 100 it shall be inter- 
preted as an indication of inadequate cleansing or bactericidal treatment or 
recontamination by handling or improper storage and shall necessitate inves- 
tigation, If this occurs in more than two consecutive samples, corrective 
measures shall be enforced by the Regulatory Authority, 
Section 9. Condemnation and Destruction. 
(a) The condemnation, seizure, and destruction by the Regulatory Authority of 
(1) Deteriorated or contaminated Crustacea; 
(2) Crustacea from any original source other than an establishment which 
holds an unrevoked certificate; 
(3) Crustacea in containers which do not display a legibly embossed, 
stamped, or lithographed certificate number; ■ 
(A) The contents of Crustacea containers of which the seal of the lid 
is broken; or, * • • 
(5), Filled space or unfilled containers embbssed, stamped, or litho- 
graphed with the certificate number of a packing plant other than that 
of the packing plant in which they are found, are hereby authorized. 
The sections of this Chapter were adopted by 
the State Board of Health in executive session 
on February 16, 19A6, to be effective from that 
date. FLORIDA STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XVI 
TOURIST AND TRAILER. CAMPS 
Section 1. Reference is made to Chapter 513, Florida Statutes 19AI 
and amendments thereto. This statute defines tourist camps and trailer camps, 
and makes it illegal to establish or operate such camps in the State without 
an unrevoked permit from the State Board of Health. The State Board of Health 
is empowered and required to make such sanitary regulations as it may find 
necessary. The provisions of this Chapter of the Sanitary Code constitute 
such regulations and permits shall be issued only upon compliance with these 
provisions, and shall be revoked for non-compliance. 
Section 2. Camp Sites. 
(a) Location. Camps shall be located on well drained sites, sus- 
ceptible to quick drying following rains. Camps must not be 
located on or near marshes or bottom lands, or in vicinity of potential 
mosquito breeding areas. They must be reasonably well shaded but not 
covered ’with heavy dense growths and underbrush. 
(b) Size and Spacing. Camp sites shall be of ample size to prevent 
overcrowding and to prevent conditions not conducive to good health. 
Sites shall be divided in such manner that every car of camping out- 
fit shall have adequate space to prevent creation of a nuisance. The 
site shall be subdivided and marked off into rectangular lots, each 
not less than 25 feet by 35 feet. Lots should be grouped in blocks with 
streets at least 18 feet wide between each block. 
Section 3» Water Supply. A potable water supply shall be provided to 
meet the provisions of Chapter II of this Code. This supply shall be 
piped and outlets provided so that no cottage or trailer will be more than 
50 feet from such an outlet. Where a hydrant or other outlet is located a 
drip box shall be provided 18 inches in diameter and 12 inches in depth, 
filled with cinders or brickbat, so that water will not pool. 
Section A. Sewage Disposal. Sewage disposal shall be into a public 
sewerage system, if such is available, and if such is not available, in 
compliance with Chapter V of this Code. 
Section 5. Toilets and Lavatories. Toilets and lavatories shall be 
provided in compliance with provisions of Chapter VII of this Code. 
Section 6. Shower Baths and Laundry. Camps shall be provided with 
conveniently located shower baths arranged for each sex, in completely sepa- 
rated rooms or compartments with separate entrance. 
Laundry facilities shall consist of at least one (l) two-compartment 
stationary laundry tub properly connected to the approved ccamp sewerage 
system, and provided with both hot and cold running water. FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XVI, Page' 2’ 
No laundering, animal washing, car washing, or other slop-creating 
procedure shall be carried on at any individual cottage or trailer site. 
Section 7. Plumbing. All plumbing shall be in compliance with 
Chapter VIII of this Code and ail local plumbing ordinances not in conflict 
with this Code. 
Section 8. Garbage and ■Araste Disposal. All garbage and other refuse 
shall be deposited in large (not exceeding 20 gallons), tightly-covered, 
metal cans placed at frequent intervals around the camp grounds. Garbage 
cans must be provided in sufficient number to handle the waste from the camp. 
Section 9. Sanitary Facilities for Trailers. The number of toilets, 
urinals, shower heads, laundry tubs, garbage containers, and other sanitary 
facilities as well as the quality of water made available, shall be deter- 
mined in the same manner as for cottages, 3 persons per trailer being used 
to estimate the number of persons to be served in trailer camp parking space. 
Toilets in trailers shall not be used while trailer is in motion on 
the highway or parked by the roadside. These toilets shall not be used while 
in trailer camps, unless the camp has made suitable arrangements to handle the 
sewage from the toilets, which arrangement shall have been approved in writing 
by the State Board of Health. 
Section 10. Disposal of Non-fecal Wastes. Kitchen sinks provided on 
trailers may be used provided the camp owner provides proper containers to 
collect this waste, and adequate porter service to insure that such recepta- 
cles are emptied into approved slop hoppers without overflow, or provided 
some other system of disposal is provided, approved in writing by the State 
Board of Health. 
Section li. Control of Mosquitoes, Flies, and other Insects. No stand- 
ing water shall be allowed to pool in the vicinity of the camp, and the 
premises shall be kept clear of cans, rubbish and other articles that will 
hold water for mosquito breeding. No accumulation of materials shall be al- 
lowed that will breed flies. 
Section 12. Camp Office and Attendant to be Irovided. Camps shall at 
all times be in charge and supervised by a competent attendant, with such 
other help as will permit the camp to be kept in a sanitary condition, garbage 
and waste cans clean and emptied, and the premises adequately policed. 
Each ramp shall be provided with a small building at the entrance to the 
camp for the use of the camp attendant. 
Section 13. Registration of Patrons. It shall be the duty of the camp 
attendant to require the registration of all tourists or patrons upon entrance 
to the camp and such registration records shall be preserved. Each such 
patron upon registering shall be prevised with a registration card, a trailer 
site or cottage allotment, and a copy of the camp rules. FLA» STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XVI, Fage 3 
Section 14. Rales and Regulations to be Posted. Each camp owner shall 
have posted in a conspicuous place in the camp a copy of these regulations 
and of his own camp rules. 
Section 15* Issuance and Revocation of Permit, Application must be 
made in writing to the State Board of Health for a permit to operate a 
tourist or trailer camp, on forms provided for the purpose. Upon receipt 
of such application, inspection shall be made of the camp by a representa- 
tive of the State Health Officer, and if sucii inspection indicates com- 
pliance with all of the provisions of this Chapter and the statute, a 
permit will be issued in writing to operate, such permit to be conspicuously 
posted over the registration desk in the camp office. 
Should further inspection show failure to maintain standard of sanita- 
tion required by this Code or failure to comply with directions issued by an 
accredited representative of the State Board of Health concerning the improve- 
ment of any insanitary condition in connection with the camp, the permit shall 
be revoked. 
The Sections of this Chapter were adopted by 
the State Board of Health in executive 
session on February 16, 1946, to be effective 
from that date. FLORIDA STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XVII 
Retail, Dispensing and Handling of Shellfish and Cooked Crustacea Meat 
Definitions 
Approved Product - The term "approved product" as used in this Chapter 
shall mean oysters, scallops, and clams produced in plants covered by the 
certificate issued under Chapter XIV of this Code and having the authorized 
certificate number embossed upon the container, and lobster, crab, or shrimp 
meat produced under provisions of Chapter XV of this Code and bearing the 
authorized certificate number embossed upon the container. Where oysters and 
clams are from producers outside of the State of Florida, "approved product" 
shall mean one having a certificate number embossed or affixed to each container 
from proper State Department in the State of origin, which permit or certificate 
shall have bten approved by the U. 3, Public Health Service. In the case of 
scallops, and of crab, lobster and shrimp meat shipped from outside of the 
State of Florida, "approved product" shall be that defined under Section 1-i, 
Chapter XIV of this Code for scallops, and under Section 1-i, Chapter XV of this 
Code for crab, lobster and shrimp meat. 
Cooked Crustacea - The term "cooked Crustacea" as used in this Chapter 
shall mean the cooked meat of crabs, lobsters, crayfish, and shrimp. 
Dealer - The term "dealer" as used in this Chapter shall mean, wholesalers 
and retailers of such products, restaurants, cafeterias, eating places, stores, 
markets, individuals, firms, corporations or associations who deal in shellfish 
or cooked seafood meat, other than producers and packers as defined in Chapters 
XIV and XV of this Code. 
Regulatory Authority - The term "Regulatory Authority" shall mean the 
Florida State Board of Health (Bureau of Sanitary Engineering) and their duly 
authorized representatives. 
Shellfish - The term "shellfish" means ail fresh or frozen oysters, clams, 
scallops, and mussels either shucked or in the shell, and any fresh edible pro- 
ducts thereof. 
Section (1) - Unapproved Products 
(a) Unapproved products - No dealer shall sell or offer for sale any 
shellfish or cooked crustacea meat not defined under this Chapter of the 
Florida State Sanitary Code as an approved product. The possession of 
unapproved products by a dealer in his place of business or in a ware- 
house, shall be prima facie evidence that possession is for the purpose 
of sale. 
(Current lists of Certified Florida producers of both shellfish and FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XVII, Page 2 
Crustacea products are furnished upon request by the Florida State Board 
of Health, Bureau of Sanitary Engineering, Box 210, Jacksonville I , 
Florida) 
(b) Condemnation and Destruction - Local health officers or their 
sanitary inspectors, or agents of the State Board of Health, shall make 
inspections of the shellfish and cooked Crustacea offered for sale by a 
dealer, and all such products found not to be from an approved source, 
spoiled or deteriorated, shall be deemed unsafe as food and dangerous 
to the public health, and shall be condemned, seised, and destroyed. 
Section (2) - Containers 
(a) Original Containers - The transfer of shucked shellfish or cooked 
crustacea meat from the original containers to crocks, jars or other 
receptacle is prohibited. The contents are to be kept in the original 
container furnished by the producer and all dispensing done from said 
container. 
(b) Re-use Prohibited - The refilling or re-use of a certified container 
with shucked shellfish is prohibited. 
(c) Re-use Px-event ion - All dealers upon emptying a certified container 
of shucked shellfish shall perforate the bottom or otherwise render the 
said container useless for containing shucked shellfish. No shellfish 
containers shall be sold or given away by dealers until perforated as 
above set forth. Empty containers found on the premises not in the 
said condition shall be prirna facie evidence that re-use prevention is 
not being practiced. 
(d) Dispensing Containers - All containers of pint, quart, or other 
capacity used for dispensing shucked shellfish or cooked crustacea from 
original certified containers, shall be kept in original carton or 
cabinet, elevated at least three feet from the floor. These containers 
shall be kept free from dust and all other contamination. 
Section (3) - Storage 
(a) Refrigeration - Shucked shellfish and cooked crustacea shall at 
all times be kept refrigerated at a temperature not exceeding 50°F. 
Mo ice, water, or other foreign substance shall be allowed in contact 
with shucked shellfish or cooked crustacea. 
(b) Shellstock Storage - Shellstock must at all times be kept at a 
temperature such as will keep them alive and fresh. Shellstock shall 
be adequately protected from, any contamination at all times. Ice used 
for cooling shellstock shall be from an approved source and washed clean 
with approved water. 
(°) Display Storage - Shucked shellfish or cooked crustacea shall not 
be openly displayed, but if displayed shall be kept in a sanitary closed 
refrigerated show case. The exposure to any contamination is prohibited. FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XVII Page 3 
(d) Shellfish, cooked Crustacea or shellstock, if sold from trucks, 
wagons, or vehicles of any description must at all times be kept proper- 
ly refrigerated and shall at no time be exposed to any contamination. 
Section (4) - Dispensing 
(a) Ladle or dioper - Only one-piece non-corrosive metal or glass ladles 
or dippers shall be used for transferring shucked shellfish or cooked 
Crustacea from original containers to other packages. All such ladles 
or dippers shall be thoroughly washed and scoured daily. When not 
actually being used, ladle or dipper is to be kept in a chlorine solution 
of not less than pO ppm. 
Section (5) - Sanitation 
(a) Establishments - All establishments in which shellfish or cooked 
Crustacea is sold or stored, must at all times be kept in an approved 
sanitary condition. All parts of buildings in which shellfish or cooked 
Crustacea is handled or stored shall be kept clean and free from all 
contamination. A-I openings to outer air shall be tightly screened with 
16 mesh screen or smaller. Screens shall be kept in perfect repair. Arl 
screen doors shall open out and be self-closing. 
(b) Cioonliness of employees - All employees of, and dealers, handling 
shellfish or cooked seafoods shall wear clean outer garments and shall 
keep their hands clean at all times when handling shellfish or cooked 
Crustacea• 
(c) Heann of cmpiu.yees - No person suffering from a communicable disease 
or who has open lesions on hands, arms, or face, or who resides in a 
household having a case of communicable disease, or who is known to be a 
carrier of the organisms causing a communicable disease, shall be employed 
in handling or dispensing shellfish or cooked Crustacea. The dealer and 
each employee engaged in handling shellfish or cooked Crustacea shall 
have an approved health certificate issued by the State or County Health 
Officer. 
Section (6) - Records 
(a) Records - Ail dealers shall keep an accurate daily record which 
shall show the names and addresses of all persons from whom shellfish 
or cooked Crustacea is received, date of receipt and quantity, such 
records shall be open to inspection at any time during business hours 
by any duly authorized representative of the Florida State Board of 
Health. 
The Sections of this Chapter were adopted 
by the State Board of Health in executive 
session on February 16, 1946, to be effec- 
tive from that date. FLORIDA STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XVIII 
BOTTLED DRINKING WATER 
Since the inspection of bottling plants has a bearing on public: health 
beyond the confines of any one county, the Bureau of Sanitary Engineering of 
the State Board of Health must necessarily be charged with the responsibility 
for efficient and reliable inspection. In all counties with an organized 
health department, the county sanitary officer will make all necessary inspec 
tions, 
Section 1. Definitions. The following definitions shall apply in the 
interpretation and enforcement of this regulation. 
(a) Bottled Water. The term "bottled water" as used herein shall 
include any artificial or natural mineral, spring, or other water 
bottled for drinking purposes. 
(b) Bottling Plant. A bottling plant is any place or establishment 
in which bottled waters are prepared for sale. 
(c) Health Officer. The term "health officer" shall mean the health 
authority of any incorporated town or his accreditee representative 
or where there is none, the State Health Officer or his accredited 
reor esentative. 
(d) Bactericidal Treatment. bactericidal treatment is the applica- 
tion of a process for the destruction of bacteria, which does not 
adversely affect the health of the food or drink consumer, which is 
effective in the destruction of bacteria, and approved by the State 
Board of Health. The most usual bactericidal agencies of this class are 
hot water or steam or chlorine or some compound releasing free chlorine. 
(e) Plant Operator. The plant operator is any person who owns or 
leases the bottling plant and is responsible for conditions, and also 
includes his agent or plant manager. 
(f) Per son. The term "person" shall mean verson, firm, corporation, 
or association. 
(g) Mislabeling. The term "mislabeling" shall mean any labeling in 
violation of the law or regulation. 
Section 2. permits for Operator Required. No commercial bottling plant 
shall operate without a permit from the State Board of Health, and no permit 
shall be issued until an inspection shall be made of the establishment, its 
equipment, methods of operation, and its surroundings, and these found to 
comply with the provisions of this Chapter of the Sanitary Code of this State. 
If, upon inspection, it is found that the provisions of this Code are not being 
complied with, the permit shall be revoked, and the plant shall not operate 
after the permit is revoked. FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XVIII, Page 2 
Operation without permit violation of Code and subject to penalties 
outlined. 
Section 3. Buildings, Walls, and Ceilings. The bottling plant buildings 
shall be substantially constructed of suitable material and construction to 
carry out in a sanitary manner the purpose for which it is designed. Provisions 
shall be made to prevent the entrance of rats. The wails and ceilings shall 
be so constructed and of such materials as to be easily cleaned. They shall 
be kept clean and well painted. Ceilings shall be tight so as to prevent dust 
and dirt from dropping, or material stored above from sifting through to the 
floor below. 
Section A. Floors. All floors shall be of water-proofed concrete, vitri- 
fied tile, or other impervious material, so constructed as to be easily and 
effectively cleaned, and kept in a sanitary manner. Sufficient drains, gutters, 
gratings, and sewers shall be provided to insure proper and prompt removal of 
waste liquids and water. 
Section 5. Lighting and Ventilation. All rooms shall be well lighted 
and ventilated. 
Section 6. Source and Quality of Water Supplies, 
(a) Bacteriological. The water to be bottled for sale shall be from a 
source approved by the Chief Sanitary Engineer of the State Board of 
Health, and shall be protected in such a manner as to prevent the 
entrance of contamination. The bottled water, or the water used 
in final rinsing of bottles shall meet the minimum bacteriological 
standards of the U, S. Treasury Department for drinking water. Samples 
for bacteriological analysis shall be submitted to the Bureau of Labora- 
tories of the State Board of Health at such intervals as may be required 
by the Chief Sanitary Engineer of the State Board of Health. 
(b) Chemical. A Chemical analysis, the extent of which shall be deter- 
mined by the Chief Sanitary Engineer of the State Board of Health, shall 
be filed for approval before any permit v/ill be issued. 
Section 7. Labeling. The label shall contain only the following data: 
(l) Name and address of the bottling company and permit number. 
(2) Chemical analysis ’which has been filed for approval with the 
State Board of Health. 
(3) A statement of all substances added and all treatment processes 
applied. 
Claims of medicinal and health-giving properties will not be allowed. 
Section 8. Toilet Facilities. Adequate toilet facilities, lavatories, 
and urinals shall be provided for employees. Toilets and lavatories must be 
in rooms separated by substantial partition walls, extending from floor to ceil- 
ing, from work-rooms, to toilet rooms shall not open into any FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CH.iPTLR XVIII, 3 
room or compartment where water is bottled, handled, or stored. The number 
of toilets provided shall be in accordance with Chapter VII of the Florida 
State Sanitary Code. 
Section 9. Operation. 
(a) Sterilization, All bottles must be thoroughly washed with 
soap or other effective cleaning agent, in water whose temperature 
is not less then 110 degrees F. after each use, rinsed and then 
subjected to one of the following processes: 
(1) Exposure for at least 5 minutes to live steam in a 
do sed compartment. 
(2) Immersion for at least 2 minutes in hot water, the 
temperature of which is not less than 170 degrees F. 
(3) Immersion for at least 2 minutes in a chlorine solution 
which shall be made up at a strength not less than 100 parts 
per million and shall not be used after its strength has been 
reduced below 50 parts per million. 
(4) Treatment by any other bactericidal process approved by 
the State Health Officer. When a chlorine or other chemical 
treatment is used, a three compartment wash-stand shall be 
provided and used, the first compartment to be for washing, 
the second for rinsing, and the third for chlorine or chemi- 
cam Lamersion. 
(b) Storage of Containers and Equipment. After bactericidal treat- 
ment and all bottles, cans, and other multi-use containers and 
equipment shall be stored in a separate room in such a manner as to 
be protected from contamination. 
(c) Handling of Containers and Equipment. Between bactericidal 
treatment and usage, and during usage, containers and equipment 
shall not be handled or operated in such manner as to permit con- 
tamination of the water. 
(d) Capping. Capping shall be done in a clean and sanitary manner. 
Corks and other cars approved by the Chief Sanitary Engineer of the 
State Board of Health shall be utilized. Corks’ shall be,If" long 
and used once only, .and bottles sh 11 be hooded i.th parchment or . 
other approved hoods. Screw caps are permissible but must l?e 
thoroughly sterilized after each use. 
Section 10. Procedure when Infection Suspected. When suspicion arises 
as to the possibility of transmission of infection from any person concerned 
with the handling of bottled water, the health officer is authorized to re- 
quire any or ail of the following measures: FLn. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER'XVIII7 Page 4 
(a) The immediate exclusion of that person from handling the water 
for bottling. 
(b) The immediate exclusion of the water supply concerned from dis 
tribution and use. 
(c) adequate medical and bacteriological examination of the person, 
of his associates, and of his and their body discharges. 
(d) Bottles from premises where communicable disease is known to 
exist shall not be returned to the bottling plant until sterilised 
under the supervision of the health department. 
Section 11. Notification of Disease. Notice shall be sent to the health 
officer immediately by any distributor of bottled water in whose plant any com- 
municable disease occurs. 
Section 12. personnel. Cleanliness. All persons coming in contact with 
bottled water, containers, or equipment shall wear clean outer garments and 
shall keep their hands clean at all times while thus engaged. 
Section 13. Personnel, Health. Once every 12 months or oftener if 
deemed necessary, the health officer or a physician authorized by him shall 
examine and take a careful morbidity history of every person connected with 
a bottling plant, or to be employed, whose, work brings him in contact with 
the production, handling, storage, or transportation of water, containers, or 
equipment. If such examination or history suggests that such person may be 
a carrier of or infected with organisms of typhoid or para-typhoid fever or 
any other communicable diseases likely to be transmitted through water, he 
shall secure appropriate specimens of body discharges and cause them to be 
examined in a laboratory approved by him or by the State health authorities 
for such examinations, and if the results justify, such person shall be 
barred from such employment. 
Such persons shall furnish such information, submit to such physical 
examinations, and submit such laboratory specimens as the health officer may 
require for the purpose of determining freedom from infection. 
The Sections of this Chapter were adopted by 
the State Board of Health in executive 
session on February 16, 1946, to be effective 
from that date. FLORIDA STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XIX 
THE PRACTICE OF MIDWIFERY 
Reference is made to Chapter 381 (Section 381.51) and Chapter 457, 
Florida Statutes 1941 and amendments thereto. 
Section (1) Definitions, For the purpose of these regulations the fol- 
lowing definitions shall apply; 
(a) A midwife is defined as any woman of not less than 21 years of age, 
other than a physician, or other person authorized by law, who shall 
attend or agree to attend, any woman at or during childbirth, and who 
shall accept any compensaioni or remuneration for her services. 
(b) A physician is defined as any person who shall have been duly licens- 
ed by the Florida State Board of Medical Examiners to practice medicine 
in the State, and who is registered with the State Board of Health. 
(c) A county health unit is defined as a local unit for public health 
service, established under State law, employing full-time personnel, and 
approved by the State Board of Health, 
Section (2) Licensing of Miowives, Unless revoked every license to 
practice midwifery shall permit the holder thereof to practice only during 
the current calendar year, the term of said calendar year being from January 
1. Any person desiring to obtain a license to practice midwifery in the State 
of Florida shall make written application to the State Board of Health on the 
form provided for that purpose, which application shall be accompanied by a 
certificate from at least one reputable practicing physician, certifying that 
such person possesses reasonable qualifications necessary to practice mid- 
wifery in accordance with the following; 
(a) The applicant must not be less than 21 years of age on the date 
on which application is made and be of good moral character. 
(b) Prior to application for a midwife license, the applicant must have 
had a physical examination by a reputable practicing physician. The 
excamination form provided by the State Board of Health recording the 
examination, including serological test for syphilis performed in an 
approved laboratory, must be submitted with the application, indicating 
the physical fitness of the applicant to practice midwifery. 
In the event the applicant has syphilis, she must have completed, prior 
to making application for a license, adequate treatment by a reputable 
practicing physician, who must'certify on the application that she is 
non-infectious. FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XIX, Paffe 2 
(c) The applicant must have a thorough knowledge of instructions pro- 
vided by State and local boards of health relating to the practice of 
midwifery. Satisfactory understanding of such instructions may be 
determined by examination at the discretion of the State Board of Health. 
(d) The applicant must be able to fill out a standard birth certificate 
in a manner acceptable to the State Board of Health. 
(e) The applicant must show in her behavior and appearance evidence of 
habits of cleanliness. 
(f) The applicant must either possess a diploma from a school of mid- 
wifery, recognized by the State Board of Health, or must have attended, 
under the supervision of a reputable practicing physician, or instructor 
in midwifery approved by the State Board of Health, not less than fifteen 
(15) cases of labor, and to have had the care of at least fifteen (15) 
mothers and newborn infants curing the lying-in period of at least ten 
days each; provided, however, that the State Board of Health may reduce 
the required number of cases of supervised labor and infant care to not 
less than five (5) cases each whenever it appears to the satisfaction of 
the Board the applicant has otherwise qualified* 
The applicant must submit a written statement from such physician or 
instructor in midwifery certifying to the foregoing facts, giving the 
date of delivery, name and address of each patient, and certifying that 
the applicant is reasonably skilled and competent to practice midwifery. 
When the State Board of Health is satisfied either from the evidence, 
submitted, or from such examination and investigations as the Board m?y 
make, that the applicant possesses the qualifications and fitness for 
the practice of midwifery, the Board shall issue a license to practice 
midwifery in the State of Florida. Such license, when issued by the 
State Board of Health, shall be dated;and. numbered, and shall contain 
the name, residence, and age of the person to whom issued. 
Section 3* Revocation and suspension of License. The State Board of 
Health may permanently revoke or temporarily suspend the license of any mid- 
wife for the violation of any of these regulations, or for incompetency, 
malpractice, drunkenness, drug addiction, or conviction for a felony or a 
crime involving moral turpitude, or for deception in procuring a license, 
after examination and investigation is made by the State Board of Health. No 
license shall be permanently revoked until the midwife.has been given a reason- 
able opportunity to be heard. 
Section 4. Observation of Rules and Regulations. Midwives must conform 
to and observe, all rules and regulations of the State Board of Health, the 
provisions of the public health laws of -the State of Florida, the rules and 
regulations of any local boards of health, and all laws, orders, .and directions 
of the State Board of Health, or local boards of health. The violation of any 
such rules and regulations shall be sufficient cause for the revocation or the 
suspension of the license of such offending midwife by the State Board of 
Health. FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XIX, Pa£6 5 
d. Incidence of any acute illness in the mother or child within two 
weeks following delivery. 
Section B, Notification of Death or Stillbirth. The midwife shall 
report all maternal deaths and stillbirths immediately to the health officer 
of a full-time county health unit, and if there is no county health unit in 
the county in which the death or stillbirth occurs, to a reputable practicing 
physician. The midwife shall remain a reasonable length of time at the home 
of the deceased or stillbirth until the physician arrives. At such time the 
midwife shall request the physician t > investigate the death or stillbirth, an 
to sign the death or stillbirth certificate. 
Section 9. Attendance at Prenatal Clinics. The midwife shall make every 
possible effort to have the patient consult a private physician or enroll in 
an approved prenatal clinic as soon as she accepts the case, and if there is 
no clinic within a reasonable distance, shall try to arrange for the following 
services by a reputable practicing physician; 
a. Physical examination with special attention to circulation, lungs, 
and kidney function. 
b. Pelvic examination including internal and external measurements, 
(if the patient has not passed the thirty-fifth week of gestation.) 
c. Serological examination and other laboratory examination. 
Section 10. Completion of Birth Certificates, Within forty-eight hours 
following delivery of the baby, the midwife shall be required to fill out com- 
pletely and mail or deliver in person, to the local registrar of vital statis- 
tics, certificates of birth in all cases of labor in which she participates, 
and notify in writing, on the prescribed form, the health officer of a full- 
time county health unit, when there is a unit in the county. 
Section 11. Use of Drugs. No midwife shall under any circumstances pre- 
scribe, recommend, advise, or administer any drug, herb, or other substance 
for therapeutic purpose. 
Section 12, Instillation of Prophylactic into Byes of Newborn. Within 
one hour after birth, the midwife shall instill two drops of one per cent 
(1$) fresh solution of silver nitrate or other prophylactic approved by the 
State Board of Health into the eyes of all newborn infants delivered by her 
and certify to this action on the reverse side of the standard birth certifi- 
case of the State Board of Health. 
The following prophylactics in fresh solution have been approved by the 
State Board of Health for instillation into the eyes of the newborn infants: 
1% Silver Nitrate 
5% Argentum Protenicum Forte - U.S.P. XI. Example - Protargol 
25% Argentum Protenicum Mite - U.S.P. XI. Example - Argyroi FLA. STATE SANITARY CODS 
CHAPTER XIX, Page Jo_ 
Section 13. Preparation of Pntient. Ml patients shall be shaved and 
prepared by the midwife prior to delivery, if time permits, in accordance 
with instructions issued by the State Board of Health. 
The Sections of this Chapter were adopted 
by the State Board of Health in executive 
session on February 16, 1946, to be effoc- 
tibe from that date. FLORIDA state sanitary code 
CHAPTER XX 
swimming pools and bathing places 
(Swimming Pools - Sections 1 through 43) 
(Bathing Places - Sections 44 through 48) 
Reference is made to Chapter 514 of the Florida Statutes of 1941. These 
Statutes make it illegal to construct or operate a swi/nraing -pool, bath house, 
public swimming or bathing place, or related appurtenances unless permitted by 
the Florida State Board of Health, and authorize the Florida ’State Board' of Health 
to make and enforce such rules and regulations it deems necessary in supervising 
the sanitation, healthfulness and cleanliness of such places. 
Section 1. Definitions. For the purpose of these regulations the- following 
definitions shall apply; " - , 
(a) Swimming Pool or -"Pool". A swimming pool or a "pool" is any concrete 
or masonry structure, located either indoors or outdoors, used for bathing 
or swimming purposes, and filled with a -controlled water supply, together 
with buildings and appurtenances used in connection therewith. 
(b) Wading Pool. A wading pool is any pool used exclusively for wading 
and having a •maximum depth of thirty-six (36) inches. 
(c) Public Bathing Place. "Public Bathing Place" shall mean a .bathing 
place together with building and appurtenances used In connection there- 
with on artificial or natural ponds, lakes, streams, or on ocean, gulf, 
or other waters, where the public is allowed to bathe or is open to the 
public for bathing purposes by consent of the owner. 
(d) Private pools, bath houses, or bathing beaches used only by sin indi- 
vidual, his family or guests, are not included under the meanings of this 
Section. Pools, bath houses, and bathing beaches, however, operated by 
hotels for their patrons or by clubs for their members, are to.be included 
under the provisions of this Section. 
(e) Pool bathing capacity. Pool-bathing capacity shall be construed to 
mean the maximum number of persons that may enter the pool or.pool area 
during a complete pool water turn-over period. 
(f) Pool bathing load. Pool bathing load shall be construed to mean the 
maximum number of persons that may be allowed in a pool or pool area at 
one time. 
Section 2. Application for approval. Before entering into a contract for 
the installation, extension, or alteration of a public swimming pool or bathing 
place, the person, persons, firm, corporation, company, institution, municipal- 
ity, or community, owning or constructing such swimming pool or bathing place, 
shall make application to the State Board of Health on forms provided for that 
purpose (ESwPl.,48), in triplicate, for the approval by said Board of the con- 
templated works. Such application shall be signed by the owner, president of a FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XX. Page 2 
corporation, or other responsible person, as by the mayor or city manager of a 
municipality, with a statement that the, plans for the project have been approved 
by the governing body of the applicant. 
Section 3. Plans to be submitted. The application shall be accompanied by 
the following data in triplicate; - 
(a) Blueprints of drawings of the work to be done in sufficient detail as 
to make clear to the contractor just what work is to be done. 
(b) Complete specifications as may be-necessary to supplementithe drawings^ 
’ •' ■•(c) Additional data as requested on forms provided for that purpose 
r-(ESwP2..48), or as may be requested by the Florida State Board of Health. 
Section 4. Plans by Registered Engineer. Drawings, specifications and other 
data'submitted with the application must have been prepared by a competent engineer 
or engineers, registered under Chapter 471* Florida Statutes 1941 and amendments 
thereto. Such engineer or engineers shall have affixed to plans his or their 
names'and certificate or registration number or numbers. 
Section 5. .Alterations of' Plans. The Chief Sanitary Engineer of the Florida 
State Board of Health, as agent of said Board, shall affix his name. and approval 
upon the application submitted and written record of approval upon plans, speci- 
fications and other data submitted with the application. . A complete- set of such 
approved plans and other-data shall be returned to the applicant. Upon execution 
of such approval the work shall be constructed exactly according to plans and 
specifications. No alterations shall be made except with the written consent and 
approval of the Florida' State Board of Health, 
Section 6. V Operation of Works According to Approved Plans. Upon construc- 
tion of the swimming pool, the owner or person responsible for its operation shall 
keep in service all items designed for the purification of the water supply, or 
its protection from pollution, to perform/adequately the:function for which such 
were designed. : . 
Section ?•- Permits.- •Before a public swimming pool, a bath house, or a 
public bathing or swimming place is placed in operation, the owner or operator 
must obtain a written permit from the Florida State Board of Health. Application 
for such permits shall be upon forms -(ESwP3..48) furnished by,the Florida State 
Board of'Health. " Permits may be revoked for violation of -or..noncompliance with 
State Sanitary Code Regulations, Fill and'draw pools shall not be permitted. 
Section 8, Pool Construction. Pools shall be constructed of concrete or of 
similar impervious material with a finish adapted to the bathing demands of differ- 
ent parts of the pool. Side wails and the bottom surface below a depth of five 
(5) feet shall be as smooth as possible. Bottom surfaces in areas of five (5) 
feet depth or less shall be smooth but given, a non^slip finish. Floors and walls 
shall be light in color. Plaster coats are not. permitted, but a suitable paint 
shall be used as often as necessary to maintain the- walls in good condition and 
facilitate cleanliness. ; •» a-! 
Section 9. Shape, Size, Slopes, etc. Pools shall be constructed of such 
shape and size as to be efficiently and safely controlled, and so that uniform FLA. STATE- SANITARY CODE 
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circulation may be obtained. Size shall'be adapted to-the bathing load, and shall 
not be such that funds available will not permit the necessary appurtenances to 
keep the pool in sanitary condition. The pool bottom,shall have a definite slope 
to the outlet. Deep water, except as required for safety in diving, shall be limit- 
ed to such areas as are actually needed. 
Section 10, Inlets and Outlets. Inlets and outlets to pools shall be arrang- 
ed so as to get effective and uniform circulation of the incoming water throughout 
the pool, and so that deposits that settle on the pool floor will be carried to the 
outlets, A sufficient number of inlets shall be provided to obtain adequate cir- 
culation and prevent dead spots. 
Outlets shall be ample in size with a cross-section-'of the grating of not less 
than four times the cross-section of the discharge piping. Outlets shall be lo- 
cated at low points in the pool. 
Vihere outlets are to discharge into sewers carrying sanitary sewage, there 
shall be no direct connection, and outlets shall be so designed as to prevent the 
possibility of pool contamination. 
Section 11. Off-Season Drains. Drains sh 11 be provided whereby, when pool 
is not to be used for a period, all piping, pits, etc., can be drained, and the pool 
can be kept drained. 
Section 12. Scum Gutters or Overflows. All pools shall be entirely surround- 
ed by proper overflow gutters which shall be of sufficient size to prevent a normal 
overflow from washing back into the pool. The gutter shall be not less than four 
(4) inches deep, shall have an edge uniformly level and satisfactory as a hand hold, 
shall be served by drains not less' than two (2) inches in diameter nor more than 
ten (10) apart or shall be served by drains not less than two and one-half 
(2g) inches in diameter nor more than fifteen (13) feet apart, and shall have a 
bottom slope to 'drains of not less than three (3) inches in ten (10) feet. Gutters 
shall be of such type and construction t’hat they may be easily cleaned. Scum 
gutter waste shall not be recirculated except in pools so designed as .to circulate 
all water through the scum gutters. 
Section 13. Walk Areas. 'Talk areas around pools shall be ample for bathing 
loads and adequately drained. For outdoor pools, walkways shall be designed to 
drain away from the pool with a minimum pitch of three (3) inches in ten (10) feet, 
and the pool shall be protected with a curb at least six (6) inches high and one 
foot wide. For indoor pools, walkways may dr -in to scum gutters with a minimum 
pitch of three (3) inches in ten (10) feet and no curb is required. 
Section 14. Hose Connection. Sufficient hose and hose connections, at least 
me (1) inch in size, shall be provided with adequate pressure for cleaning pool, 
pool areas, walls, dressing rooms, toilets, spectator areas, and all floor areas 
used in connection with pools and bath houses. 
Section 15. Suction Cleaner. All new installations shall be provided with 
satisfactory suction equipment, maintained and used to remove sediment, sludge, and 
other accumulations from pool bottoms. Suction cleaner waste shall not be recir- 
"culated. FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XX, Page 4 
Section 16. Steps and Ladders, and Springboards. Steps and ladders shall be 
of an easily cleaned impervious material. They, shall be so designed and con- 
structed that no water is left on them when the .pool is emptied. - • 
Springboards shall have n non-slip finish, and if covered with absorbent 
material, such covers shall be disinfected each day. 
Section 17. Double Level Pools. Double level pools are not permitted. 
Where groups of bathers are to be segregated for various depths, light fences or 
barriers that do not offer hindrance to free circulation of the pool water may be 
used. 
Section IB., Wading Pools. A wading pool may be any shape as long as the 
maximum depth is not exceeded. They shall be provided with a sufficient supply of 
clean water at all times. They shall be entirely emptied, cleaned, and refilled 
daily. Water removal shall be wasted and not returned to circulation. Toilet 
facilities shall be provided, unless already available in convenient location. 
Section 19. Water Supply for Pools. The water supply for all pools shall be 
clean and meet bacterial requirements for a domestic water supply. It shall be 
clear and reasonably free from objectionable minerals, or the necessary filtration 
or other equipment shall be, provided to correct such deficiencies. To eliminate a 
cross-connection, an atmospheric break must be installed in each water line con- 
nected to a municipal or other public supply. 
Section 20. Sanitary Quality of Water in Pools. Water- samples for bacterio 
logical analysis shall be taken from the corners and center of the pool, during 
use by patrons, and with such frequency that results may be used to aid in proper 
control and show the sanitary quality of the water. The following standards shall 
be maintained: 
(a) Bacterial Quality: Supply and pool-water shall meet the U. S. Treasury 
Department standards for drinking water. 
(b) Chemical Quality: The pool water where-alum is used as a coagulant 
shall be maintained at all times in such alkaline condition that the pH of 
the water shall equal or exceed 7.0. When the pool water is treated with 
chlorine in the presence of ammonia its pH shall equal or exceed 7.6. 
(c) Laboratory Methods; All chemical and bacterial examinations provided for 
in this regulation shall be made in accordance with the "Standard Methods of 
Water Analysis" as adopted by the American Public Health Association. 
(d) Cleanliness; The bottom and side walls of pools shall be kept reasonably 
free from sediment and visible dirt. Visible scum shall be removed at least 
daily. Pools shall be emptied and scrubbed when necessary. 
(e) Clearness: At all times when the pool is in use the water shall be 
sufficiently clear to permit a black disc six -(6) inches in diameter on a 
white field, when placed on the bottom of the pool at the deepest point, to 
be clearly visible from the sidewalks of the pool at all distances up to ten 
(10) yards measured from a line drawn across the pool through said disc. FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XX, Page 5 
Section 21. Chlorine Disinfection. Chlorine disinfection shall be required 
on all pools. Such chlorination shall be applied so that at no time will the re- 
sidual chlorine in any part of the pool, when determined by the orthotolidine test, 
show less than 0.3 parts per million, or more than 0.6 parts per million, when 
chlorine alone is used. When ammonia is used with chlorine, the chlorine residual 
shall be maintained at not less than 0.5 parts per million nor more than 1.0 part 
per million. Chlorination equipment of acceptable Ccapacity and design must be pro 
vided. Other methods of disinfection may be used only if approved by the Florida 
State Board of Health. 
Section 22. Filtration. Adequate clarification and filtration equipment shall 
be provided on all pools where pool water is recirculated, and on all other pools 
where the water utilized needs clarification. Such filtration equipment shall 
meet the following requirements; 
(a) Filter Capacity. Filter capacity for recirculation pools, shall be pro- 
vided to obtain a six-hour turnover of the entire contents of the pool, based 
on a filter rate of three (3) gallons per square foot of filter area per 
minute, or an eight-hour turnover based on a rate of two (2) gallons per square 
foot per minute. Rates for simple clarification of an otherwise satisfactory 
water not to be recirculated may be increased as conditions justify. 
(b) Coagulants. Proper provision for use of coagulants shall be provided and 
application made at such points as to be most effective. 
(c) Backwash. Facilities shall be provided for backwashing the filters at a 
rate of not less than 15 gallons per square foot of filter area per minute. 
If water from a potable supply is used for backwashing there must be an atmos- 
pheric gap between it and the pool system of a type approved by the Florida 
State Board of Health. Pool water may be used for backwashing, provided the 
chlorine residual after ten (10) minutes contact is never less than 0.2 p.p.m. 
(d) Hair and Lint Catcher. A hair and lint catcher of acceptable size and 
construction shall be provided on all recirculation pools. 
(e) Filter Room. A lighted and ventilated room shall be provided for the 
location of filter equipment, with easy access for inspection and servicing. 
(f) AmpiLe Pipe Sizes. Pipe sizes used in the recircuiatiqn system shall be 
large enough to reduce friction less to an economic minimum. 
(g) Eliminate Contamination. Ail possible sources of contamination in con- 
nection with the filter shall be eliminated. Filter wash water wastes shall 
not be discharged directly into a sewer line carrying sanitary sewage, 
(See Section 10.) 
(h) Testing Equipment. Every pool shall be provided with adequate pH and 
residual chlorine testing equipment. 
(i) Cleanouts. Cleanouts shall be provided at convenient points in recircu- 
lation systems. FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XX, Page i 
Section 23, Make-up Water* Ail recirculating pools shall be equipped with 
provision for adding make-up water while the•.ponl isV’ih'Operation. In accordance 
with Section 35 no cross-connection shall be” allowed. . ; 
Section 24. Bathing Load. The maximum bathing loads and capacities will be 
specified for all pools at'the time plans are forwarded for approval or permits 
applied ‘for, based upon .size, ’equipment, etc. These loads and capacities shall 
not be exceeded at any time. The maximum bathing load shall be conspicuously 
posted at the pool entrance. 
Bathing loads and pool capacities shall be computed as follows: 
A. Pool’Capacity 
1, The capacity of any pool shall be determined "s one person 
for each five hundred ..(500) gallons of water recirculated or newly 
added per twenty-four (24) hours except that the 'sanitary quality 
and standards must be. maintained in accordance with Sections 19 
and 20. ‘ . . 
B. Pool Bathing Loads., 
1. The bathing loads for all pools shall be computed as follows 
and the’ number of bathers permitted into the pool area at one time 
shall not exceed''this limits 
(a) Pools with Limited Walk Areas 
a) Twelve (12) persons for the pool surface area within a 
ten (10) foot radius at the extremity of eacii diving board. 
r .... . . . • 
(2) ‘One person for each thirty (30) square feet of pool 
surface with a depth of five (5) feet or in addition 
to (1). ‘ 
(3) One person for each.fifteen (15) .square feet of pool 
surface with a depth of less than five (5) feet. 
(b) Pools with Large Walk Areas to allow a normal number of-persons 
ashore. • 
(1) Twelve (12) persons for the pool surface area within a 
ten (10) foot radius at the extremity of each diving board 
or tower. 
(2) One person for each twenty-seven (27) square feet of pool 
surface with a depth of five .(5) feet or over in addition to 
(1). 
(3) One person for each ten (10) square feet of pool surface 
with a depth of less than five (5) feet. 
Section 25• Personnel and Supervision. Every pool and bathing beach shall be 
under the direction of a qualified, competent operator. Sufficient attendants FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XX, Page 7 
shall be provided to operate the pool or bathing beach in an orderly and sanitary 
manner. Adequate life guards shall be provided and shall assist in sanitary con- 
trol. No person shall be employed who has, or is a carrier of a communicable 
disease. Supervision shall be provided on ail wading pools while they are in use. 
Section 26. Drinking Water. Drinking water shall be supplied at all pools 
and bathing beaches in conformity with Chapters II and VII of .this Code. 
Section 27. Food, Drink, Tobacco. No food, drink, gum or tobacco shall be 
used or consumed within the pool enclosure. 
Section 28. Separate Spectator Provision. Provision made for spectators 
shall be outside the pool areas, so that spectators cannot have access to pool, 
walkways, dressing rooms, bather’s toilets, etc. 
Section 29. Dressing Rooms. Dressing rooms shall be sanitary, ample, and in 
proportion to the maximum bathing load of the pool, with entirely separate pro- 
vision for men and women. At pools and bathing beaches the bathers admitted shall 
not be in excess of the dressing room accommodations. Dressing compartment walls 
shall terminate not less than four (4) inches above the floor to facilitate flush- 
ing. 
Section 30. Toilets. Adequate and properly located toilet facilities shall 
be provided at all pools and bathing places and in compliance with Chapter VII of 
this Code. The number of facilities furnished shall be computed on the following 
basis: 
Number and Kind 
of Facility 
Number of Men 
Served Based on 
Max,Bathing Load 
Number of T\romen 
Served Based on 
Max.Bathing Load 
I Toilet 
60 
40 
1 Urinal 
60 
— 
1 Lavatory 
60 
60 
1 Shower 
40 
40 
In computing division of facilities between sexes, the bathing load may be 
considered to be 3/3 male and 2/3 female: 
Sample calculation; 
For a pool with bathing load of 460 persons. 
Number 
Number 
Number 
Number 
Toilets 
Urinals 
Lavatories 
Showers 
276 men 
served 
$ 
3 
3 
7 
184 women 
served 
5 
3 
' 3‘ FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XX. Page 8 
Spectators or persons other than-bathers shall not have access to pool 
toilets. Should it be desired to furnish toilets for spectators they must be 
provided outside pool area and dressing rooms. 
Toilet room floors shall have a pitch of five (5) inches in ten (10) feet to 
drain and hose connections shall be provided for frequent, cleaning.- Toilets shall 
be kept clean and sanitary. 
Section 31* Shower Rooms and Facilities. Adequate shower facilities 'shall be 
provided with water from a safe and approved source, with necessary soap ahd in 
such location as to be readily available to persons entering the pool area. Common 
towels, combs, etc,, shall not’be provided' for, use by the ..patrons. • 
Shower room floors shall be of impervious material, suitably sloped to-keep 
them drained, and shall be so constructed as to be easily cleaned. Duck boards or 
wooden gratings may be used on shower floors only if provided in duplicate ‘sets so 
that clean and dry duck boards are furnished as needed. The use of- duck boards 
does not eliminate the necessity of keeping, the floors clean and sanitary. 
Section 32. Light and Ventilation. All indoor pools, dressing areas-, equip- 
ment rooms, etc., shall be adequately ventilated and lighted. 
Section 33• Foot Baths. Foot baths, if used, shall be. cleaned daily and 
shall contain a chlorine solution of 0.3 per cent to 0,6 per cent chlorine or other 
approved solution of equal bactericidal quality. 
Section 34. Outdoor Pool Location. Outdoor pools should not be located 
where they will be exposed to excessive pollution by dust, smoke, soot, or other 
undesirable substances. 
Section 33* Cross-Connections. No cross-connection shall exist which under 
any condition may cause contamination of a water supply used for domestic purposes. 
Section 36. Operation Reports. Such operation reports as may be required 
by the Florida State Board of Health shall be accurately made and sent to the 
Bureau of Sanitary Engineering. 
Section 37* Algae Accumulations. Walls and floors of pools and surrounding 
walks and scum gutters shall be kept free of algae and other accumulations. 
Section 38, Preparation of Bathers. Satisfactory and acceptable methods of 
properly preparing bathers before allowing them to enter the pool shall be pro- 
vided, Bathers shall be required to bathe with soap and in the nude before enter- 
ing the pool. No person shall be allowed in the pool or pool area with oil or 
grease or other such preparation applied upon the skin.. 
Section 39. Diseased Persons. No person with evidence of having any disease 
shall be allowed in a pool or pool area, bathing place or house. 
Section 40. Bathing Suits. Proper suits, caps and towels shall be available. 
Where suits and towels are provided by the pool management, they shall be properly 
laundered before re-use and proper and acceptable equipment shall be provided for 
servicing them. Where privately owned suits are used, it shall be the duty of the 
pool management to see that they are clean and dry before use. FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XX, Page 9 
Section 41. Regulations to be Posted. Suitable placards embodying pool reg- 
ulations and instructions shall be conspicuously posted in the pool area, and in 
dressing rooms. 
Section 42, Animals Excluded. No dogs or other animals shall be allowed in 
the pool area, dressing rooms, or other parts of pool enclosure. 
Section 43. Minimum Standards for swimming pool design and operation shall be 
those set forth by the current report of the Joint Committee on Swimming Pools and 
Bathing Places of The American Public Health Association Conference and State Sani- 
tary Engineers except where same conflicts with provisions of this Regulation. 
Section 44. Bathing Places. The foregoing sections of this chapter shall be 
complied with, with respect to bathing beaches and bathing- places where such are 
applicable. 
Section 43. Classification of Public Bathing- Places. Each public bathing 
place shall be classified by the Florida State Board of Health and such classifi- 
cation as is noted on the permit, shall be conspicuously posted at all times during 
operation. No bathing place shall operate with a classification unapproved. 
A - Satisfactory 
B - Unapproved 
Section 46. No public bathing beach shall be maintained on a natural body of 
water that has been determined by the Florida State Board of Health to be so con- 
taminated as to be a menace to health if used for bathing. 
Section 47. Life Guards. In addition to adequate life guards and attendants, 
adequate life lines and adequate life rafts shall be furnished at all bathing 
places at seaside resorts. 
Section 48. Special Considerations. In circumstances where strict compliance 
with these rules would work an undue hardship and the protection of public health 
would not be impaired, the Florida State Health Officer may issue a special permit 
for reasonable deviation from the foregoing rules. 
The sections of this Chapter were adopted 
by the State Board of Health in executive 
session on February 10, to be effect- 
ive from that date. FLORIDA STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XXI 
Drainage Wells 
Reference is made to Chapter 381 (Sections 381.A3 - 381.A7, incl.) and 
Chapter 387 (Section 387.08) Florida Statutes 19A1 and amendments thereto. 
These statutes place the sanitary control of all waters of the State of 
Florida under the jurisdiction of the State Board of Health. 
Section (1) Drainage well defined. A drainage well referred to in these 
regulations is any cavity drilled or natural which taps the underground water 
and into which surface waters, waste waters, industrial wastes, or sewage is 
placed. 
Section (2) Application for approval. Before entering into a contract for 
the use of a drainage well it shall be the responsibility of the well drilling 
contractor to make application to the Chief Sanitary Engineer of the State 
Board of Health. Drilling shall not be begun until the proposed construction 
is approved by written permit signed by the Chief Sanitary Engineer of the 
State Board of Health. 
Section (3) Data to be submitted with application. The application shall 
be accompanied by the following data: 
(a) Location, depth, depth of casing of ail wells used for water supply 
within a one mile radius of the proposed well. 
(b) Nature of wastes to be placed in the proposed well with analysis if 
deemed necessary. 
(c) Additional data as may be required by the Chief Sanitary Engineer of 
the State Board of Health. 
Applications shall be signed by 
(1) The well drilling contractor, and 
(2) The owner or the duly authorized representative of the owner. 
Section (A) Submission of logs. A log showing the various strata pierced 
by the well shall be forwarded to the Chief Sanitary Engineer of the State Board 
of Health within 2 days after completion of the drilling operation. Samples of 
the various formations pierced in the drilling operation shall be forwarded to 
the State Geologist when the drilling operation has been completed. 
Section (3) Wastes prohibited from disposal to drainage wells. Drainage 
wells shall not be used for the disposal of human wastes, or any waste deemed 
by the Chief Sanitary Engineer of the State Board of Health to be injurious 
to the public health. FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XXI, Page 2 
Section (6) Casing. First quality lap-welded pipe only shall be used as 
a casing material. The use of butt welded pipe is prohibited. 
The practice of dynamiting wells which have become clogged shall not be 
resorted to except with permission of the Chief Sanitary Engineer of the State 
Board of Health. 
Section (7) Rights of Municipality. No government agency, municipality, 
county, or organization shall have the right to require the placing of any 
wastes in a drainage well. This is the function of the State Board of Health 
only. 
The sections of this Chapter were adopted by the State Board 
of Health in executive session on February 16, 19X6, to be 
effective from that date. FLORIDA STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XXII 
Regulations Governing the Impounding and Maintenance 
of Impounded Waters Tn Florida 
In order to prevent an increase in the prevalence of malaria 
and to avoid the formation of foci of endemic malaria by the im- 
pounding of waters, under and'by virtue of authority vested in it 
by the Legislature of Florida, Chapter 381 (Sections 59 
inclusive) Florida Statutes and amendments thereto, the State 
Board of Health does hereby promulgate and publish the following 
rules and regulations governing the impounding of waters or damming 
of water courses in the State of Florida* 
Definitions 
lr Impounded Water - Any tody of water formed ty the con- 
struction or excavation of a basin or the obstruction of stream 
flow in such a manner as to cause the collection of a body of water 
which would not have formed under natural conditions* Such im- 
pounded waters of less than l/lC aero of water surface, used ex- 
clusively for watering livestock or for other domestic purposes, 
are not included in this definition** 
2* Flotage - Any small material or collection of such materials 
on the surface of impounded water, such as leaves, chips, bark, small 
twigs, grasses and the like, which may provide breeding conditions 
for malaria-carrying mosquitoes (Anopheles)* 
3* Drift - Any large materials or collection of such ma- 
terials on the surface of impounded water such as logs, brush, and 
the like which may collect and hold flotage or otherwise produce 
conditions favorable to the production of malaria-carrying mosquitoes* 
Section (1)* Any person, firm, corporation, county, or mu- 
nicipality desiring to impound water, or who propose to raise the 
level of a previously existing pond by the elevation of point of 
overflow of a dam, shall, prior to the initiation of any construction 
activities, make application to the State Board of Health for, and 
obtain from it, preliminary permit for the impounding of such water* 
PROVIDED: That this section, shall not be construed to apply 
to impounded waters so located that no portion of them lies with- 
in one mile of any permanent human habitation, congregation, or 
place of business, other than that of the owner* 
Section (2)* Such application for a preliminary permit shall 
be made in writ ing 5n the name of the person, firm, cornorati on, 
county, or municipality making application, and shall be accompa- 
nied by a description of the proposed project, its purpose, and FLA * STATS SANITARY CODE 
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its exact location; also by an accurate plat of the area to be 
affected, showing particularly the maximum and minimum water levels. 
Section (3) Such a temporary permit for the inauguration of 
initial construction shall.be issued by the State Board of Health 
whem the following rules and regulations, or modifications thereof, 
have been made to apply to the said project, 
PROVIDED; That all the provisions of this Section need not 
apply'to impounding projects when, in the opinion of the State 
Board of Health, there are other factors or circumstances which 
render or may render the observance or compliance with the pro- 
visions of this Section unnecessary. 
(3-a) In the area to be occupied by the Reservoir, its 
branches, bights, and indentations, all brush, trees, under- 
growth, logs, stumps, and similar objects, which, if not removed, 
would float or collect flotage on the surface of the impounded 
water, and all of the above material that is lying on the ground 
or remaining in original or new position, which would probably 
cause flotage to gather, and thus constitute conditions favorable 
to the protection of larvae of mosquitoes capable of conveying 
malaria, shall be removed, burned, or otherwise satisfactorily 
disposed of, prior to the impounding of the water. 
(3rb)' In the area to be occupied by the Reservoir, its 
branches, bights, and indentations, all brush, trees, and under- 
growth which would pierce the surface at low water level shall 
be cut off at least one foot below such water level, to Present 
the collection and anchorage of any possible flotage, drifts, etc. 
(3-c) The shore line of the reservoir, its branches, bights, 
and indentations, from minimum lowr water level to an elevation of 
1 foot above normal high water level, shall be cleared of all 
brush, trees, undergrowth, and the like, so as to prevent the 
collection of drift and flotage along the shore, 
(3-d) In the designing and construction of the impoundage 
project, flashboards or other means shall be provided for con- 
trolled fluctuation of the water level at any season of the year 
in the manner and amount as specified by the State Board of Health, 
(3-s) In the designing and construction of the impoundage 
project, bottom drains or other means shall be provided which 
will permit removal of the impounded water. 
(3-f) All pine trees within an area circumscribed by a line 
50 feet inland from the maximum high water level of the reservoir, 
its branches, bights, and indentations, shall be ringed and 
deadened at the time of Initial construction on the project, so as FLA c STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER yXll, Page? 
to prevent the falling into the water of pine tags, collections of 
which provide a favorable breeding place for Anopheline larvaer 
(3 —g)r Small ponds, or other waters, suitable for the pro- 
pagation of Gnmbusia (top minnows) in sufficient numbers to stock 
the reservoir, its branches, bights, and indentations for effective 
mosquito control, shall be provided at the time of initial con- 
struction on the project, in accordance with definite written in- 
structions from the State Board of Health, 
($-h)r All depressions which will be filled with water from 
the reservoir, its branches, bights, and indentations at time of 
maximum water level, in which water will be retainer? at lower 
stages of the water level, thus forming separate pools, shall he 
connected with the normal body of the reservoir, or any of its 
branches, bights, or indentations, with a ditch or culvert which 
will permit complete drainage at low water stage and the entrance 
of top-feeding minnows* 
Section (U)r A preliminary permit for the impounding of 
water having been granted by the State Board of Health, and con- 
struction work on the project begun, a representative of the State 
Board of Health shall make inspections of the project from time to 
time, and as requested by the permit holder, and the State Board 
of Health shall approve in writing of that portion of the work as 
is outlined in S3ction 5 of the Regulations which has been satis- 
factprily completed* 
As tho said representative of the State Board of Health de- 
termines that the preliminary permit holder :■ s complying with 
the provisions of Section 3-a of these regulations, and as it shall 
appear that the preliminary permit holder has complied with the 
provisions of Section 3-b of these Regulations, the permit holder 
may thereupon orocoed, as authorized by written approval from tho 
State Board of Health, with the impounding of water to a level 
specified by said representative of tho State Board of Health, and, 
when it shall appear that the permit holder has complied with the 
Regulations to the satisfaction of the Board, said State Board of 
Health shall certify such fact to the permit holder in writing 
and the permit holder may thereupon proceed with the Impounding of 
water to a maximum high water level* 
Section (5), The State Board of Health shall thereupon Issue 
a final permit for the maintenance of an impounding project by 
said applicant, the validity of said permit being contingent upon 
the observance of the following regulations: 
(5-a), During the mosquito breeding season the permit holder 
shall regularly and frequently remove all flotage and floating FLA, STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER' 1X11/ 'Pagel? 
debris in the reservoir, its branches, bights, and indentations 
which are producing mosquitoes within one mile of human habitation, 
and shall during mosquito breeding season satisfactorily apply 
such larvicide as approved by the State Board of Health to all 
Anopheles breeding areas of the reservoir or parts of the im- 
pounded waters. 
(5-b)r Prompt and proper measures shall be taken to prevent 
the growth of aquatic or semi-aquatic vegetation which offers pro- 
tection of anopheline larvae from their fish enemies, 
(5-c) r Newly created irnnounded waters shall not be stocked 
with game fish, (trout or bass and pike), without written permission 
from the State Board of Health and the State Department of Con- 
servation, 
(5-d), A.f ter the water has been impounded, the State Board 
of Health shall from time to time make such inspections of the 
impounded water and adjacent areas as are deemed essential; and 
any conditions found on the impounded water project that are, or 
may be, detrimental to public health, or are likely to cause an 
increase of malaria, shall be modified by the permit holder so 
as to be satisfactory to the State Board of Health, 
(5-o)r These Regulations shall govern any change in water 
level or the re-impounding of water, and as soon as any proposed 
changes affecting the maximum water elevation are contemplated, 
the State Board of Health shall he notified in writing. 
The Sections of this Chapter were adopted by 
the State Board of Health in executive session 
on February 16, 1946, to be effective from 
that date. FLORIDA STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XT’]/ 
SCHOOL SAEI.TATTON 
Section 1, Definitions, The following definitions as used in this Chapter 
shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this Chapter, 
(«0 School. The word school or schools is hereby defined as any institu- 
tion or institutions of learning, either public or private. 
(b) Pupils. The word pupil or pupils is hereby defined as any person or 
persons in attendance at any school. 
(c) Playgrounds. The word playgrounds is hereby defined as any ground, 
field or location, used for play or recreation of any sort. 
Section 2. Application for approval. Before entering into a contract for 
construction, material alteration, or extension of a school, the school board or 
other proper authorities shall make application to the Florida State Department 
of Education for approval of plans; that department shall ascertain that the 
provisions of this Chapter and Code are complied with before granting such approval. 
Section 3. Building and Grounds, 
(a) Site, The school site, which includes the area used for playground as 
well as that immediately adjacent to the school buildings, shall be evenly 
graded and sloped so as to provide adequate surface drainage. Under-drains 
connected tc proper drains may be necessary in large level areas or where 
soil conditions do not provide sufficient natural drainage. The site should 
be readily accessible to all concerned and unusual travel distances shall be 
minimized. The site shall be located so as to be removed from such objection 
able '-'features as noise, dust, railroads, main or heavily traveled highways or 
streets or areas of dense traffic. 
Schools that are to be serviced by private water supply systems or private 
sewerage systems shall be located on sites of which the topography and the 
character of the soil are such that satisfactory results from these service 
systems may be reasonably expected. 
(b) Playground. The playground shall be so graced, surfaced, and drained 
as -to permit the maximum of utilization with a minimum of sanitary and health 
hazards, such hazards including mudholes, fragments of glass, and stone, and 
similar obstructions. All playground equipment shall be so fixed with sub- 
stantial foundations that a maximum amount of safety is obtained. 
(c) Building. The school building shall conform, to the requirements of the 
Association of Fire Underwriters as to the use of fire resistant materials. 
The foundation, roof, walls, and chimney shall be kept in good repair. All 
buildings shall be rat-proofed in accordance with the following provisions. 
(1.) .All school buildings shall be of rat-proof design. Foundation 
walls shall extend to at least 24 inches below the ground surface and 
have footings not less than 2 inches thick to exsend outward from the 
base of foundation wall for a distance of at least 12 inches. All 
openings in the foundation, outer walls, roof, eaves, ventilators, sky 
lights, and floors exceeding 1/2 inch in shortest dimension, through FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHATTER XXIV, Page 2 
which rats may gain entrance into the building or which present a 
gnawing edge for rats, shall, either be sealed or covered with materials 
impervious to rat gnawing. 
(2) All doors and windows shall be made tight-fitting and the windows 
less than 30 inches above the ground shall he protected by window 
guards or screens against the ingress of rats in the event the windows 
are raised or left open or the window glass is broken out. In addition, 
all windows that rats can reach by climbing pipes, gutter downspouts, 
rough surfaces, or by other means should be screened regardless of the 
height of the window above the ground, Ihe window guards or screens 
should be supported by substantial galvanised metal or v/ooden frames 
on hinges so they may be readily opened or removed in case of fire. The 
doors shall be suitably flanged on the outside with galvanized metal 
at least 24-gauge in thickness to a height of 10 inches above the lower 
edge of the door and extending the full width of the door. 
(3) Where water or sewer pipes, conduits, wares, or other appurtenances 
enter the building through the walls, floors, or roof, the space around 
them shall be sealed with suitable rat-resisting materials and/or 
covered with a tightly fitting galvanized metal collar of at least 6 
inches beyond the outside of the pipe, wire, conduit, or other appurten- 
ances in all directions which collar shall in all cases be 2 inches 
larger than the opening to be closed or sealed, Where mechanical 
ventilating or air conditioning equipment is installed, all outside 
openings shall be covered with 1/2 inch mesh hardware cloth of at 
least ip gauge in thickness or other open mesh satisfactory rat-resisting 
materials. All ventilators or elevator shafts shall be so constructed 
or protected in such manner as will prevent the entrance of rats. Over- 
hanging tree limbs and vines growing against the outside walls of the 
school building afford a means of travel for the climbing rat and 
proper measures shou3-d be carried out either by removing the tree limbs 
and vlneo or instituting the proper measures to insure that rats do not 
enter the building. - . 
(4) In those instances where the. buildings are constructed on piers 
or pillars at a height of 18 inches or more above the ground level, all 
openings in the floor and all openings to the hollow wall spaces above 
the sills shall be tightly closed to prevent the entrance of rats. In 
addition, the procedure as set forth in paragraphs 2 and 3 concerning 
the rat-proofing of windows, doors, ventilators, etc,, as well as the 
removal of tree limbs and vines shall be carried out. If a cafeteria 
is operated within a building of this type it shall be cut off from the 
other part of the building by constructing the walls in a rat-proof 
manner using metal or other materials that are impervious to rat gnawing. 
There shall be installed in all doorways leading into.the cafeteria close 
fitting screen doors, each equipped with a spring or automatic closing 
device. The lower half of the door shall be'protected by the use of 
1/2 or 1/4 inch mesh hardware cloth not lighter than 10 gauge. The 
bottom crossbar of the screen door shall be covered to its full height 
and for the entire width of the door with 24-gauge galvanized metal 
which shall be securely fastened in place. FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XXIV, Page 3 
(5) In those instances where the bottom of the floor sills is less 
than IB inches above the ground, or where the foundation wall with the 
footing described in paragraph 1 does not extend into the ground for 
a depth of at least 24 inches, a continuous curtain or chain wall at 
least 4 inches thick with a 12-inch footing shall be installed. The 
curtain wall shall extend below the surface of the ground for at least 
24 inches and be constructed of materials impervious to rat gnawing and 
be tightly joined to the outside building wall by a lap of at least 
4 inches. The top of the curtain wall shall have an outward slope of 
about 45 degrees. This will reduce the probability that the rats could 
stand on top of the wall and gnaw a hole into the building, Where 
ventilation under the floor of the building is desired, a vept covered 
with 19-gauge hardware cloth or expanded metal with openings not to 
exceed 1/2 inch shall be installed. In addition, the procedure as set 
forth in paragraphs 2 and 3 concerning the rat-proofing of windows, 
doors, ventilators, etc,, as well as the removal of tee limbs and vines 
shall be carried out. If a cafeteria is operated in a building of this 
type, the same rat—proofing procedure as set forth in paragraph 4 
shall be followed. 
(6) In buildings constructed of concrete, brick, tile or other 
materials impervious to rat-gnawings the foundation wall shall be 
constructed as described in paragraph 1 or have a curtain wall as 
described in paragraph 5? installed,. In addition, all other require- 
ments as set forth in paragraphs 2 and 3 shall be met. If a cafeteria 
or Home Economics Department is operated in a building of this type, 
the same procedure for rat-proofing as outlined in paragraph 4 shall 
be followed. Diligent inspections should be made frequently to ascer- 
tain if rats have gained an entrance to the school building and, if so, 
immediate measures should be instituted to correct the conditions which 
permit rats to gain entrance to the building and thoroughgoing eradi- 
cation measures carried out promptly to free the"building of rats. 
Section 4. Sewage Disposal 
(a) City Sewerage System Connection. Connection to a city sewerage system 
shall be made when possible and feasible. 
(b). Rural Sewerage System.- Where no municipal sewerage system is available 
a separate sewage disposal system must be installed, and before construction 
begins, triplicate plans and specifications'shall be approved by the 
Florida State Board of Health. 
(1) Septic Tanks. If a water supply is available under pressure, sani- 
tary closets shall be installed in accordance with the provisions of 
Section 6 of this Chapter and the. sewage from these water closets as 
well as from lavatories, urinals, and showers, shall be disposed of by 
the use of a septic tank, followed, by an approved, type of final disposal. 
(a) Septic tanks for small rural school.s shall be constructed in 
accordance with the provisions of Chapter V of the Florida State 
Sanitary Code, with the exception that the capacity of such tanks 
may be designed on the following schedule based on the total esti- 
mated school population ten years hence if possible. FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XXIV, Page 4 
Day schools without cafeterias or showers - 6 gallons per person per day; 
Day schools with cafeterias but without showers - 12 gallons per person per 
day. 
Day schools with cafeterias and with showers - 20 gallons per person per day; 
Boarding schools - 50 gallons per person per day. 
(b) Plans for septic tanks with a capacity in excess of 1200 
gallons shall be submitted to the Florida State Board of Health 
for approval prior to construction. 
(c_) Final disposal of septic tank effluent shall be by means of 
a soil absorption field in accordance with the provisions of 
Chapter V of the Florida State Sanitary Code, or if such method is 
not considered adequate, by such other means and devices as may 
be approved by the Florida State Board of Health, In no case will 
the use of dry wells, drainage wells,' or cesspools be permitted. 
(2) Sanitary Privies. If a water supply under pressure is not avail- 
able, sanitary pit privies shall be provided, to be constructed in 
accordance with the provisions of Chapter VI of the Florida State Sani- 
tary Code, or such other means for the disposal of human waste shall be 
provided as may be approved by the Florida State Board of Health; pro- 
vided that all schools with a population of more than IOC individuals 
shall provide water under pressure. 
(a) When pit privies are provided, the number of seats to be pro- 
vided shall be equal to the number of water closets specified in 
Section 7 of this Chapter, 
Section 5* Water Supply 
(a.) Quality and Quantity, 
(1) Every school shall be provided with an adequate potable water 
supply which shall conform to the U, S, Public Health Service -standards 
of physical and bacteriological quality. 
(2) In all cases the water supply must be of adequate quantity and pres 
sure to fulfill the purpose for which the supply is to be used. Failure 
of automatic flush valves and similar devices dependent upon pressure 
and flow will be considered evidence of failure to comply with this regu- 
lation. 
(b) Source. 
(1) Every school shall be connected to an approved public water supply, 
when such supply is available, and at such schools no other source of 
water shall be connected to the system or made available to the students 
in any manner. 
(2) Rural Schools. 
(a) Where no public water supply is available, a private supply 
shall be developed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter II 
of the Florida State Sanitary Code* FLA. STATE SANITAHI CODS 
CHAPTER XXIV, Page 5 
(b) The preferred source for the development of a private water 
supply shall be by means of a deep well driven or drilled in 
accordance with the provisions-of Chapter XXXII of the Florida 
State Sanitary Code and protected as provided therein. 
{c) Specific approval shall be received from the Florida State 
Board 91 Health before any source other than those specified 
above shall be utilized for the use of the pupils of any school. 
(c) Sampling-. 
(1) It shall be the responsibility of the Superintendent of Public 
Instruction or Ids authorized representative or the responsibility of 
the Superintendent of a private school to secure a minimum of two sets 
of water samples each school year from each source utilized by a school 
for the purpose of bacteriological examinations by the Florida State 
Board of Health: except that, when a school is connected to a public 
supply from which samples are. submitted to the Florida State Board of 
Health, the school authorities, themselves shall not be required to do 
so. 
(2) Water samples shall be submitted from all new supplies for both 
chemical and bacteriological, analysis in such quantity and numbers as 
may be specified by the Florida State Board of Health and no source of 
water shall be utilized for a school prior to its approval for use by 
the Florida State Board of Health based on laboratory findings. 
(d) Distribution. 
(1) All water supplies, regardless of source, utilized by a school, 
shall be distributed to the place where they are to be made available 
to the students in a closed system which shall effectively prevent the 
entrance of contamination. 
(2) The use of pitcher pumps is specifically prohibited on any school 
water supply. 
(3) The distribution system on all new installations shall be effective 
ly sterilized in a manner approved by the Florida State Board of Health 
and no water for the use of pupils shall be passed through any such 
distribution system until approved for such use by the said Board, 
Section 6, Lighting. In all rooms of a school to be occupied by students 
the light area of the window space shall be not less than 20 per cent of the floor 
area, and shall not be admitted from the front of seated pupils, (Admittance 
from the left of the pupil is preferable.) 
(a) Inters it:/. An intensity of not less than 20-foot'-candles of light 
shall be furnished at any desk in any study room or any rooms where reading 
is done. This also shall apply where food is prepared, processed, or served 
in cafeterias, school lunch department or Home Economics Dept, FLORIDA STATS SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XXIV, page 6 
(b) Ceilings and Walls, All ceilings and walls shall be light in color to 
intensify the light in the room. 
(c) Artificial lighting. Artificial lighting shall be provided to 
supplement window lighting where necessary to achieve these minimum require- 
ments in such a manner as to minimize glare and shadows, especially on black- 
boards. 
(d) Corridors and Halls. Corridors and halls shall be provided with 
outside windows or artificial lighting to furnish illumination of intensity 
of not less than 3 foot-candles. 
Section ?• Heating and Ventilation, 
(a.) Floor Area. A minimum of 18 square feet of floor area, per person shall 
be provided in all class rooms, A minimum of 7 square feet of floor area per 
person shall be provided in auditoriums. The capacity of class rooms shall 
be based on IB square feet of floor space per pupil exclusive of areas 
required for educational activities. 
(b) Air Space. A minimum of 200 cubic feet of air space per person shall 
be furnished in all rooms. All rooms shall be well aired before and after 
the school session each day and at each recess. 
(c) Temperature, A temperature shall be maintained such that the tempera- 
ture and humidity of the room shall fall in the range of the "Comfort Zone", 
The minimum temperature in class rooms during occupancy by students shall 
be 6B degrees Fahrenheit, . 
Section B, Toilet Rooms 
(a) Location, Toilet rooms shall be located on classroom floors and 
basement toilets shall be installed only as adjuncts to special activities. 
Toilet rooms in connection with kindergartens or first primary rooms shall 
be provided in close proximity to said rooms. 
(b) Ventilation. Toilet rooms shall be vented by means of windows opening 
to the outside of the building or adequately vented to the outside air. 
(c) Floors and Walls, Floors and walls shall bo finished with impervious 
materials permitting washing with soap and water to a height of six feet 
above the floor. 
(d) Lighting. Each toilet room shall be provided with windows having glass 
area not less than 12 per cent of the floor area. At least 5 foot-candles of 
light shall be furnished. 
(e) Toilet Fixtures., Toilet fixtures for schools shall be .provided as 
follows: For pupil toilet rooms, the following ratio of fixture to pupils 
shall be considered minimum, provided that not less than two toilets be in- 
stalled for each sex: FLAa STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XXIV. Page 7 
Elementary Schools (1st to 6th Grade) 
Boys’ Toilet Seats■ 
} Tor each 75 boys 
Boys’ Urinals 
1 for each 30 ocys 
Girls’ Toilet Seats 
1 for each 35 girls 
Hiah Schools (?th-12th grades) 
Boys' Toilet Seats 
1 for each 75 boys 
Boy’s Urinals 
1 for each 30 boys 
Girls’ Toilet Seats 
1 for each 45 girls 
Urinals should be of the floor type .or the. pedestal type, so installed as to 
minimize sharp angles and to facilitate cleaning. Hard valves for flushing 
are recgw?ended. 
(f) Lash Basins. A minimum of one wash basin, shall be provided to each 
50 pupils ana shall be located in or adjacent to the toilet rooms. Said ■ 
basins shall be installed 25 inches from the floor fob elementary grades 
and 30 inches for high schools. At least one wash basin shall be installed 
in or immediately adjacent to each toilet ream. Additional facilities prop- 
erly locatea with regard to rooms for community use, playgrounds, cafeterias, 
and other special needs should be provided in excess of those determined by 
these ratios. 
(g) Soap« Soap dispensers shall be provided in connection with wqsh 
basins and -d liouid or powdered soap shall be used. 
(h) Towels» Individual towels, preferably paper, shall bo used; under no 
circumstances will the use of the common or public towel be permitted. 
(i) Deodorants Prohibited. No deodorants shall be used in toilet rooms 
as they are merely palliative and might be trusted to the neglect of 
cleanliness. Deodorants cover smells leading to defective conditons uo be 
remedied. Deodorants arc not to be confused vith disinfectants or germicides. 
Section 9* Shower Rooms. Shower rooms’, if provided, shall oe of adequate 
size, lighting; and ventilationand floors, walls, apd partitions shall be of 
durable and impervious materials. Floors shall be of non-slip character, provided 
with adequate drainage facilities and properly sloped to afford drainage Shower 
heads shall be substantially installed and equipped witn non-scalding mixing 
valves. Sufficient shower heads snail be provided so that one-third ox the 
largest group, such as a physical education class or athletic team, to be expected 
to use the showers at one time may be accomodated. 
Section 10. Swimming Fools. All swimming pools in conduction with schools 
shall conform to the regulations of the Flo id. da State Board of Health as set forth 
in Chapter XX of the State Sanitary Code, FLA, state: sanitary code 
CHAPTER X1TV, Page 8 
Section 11, Drinking Fountains . 
(a) Type. Adequate drinking fountains of an approved, sanitary, slant jet 
type shall be provided in the ratio of at least one fountain to 100 pupils 
and teachers and at least one fountain shall be provided for each floor, with 
a minimum of two fountains per school. Said fountains shall be approximately 
28 inches in height for elementary grades and 36 inches in height for high 
schools. 
(b) Locations, Drinking fountains may be located in kindergartens, 
gymnasiums, play rooms, and cafeterias and on school grounds but in no case 
shall such, fountains be located in toilet rooms. 
(c) Common Drinking Cup. Under no circumstances will the common or public 
drinking cup be permitted. 
(d) Drinking Fountains for Rural Schools. Plans for drinking fountains for 
small rural schools which are not provided with water under pressure may be 
obtained from the Florida State Board of Health.. 
Section 12, First Aid Kit. Every school shall own and maintain a first aid 
kit which shall be available to the pupils under the supervision of an adult at 
all times while the school is in session. First aid. kits will contain at least the 
following first aid equipment: 
(a) A clinical thermometer 
(b) Medicine dropper 
(c) Absorbent cotton, 
(d) Compresses and bandages 
(1) 1-inch compress on adhesive in individual packages (band-aid) 
(2) Assorted sterile bandage compresses 
(3) Triangular bandages 
(4) Sterile gause in individual packages of about 1 yard 
(5) 1-inch and 2-inch roller bandages 
(e) Wire or thin board splints 
(f) An elastic tourniquet 
(g) Adhesive tape 
(h) Scissors 
(i) Forceps 
(j) Tooth picks 
(k) Tongue depressors in covered jar 
(l) Paper cups 
(m) Paper towels 
(n) Iodine (mild) 
(o) Alcohol 
(p) Aromatic spirits of ammonia 
(q) Burn ointment such as 5 per cent tannic acid jelly or unguentine 
(r) Castor oil or mineral oil for use in eyes, (This should be sterile 
and may be obtained in small tubes,) 
(s) Oil of cloves 
(t) Hand washing facilities and soap 
(u) First aid manual. (The Red Cross Manual or the Boy Scouts Handbook, 
is recommended,) FLA, STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XXI \\ Page 9 
Section 13. Cafeterias and School J,un.ch Deportments, Where there are 
cafeterias or school lunch dcpartm:rite, or wherever food or drink is prepared in 
whole or in part for sale or solo or served without charge in or in conjunction 
with any school or nursery school, such establishments shall be constructed, 
oquipeed, and operated in conformance with the requirements of Chapter IX 
(Restaurants and Eating Places) cf this Cede, 
The sections of this Chapter were adopted 
by the State Board of Health in executive 
session on February 10, 1948 to be effect' 
ive from that date. FLORIDA STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XXV 
CAMPS 
Section I. Definition. The term ’’camp" as used in this Chapter shall 
mean one or more temporary or permanent tents, buildings, or structures, 
together with the tract of land appertaining thereto, established or maintained 
as living quarters for temporary occupancy by ten or more persons, including 
children, free of charge or by payment of fee. Included are camps serving 
ten or more people, established for recreational purposes, and labor camps 
established for the temporary housing of laborers or other workers. 
Section 2. Health Officer to be Notified. Every corporation, associa- 
tion, employer, person or persons, who shall establish or construct or who 
shall maintain any camp for occupancy by ten or more persons shall before so 
doing, notify the County Health Officer as to his, her, or their intention in 
the matter and if there is no such health officer having jurisdiction, the 
State Health Officer shall be notified. 
Section 3. Health Officer to Inspect. It shall be the duty of the 
Health Officer so notified to inspect, or have inspected by his representa- 
tive, the site of the proposed camp and equipment to be furnished under regu- 
lations of this Chapter, so as to determine the propriety of the location 
and its sanitary conditions. If the location, equipment, or proposed manner 
of its operation is found to be detrimental to the public health or in viola- 
tion of the requirements of this Chapter, he shall cause the camp to be 
removed or the manner of operation of the camp to be corrected. 
Section 4. Permit Required for Camp. No person, persons, firm, corpo- 
ration, or association shall establish or construct, or maintain any camp for 
accommodation of ten or more persons, without first receiving a written per- 
mit from the County Health Officer, or if there is no such health officer 
having jurisdiction, from the State Board of Health. 
Section $. Application for Permit Required. Application for such per- 
mit shall be made in duplicate to the County Health Officer, or if there be 
none, to the State Health Officer, on forms prescribed by the State Board of 
Health. The duplicate copy shall be forwarded by the County Health Officer 
to the State Board of Health. 
The application shall state the exact location of the existing proposed 
camp, type of camp, the approximate number of persons to be maintained, the 
probable duration of occupancy, the proposed source of water supply and milk 
supply for the camp, and proposed method of sewage and garbage disposal. 
Section 6. Issuance and Revocation of Permit. If after the Health 
Officer or his representative has made inspection, he is satisfied .that the 
existing or proposed camp will not be a source of danger to the health of its 
occupants, or to others, and that it complies with the requirements'of this 
Chapter, he shall issue the necessary permit in writing on forms prescribed 
by the State Board of Health, and shall transmit promptly to the State Health FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XXV, Page 2 
Officer, The permit shall expire on December 3i following date of issuance. 
Where no local health officer has jurisdiction, permits may be issued direct- 
ly by the State Health Officer or his agent. Any such permit may be revoked 
for cause by the local County Health Officer or by the State Health Officer, 
Section 7. Responsible Person in Charge. All camps shall be in charge 
of a qualified person, who shall be responsible for the sanitary conduct and 
condition of the camp. Such person shall be designated on application for 
permit. Changes made in the person so responsible shall be reported to the 
health officer issuing the permit. 
Section 8. Location of Camp. Camps shall not be located where adequate 
drainage is impracticable, or where malaria-carrying mosquitoes cannot be 
controlled. • They shall not be located in such a way as to endanger the proper 
protection of any public water supply, lake, stream, or reservoir used in con- 
nection with the same. 
Section 9. Camp to be Kept Clean and Sanitary. All tents, cars, and 
buildings, in, and the grounds surrounding camps shall at all times be kept 
in a clean, orderly, and sanitary condition. 
Section 10. Sleeping Quarters. A separate bed or other sleeping places 
shall be provided for each occupant of the camp. Such beds or sleeping 
places shall be separated by a distance of at least two feet. Dormitories, 
rooms, or tents used for sleeping quarters shall have not less than 300 cubic 
feet of volume for each occupant, and shall be properly ventilated. Mechanical 
ventilation of sufficient quantity as approved by the Chief Sanitary Engineer 
of the State Board of Health shall be acceptable in lieu of the above require- 
ment. 
Section 11. Kitchen and Dining Room. Kitchen, dining room and mess halls 
shall be well sheltered and constructed so as to permit them to be kept in 
a clean and sanitary manner. They shall be properly ventilated and lighted. 
(a) Equipment: Kitchen and dining room equipment shall be of such 
material and so made or constructed as to facilitate cleaning and shall 
be kept clean at all times. 
(b) Dish Washing: Adequate facilities, including a plentiful supply of 
hot water for washing of utensils, dishes and equipment, shall be pro- 
vided and such utensils, equipment and dishes shall be effectively 
washed and cleansed after each use. 
(c) Screening: Kitchen, dining rooms, and mess halls shall be com- 
pletely and effectively screened so as to secure complete exclusion of 
flies. Screen doors shall be self-closing and open outward. 
(d) Protection of Food; Adequate provision shall be made for the sani- 
tary storage and protection of food supplies, and necessary refrigera- 
tion of meats, milk and other perishable supplies. FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XXV, Page_3 
Section 12. Fire Protection. Any buildings or structures of a camp in 
which persons are housed, shall be so constructed and arranged as to provide 
broad and easy exit in case of fire, and shall be adequately equipped with 
fire extinguishers and other necessary fire-fighting equipment. 
Section 13. Milk and Cream. Milk and cream shall only be secured from 
a supply approved by the health officer. 
Section 14. Water Supply. The water supply used for the camp shall be 
in accordance with provisions of Chapter II of this Code. 
Section 15. Excreta and Waste Disposal. Privies if used must be in 
compliance with Chapter VI of this Code and where flush toilets are provided, 
waste disposal from them shall be in compliance with Chapter V of this Code. 
Kitchen and bath wastes must be disposed of by methods approved by the health 
officer. Excreta waste disposal shall be with proper regard for the protec- 
tion of the water supply. 
Section 16. Stables. No stable or other shelter for animals shall be 
maintained within 100 feet of any living quarters in the camp, nor within 
150 feet of any kitchen or dining room. Manure must be stored and disposed 
of in such way as to prevent fly breeding or other nuisances. 
Section 17. Garbage Disposal. All garbage, kitchen wastes or other 
rubbish shall be deposited in suitable covered galvanized iron receptacles 
and these kept covered at all times. The receptacles and surroundings where 
located shall be cleaned and contents of receptacles emptied as often as 
necessary to keep them and their surroundings in a sanitary condition. The 
contents of such receptacles shall be buried, burned, or otherwise disposed 
of so as not to be or become offensive or insanitary or create fly breeding. 
Section 18. Camp Personnel. No person suffering from a communicable 
disease or who is a carrier of such disease shall be employed in a camp or 
permitted as an occupant. 
Section 19. Supervision of Camps for Children. All camps accommodating 
children under 16 years of age shall be under the care and supervision of 
persons qualified for such purpose. Female children or children under ten 
years of age, shall be under the care of a woman or of women. 
Section 20, Medical and Nursing Care. There shall be adequate medical 
and nursing care at, or available to, all camps. 
Section 21. Swimming Pools and Bathing Beaches. If swimming pools or 
bathing beaches are provided or available, they must be maintained and oper- 
ated in conformity with Chapter XX of this Code. 
Section 22. Bathing Supervision. Ail bathing at swimming pools or 
bathing beaches which care provided or used by camps for children under 18 
years of age, shall be under the supervision of a person who has been certi- 
fied within three (3) years as an American Red Cross Life Saver or who has 
equivalent certification. FLA, STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER'~XXV, Page 4 
Section 23. Reporting Communicable Diseases. It shall be, the duty of 
the person in charge of any camp, where no physician is in attendance, to 
report immediately to the local health officer having jurisdiction, any 
person in the camp affected with any disease presumably communicable, and 
insure complete isolation of the person until such time as official action 
is taken by the health officer. Such persons shall not be removed from the 
camp until permission is given by the health officer. 
Section 24. Enforcement of Regulations. It shall be the duty, of the 
camp director, superintendent, foreman, or whoever is in responsible ..charge, 
to see that all regulations of this Chapter are faithfully observed and 
carried out. 
The Sections of this Chapter were adopted by 
the State Board of Health in executive 
session on February 16, 1946, to be effective 
from that date. FLORIDA STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XXVI 
BEDDING 
Section 1. Definitions. For the purpose of these regulations, the 
following definitions shall apply; 
(a) Bedding or Article of Bedding: Bedding or article of bedding 
shall be considered to include upholstered furniture and filling mate- 
rial and any mattress, pillow, cushion, quilt, bed pad, comforter, 
upholstered spring bed, box spring, davenport or day bed, bed spring, 
metal couch, metal bed, metal cot, metal cradle, used or intended for 
use for sleeping, resting or reclining purposes and any glider, 
hammock or other substantially similar article which is wholly or 
partly upholstered. 
(b) Upholstered Furniture: Upholstered furniture means any article 
of household furniture wholly or partly stuffed or filled with soft 
material and which is used or intended for use for sitting, resting, 
or reclining purposes. 
(g) Filling Material; Filling materiai includes any hair, down, 
feathers, wool, cotton, kapok, or other soft material used for filling 
articles of bedding or upholstered furniture. 
(d) New: New means any material or article which has not been pre- 
viously used for any purpose. By-products produced in the manufacture 
of new fabric and material reclaimed from old fabric. 
(e) Second Hand or Used; Second hand or used means any material or 
article of which prior use has been made, except as otherwise provided 
in this article. 
(f) By-products; By products shall mean the material known in the 
cotton waste trade as '’sweeps'1 or "oily sweeps" and shall be named 
"mill sweepings" on the tag required by this regulation. 
(g) Manufacture or Make; Manufacture or make shall include altering, 
repairing, finishing or preparing articles of bedding, or filling 
materials for sale, including remaking or renovating when done away 
from the home of the owner. 
(h) Sale, Sell, or Sold; Sale, sell, or sold includes offering or 
exposing for sale or exchange or lease or consigning or delivering in 
consignment for sale, exchange or lease or holding in possession with 
like intent. The possession of any article of bedding, as herein: 
defined, by any maker or dealer or his agent or servant in the course 
of business, shall be presumptive evidence of intent to sell. FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XXVI, Page'2 
Section 2. Prohibitions. 
(a) No person s.hall sell as new any article of bedding unless it is 
made from all new material and is free from dust, dirt or other 
foreign matter and is tagged as herein stated. 
(b) No person shall sell, representing it to be new material, any 
old, second hand or previously used hair, down, feathers, wool, cotton, 
kapok,or other material. 
(c) No person shall sell any article of bedding made from old or 
second hand or used material unless it shall be tagged as herein 
provided. 
(d) The presence of any old or used or second hand material or arti- 
cle, on the premises of any maker or vendor, shall be presumptive 
evidence of the sale or use. 
(e) No person shall sell any article of bedding, or any material 
used in the making thereof, which has been used by or about any person 
having an infectious or contagious disease, unless such article or 
material shall have been sterilized and is tagged as provided herein. 
(f) No person shall use any material to make any article of bed- 
ding for sale that is made from material (1) that comes from an 
animal or fowl, (2) that contains any bugs, vermin, insects or filth, 
(3) that is insanitary, (4) that contains burlap or other material 
that has been used for baling, (3) that is second-hand, unless such 
material has been thoroughly sterilized by a process approved by the 
Board of Health. 
Section 3. Sterilization and Cleanliness. 
(a) Steam Sterilization. Loose filling material or bedding or made 
up mattresses shall be subjected to a direct steam under a pressure 
of 13 pounds per square inch and maintained at that pressure for a 
period of at least 30 minutes, or at a pressure of 20 pounds per 
square inch and maintained at that pressure for at least 20 minutes. 
(b) Dry Heat Sterilization. Loose material's or made up mattresses 
shall be subjected to dry heat at a temperature of 230° F., and 
maintained at that temperature or above for not less than one hour. 
(c) Cleanliness. Any process used for cleaning and curing feathers 
or cleaning' and curling hair, or cleaning wool, or cleaning or curing 
any other filling material derived from an animal or fowl, shall not 
be deemed to afford proper and thorough sterilisation unless such 
process effectually removes all disease bearing spores or'disease, 
breeding, germs or bacilli, and all dirt, filth, vermin and extraneous 
organic matter. FLA. STATE SANITARY CODS 
CHAPTER XXVI, Page 3 
(d) Test for cleanliness: Allow a one-half ounce representative 
sample of the material to stand in one quart of freshly boiled but 
cold water for at least two hours and then thoroughly agitate the 
material- Strain off the water through clean muslin and into a 
clean container. There shall be no visible sediment nor cloudiness 
and ho cloudiness or offensive odor shall develop in the wash water 
when allowed to stand for 72 houfs in an unsealed container at*a tem- 
perature not below 70° F. ♦Tests for spores, disease germs or harmful 
bacteria shall be by means of bacteriological, examination. 
(e) Segregation of Materials: All unsterilized second-hand arti- 
cles or materials shall be separately stored and completely segre- 
gated from new or sterilized or clean articles or materials. No 
new or clean materials shall be kept or stored within a room or space 
used for sterilizing second-hand materials. 
(f) Any sterilization process used in connection herewith shall be 
approved by the Board of Health. 
Section U- Tags and Tagging. 
(a) Tags. Whenever a tag is required by this article it shall be 
approved by the Board of Health and shall be made of muslin, linen 
or other material of like durability. Paper faced tags shall not be 
used. Statements required on tags shall be legibly printed or stamp- 
ed on one side only, in the English language and in letters at least 
one-eighth of an inch in height. Tags attached to mattresses or 
pillows shall be at least six square inches in area, The tag required 
to be attached to an article of bedding or container of filling material, 
shall be firmly and conspicuously attached to the outside of the article 
in such manner that it cannot be removed without destroying the tag or 
the means by which it was attached. 
(b) Tagging: Every article of bedding made for sale, sold, or offered 
for sale shall have attached thereto a tag which shall state the name 
of the material used, that such material is new, or old, or second- 
hand, and, when required to be sterilized, that such material has 
been sterilized, and the number of the sterilizing permit. Such tag 
shall also contain the name and address of the maker or the vendor. 
In addition such tag shall state the percent of each material used 
with a variance of not more than ten percent of the amount stated on 
the tag. No variance shall be allowed for material which is described 
as "all”, "pure", n100$n or terns of similar import. In the descrip- 
tion of the material used on any tag attached to an article of bedding 
no term or designation intended or likely to mislead shall be used. 
Section 5. Permits and Approvals. 
(a) Permits: Every person, firm or corporation desiring to operate 
such sterilization process as herein stated, shall first obtain a 
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CHAPTER XXVIPage 4 
conspicuously posted in the establishment. Application for such permit 
shall be accompanied by complete specifications and drawings or prints 
of the method of sterilization and means by which this sterilization 
is to be accomplished. 
(b) Approval of Tags: Two sample tags or printers' proofs shall 
be submitted for approval before tags are printed and such tags 
may be used only after the approval of the State Board of Health. 
The Sections of this Chapter were adopted by 
the State Board of Health in executive 
session on February 16, 1946, to be effective 
from that date. FLORIDA STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XXVII 
Excreta Disposal Facilities to be Provided in Every Building in the 
State of Florida Used as Living or Sleeping Quarters. 
Buildings occupied as living or sleeping quarters to be provided with 
approved excreta disposal facilities. 
Section (1) No building shall be occupied for living or sleeping pur- 
poses within incorporated cities, unincorporated towns, villages, suburbs, or 
thickly settled communities in the State of Florida unless or until excreta 
disposal facilities of a type approved by the State Board of Health are 
provided. 
Section (2) For the purpose of this Chapter approved excreta disposal 
facilities shall mean either (a) flush toilets properly connected to a com- 
munity sewer; (b) flush toilets connected to a septic tank constructed in 
accordance with Chapter V of the State Sanitary Code; (c) an approved type 
pit privy built in accordance with Chapter VT of the State Sanitary Code, or 
(d) any disposal device which may be approved by the Chief Sanitary Engineer. 
Section (3) No person or persons, firms, or corporation shall rent, 
lease, or allow to be occupied with or without monetary consideration any 
building for living or sleeping purposes, unless same is provided with approved 
excreta disposal facilities as covered by this Chapter. 
The Sections of this Chapter were adopted by 
the State Board of Health in executive 
session on February 16, 1946, to be effective 
from that date. FLORIDA STATE SANITARY CODS 
CHAPTER XXVIII 
Miscellaneous Regulations 
Section (1) Unwholesome and Unsafe roods to be Destroyed. No food intended 
for human consumption shall be sold or offered for sale that is unwholesome or un- 
safe for such purpose, or in any way is likely to injure the public health. It 
shall be the duty of the State Health Officer, or of such health officers as defin- 
ed in Chapter XXXV, Section 3 of this Code, or of their agents authorized to en- 
force this Code, whenever they shall find any foodstuff sold, offered for sale, or 
stored in establishments dealing in the sale of such foods that are unwholesome, un 
safe for human consumption, or produced or handled in violation of that Gbde so 
as to endanger the public health, to destroy such food or pour oil or similar 
material upon it so as to render it inedible. Provided, however, that where the 
owner resists such action, legal procedure shall be taken against said owner for 
violation of this Code, and the food impounded in proper storage for evidence in 
the court. 
Section (2) Spitting in Public Pieces Forbidden. Spitting upon the floor 
of public buildings, or buildings used for public assemblage, or upon the floors 
or platforms or other parts of railroad or trolley cars, or busses, or ferry boats, 
or any other public conveyance, is forbidden. 
Section (3) Common Towel Forbidden. Mo person, firm, corporation, indivi- 
dual, or authorities, owning, or in charge of, or in control of any lavatory or 
wash room in any hotel, lodging house, restaurant, factory, school, store, office 
building, railroad or bus station, land or water conveyance, or other place where 
washroom facilities are provided for the public, shall provide any towel for 
common use. The term "common use" shall bo construed to mean for use by more 
than one person without laundering. 
Section (4) Common Drinking Cup and Eating Utensils Forbidden. The use of 
common drinking cups and of common drinking or eating utensils in any public 
place.or institution, or in any hotel, lodging house, theater, factory, store, 
school or public hall; or in any railroad car, bus, ferry boat or vessel; or in 
any railroad or bus station, or in any place serving drinking water, drink, or 
food to the public; or the furnishing of any such drinking cup or drinking or 
eating utensils in such places, is prohibited. 
The terms "common drinking cup" and "common drinking or eating utensils" 
shall be construed to mean the use of such articles by more than one person 
without proper cleansing. 
Section (5) Used Rags not to be Sold Without Cleansing* No person, persons, 
firm, or corporation shall sell or offer for sale any rugs or pieces of cloth or 
clothing that have been used for any purpose, v/ithout first thoroughly launder- 
ing the same. Such rags or cloths shall be treated in an approved laundering 
machine with hot water, steam, and the various rinses, soap and other detergents 
used in a commercial laundry, after which laundering they shall be dried before 
baling or sale. Unlaundered rags and cloths shall not be handled or stored in 
the same room or in contact with those laundered. 
The Sections of this Chapter were adopted by the State 
Board of Health in exectuvie session on February 16, 1946, 
to be effective from that time. FLORIDA STATS SANITARY CODS 
CHAPTER XXIX 
Industrial Hygiene 
The Use of Hatters Mercurial Parroting Solutions 
Section (1) Definitions. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions 
of these regulations the following terms are defined: 
(a) Hatters’ Fur is any animal fiber or other substance used in the 
manufacture of hats, which is treated or otherwise prepared by the 
process of, or, in a manner similar to that of carroting. 
(b) Parroting is the process of treating hatters’ fur with mercury 
nitrate or any other solution or material for the purpose of render- 
ing the hatters’ fur suitable in the manufacture of hats. 
(c) Mercurial carrot is any solution or material containing mercury or 
its compounds in combination with nitric acid or other materials 
and used in the carroting or preparation of hatters’ fur. 
Section (2) The use of mercurial carrot in the preparation of hatters* 
fur, or the use of mercurial carroted hatters’ fur in the manufacture of 
hats, is prohibited. 
The Sections of this Chapter were adopted by 
the State Board of Health in executive 
session on February 16, 1940, to be effective 
from that time. FLORIDA STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XXXI 
Garbage and Rubbish 
Section (1) Definitions; 
(a)_ The term "garbage" shall mean all solid and semi 
solid kitchen refuse subject to decay or putrefaction 
and all market waste of animal and vegetable matter 
which was intended to be used as food. 
(b) The term "rubbish" shall mean all waste material 
not of a putrescible nature. 
(c) The term "offal" shall mean waste animal matter 
from butcher, slaughter, or packing houses. 
(d) The term "dead animals" shall mean all animals 
which may die or which may be killed for other than 
food purposes. 
(e) The term "manure" shall mean cleanings from all 
barns, stables, corrals, or pens used for stabling or 
penning of animals or fowl. 
Section (2) Garbage Storage and Collections, Garbage shall 
be retained in water t?ght receptacles of impervious material 
which are provided with tight-fitting covers suitable to pro- 
tect the contents from flies, insects, rats, and other animals. 
Garbage collection shall he made at such intervals as meet the 
approval by the local health authorities under the direction of 
the State Board of Health, 
Section (3) Responsibility of Municipalities, Municipalities 
shall be responsible for providing for an adequate, efficient, and 
sanitary system of collecting, transposing and disposing of 
garbage and rubbish from all buildings and establishments creating 
garbage or rubbish throughout the municipality in a manner ap- 
proved by the Chief Sanitary Engineer of the State Board of Health, 
Section {h) Garbage feeding of Hogs, All garbage, dead 
animals or offal, fed to hogs which are to he sold as food for 
human consumption must be thoroughly and adequately cooked in a 
manner approved by the Chief Sanitary Engineer of the Bureau of 
Sanitary Engineering, After Cooking, the Garbage shall be fed to 
hogs on impervious feeding platforms which shall he kept clean 
at all times. These platform cleanings shall be disposed of in 
such a manner as to prevent fly breeding, rat harborage, or 
sanitary nuisances of any kind. FLA, STATE SANITARY CODE 
rage1 2. 
Section (5) Permit for Garbage Feeding Required* Before any 
person, persons, f irm, corporal ion, or muni c i pal:t y ma y legally 
carry on a program of feeding garbage, dead animals or offal to 
hogs, a permit must be obtained from the State Board of Health* 
This permit is to hold until such a time that the minimum re- 
quirements as set forth in this chapter are not met by the permit 
holder* 
Section (6)* Dumping on Highways Not Permitted*- It shall be 
unlawful for any person’ or persons to dump or leave garbage, 
rubbish, dead animals, offals, or manure in or upon any public 
highway, road, or alley of this state, or within 200 yards of 
such public highway, road or alley* 
Section (?)«■ Disposal of Garbage and Rubbishr Garbage, offal, 
dead animals, and manure, or rubbish mixed 'with offal, dead animals, 
and/or manure shall be disposed of by incineration, burial, sani- 
tary fill, or other method approved by The Chief Sanitary Engi- 
neer of the Bureau of Sanitary Engineering* Such material shall 
not be disposed of by be5 ng deposited 3 n any natural or arti- 
ficial body of water or on the watershed of any surface nubile 
water supply, or within one-half mile of any habitation or place 
of business where it may become a nuisance or menace to health 
through the breeding of flies, harboring of rodents, or pollution* 
(Exception: When said material has been rendered completely 
stable by incineration or other process approved by the Bureau of 
Sanitary Engineering* ) 
Section (G)* Approval of Flans* Before any method of stabi 
lizing garbage, rubbish, offal, or other such material is con- 
structed or placed in operation, a complete set of plans, speci- 
fications, and design data must be submitted to the Bureau of 
Sanitary Engineering for approval* All plans and specifications 
must be signed by an engineer registered under the laws of the 
State of Florida* No construction shall be begun until approval 
is given by the Chief Sanitary Engineer* Failure to comply 
with any and all above provisions will be considered a violation 
of State Sanitary Code* 
The Sections of this Chapter were adopted by 
the State Board of Health in executive session 
on February 16, to be effective from 
that date* FLORIDA STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XXXII 
Water Supply Wells 
(Reference is made to Chapter 361 (Sections 381,U3-3Blrkl inclusive) 
and Chapter 387 (Section 367,06 ) Florida Statutes Ijhl and amend - 
ments thereto. These statutes place control of all waters of the 
State of Florida under the jurisdiction of the State Board of 
Health, ) 
Section (1) Definitions : 
(a) well is any artificial opening in the ground de- 
signed to conduct water from a source bed to the surface 
when water from such well is used for public or semi- 
public consumption. 
(b) Source bed is the stratum or strata from which water 
is drawn in the well. 
(c) Casing is the tubular material utilized to shut 
off strata above the source bod and conduct water from 
the source bed to the surface. 
(d) Annular Space is the space between any two casings 
or between the outer casing and the walls of the hole. 
(e) Pollution is any matter which renders a water ob- 
ject dangerous to health. 
Section (2) Location, 
(a) Well sites shall be on ground not subject to 
ponding or flooding. In general the slope of the 
ground surface in the vicinity of the well site shall 
be away from well, if practical. For level areas, well- 
tamped or puddled earth shall be placed around the well 
so as to elevate the platform or apron. 
(b) As far as is practical, when the direction of 
ground water slope or movement is known, wells shall be 
located on the upstream side of possible sources of 
pollution and as far from these sources as practical. 
(c) Every well shall be accessible for such attention 
as may be necessary. FLA. STATE SANITARY CODE 
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Section (3) Gasingf 
(a) In wells in which the casing is driven it shall he 
of the type known as drive pipe, and shall be equipped 
with couplings allowing for butt joints between lengths 
of casing, For wells in which the casing is not driven 
”merchant casing”, standard pipe or pipe especially 
constructed for gravel wall wells will be acceptable. 
Either black or galvanized pipe shall be acceptable. 
Any other pipe proposed shall be approved by the Chief 
Sanitary Engineer, Florida State Board of Health, 
(b) Where telescoped casing is utilized, an approved 
water-tight seal shall be made where increases or re- 
ductions occur in casing size. If proper seals are not 
made the inner casing should extend the entire cased 
depth. 
(c) Where water is obtained from limestone strata, 
casing must extend sufficiently far into unbroken lime- 
stone to be seated firmly in it and sealed with cement 
grout by an approved method. 
(d) Wells drilled by the rotary method shall have 
the annular space sealed by the use of a neat cement 
grout at the bottom of the hole and to the surface by 
neat cement mud, clay or other approved material. 
Section ft) Surface Seal, The top of the casing shall be so 
constructed as to exclude any influent. 
Section (5) Pump Pits, Where a pump pit is planned, it must 
be provided with a sump pump or other means for keeping the pit 
completely drained at all times. At the discretion of the Chief 
Sanitary Engineer of the State Board of Health two sump pumps may 
he required to guard against flooding in the event that one pump 
may fail. 
Section (6) Housing of Well Pump, Both well and pump shall 
be protected by a housing of adequate size having an impervious 
floor and weather-proof walls and roof. 
Section (7) Pump Connection, A water-tight connection shall 
bo made between the outside casing top and the drop pipe or dis- 
charge column. 
Section (8) Well Vent, Where provided, well vents shall 
be adequately protected. FLA. STATS SANITARY CODE 
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Section (9) Sampling Tap* A conveniently accessible, down- 
opening sampling tap shall be provided on the discharge side of 
each well pump, so that samples of raw water may be obtained from 
the well*. 
Section (10) Sterilization* Every well shall be equipped 
with an opening which will allow introduction of sterilizing 
agents and measurement of static water level, drawdown, or ar- 
tesian Before a new well or one which has been re- 
paired, is placed in use it shall be sterilized in accordance 
with the method approved by the Chief Sanitary Engineer of the 
Florida State Board of Health, and pumped clear of sterilizing 
agentr Samples of raw water from the well must be submitted to 
the Bureau of Laboratories of the State Board of Health for 
bacterial analysisr Use of the well will not be allowed until 
satisfactory results are obtained from analyses*. 
Section (11) Abandonment* Wells no longer in use shall be 
plugged in a manner* approved by the Chief Sanitary Engineer of the 
State Board of Health*. Capping the casing top is insufficient*. 
Section (12) Protection of Wells During Constructionr Previ 
ous to placing pumps, wells under construction shall be protected 
at all times so as to prevent entrance of contaminating material*. 
Section (15) Infiltration Galleries, etc* Dug wells, in- 
filtration galleries and other such sources of water supply re- 
quiring rearrangement of natural features are hereby prohibited as 
a source of public or semi-public water supply unless water is 
treated in a manner approved by the Chief Sanitary Engineer * 
Section (lM Dynamiting of Wells*. The use of dynamite or 
other explosives in the construction or maintenance of wells is 
hereby prohibited* 
Section (15) Air Supply *n Air-Lift Wells*- If water from 
air-lift we 11s is not treated subsequently, the air supply uti- 
lized shall be protected from contaminating influences by an 
approved met hod *. 
Section (16) Application for Approval*. Before entering into 
a contract for the use of a water supply well it shall be the 
responsibility of the well drilling contractor to make appli- 
cation to the Chief Sanitary Engineer of the Florida State Board 
of Health* Drilling shall not be begun until the proposed con- 
struction is approved in a written permit signed by the Chief 
Sanitary Engineer of the State Board of Health* FLAf STATE SANITARY CODE 
CIAP 
Section (17) Data to be Submitted with Applicati on. The 
application shall ber accompanied by the following data. 
(a) Type, casing, material, diameter, proposed tyne of 
casing seat, required yield, and detailed drawings of 
pump installation. 
(b) A plat showing the location of the proposed well 
relative to existing physical feature, The location 
of known possible sources of contamination must be shown. 
(c) Additional data as may be reauired by the Chief 
Sanitary Engineer, 
(d) Signatures as follows: 
Ir Well drilling contractor* 
2r Owner, president, or general manager, of the 
organization planning to operate the water supply* 
(if the proposed system is a public utility, the 
application may be signed by a responsible person 
such as the mayor or manager of a municipality*) 
Section (18) Submission of Logs, A 1og showing various strata 
pierced by the well and a detailed drawing of the well construction 
shall be forwarded to the Chief Sanitary Engineer of the State 
Board of Health within two days after the completion of the drilling 
operation. Cuttings samples at regular intervals not greater than 
23 feet apart and at every change in formation together with a log 
and other data as required by the State Geological Survey, Well 
data blanks shall be submitted to the State Geologist when drilling 
is complete. Samples must show material in which casing is seated. 
Use of well will be prohibited until the State Geologist has re- 
ceived the necessary samples. Bags and well data blanks may be 
secured by application to the Florida Geological Survey, Drawer 
631, Tallahassee, 
The Sections of this Chapter were adopted by 
the State Board of Health in executive session 
on February 16, to be effective from 
that date. FLORIDA STATE SANITARY CODE 
CHAPTER XXXV 
Administrative Regulations and Enforcement of Code 
Section (1) State Health Officer Executive Officer of Board, The State 
Health Officer, as the executive officer of the State Board of Health, is de- 
signated to act for the Board in the enforcement of the State Sanitary Code 
and to carry out the administrative duties connected therewith. 
Section (2) Staff of the State Health Officer. The staff of the State 
Health Officer, consisting of the directors of the Bureaus or other authorized 
divisions, are designated as agents of the Board, and, under supervision of the 
State Health Officer, will assume responsibility for carrying out the provisions 
of the Sanitary Code in their respective authority. 
Section (3) Local Health Officers Deputized. Local Health Officers in 
health units organized under provisions of Chapter 154, Florida Statutes, 1941, 
and such other local health officers as may be named and approved by the State 
Health Officer, are, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the 
Sanitary Code of the State of Florida, designated as agents of the State Board 
of Health, and deputies to the State Health Cfficei, within the geographical 
jurisdiction of their organization; Provided, however, that where approval of 
plans for sanitary work is required of the State Board of Health covering water 
works and sewerage and other sanitary structures, or where operating permits 
are required of the State Board of Health, their authority will be confined 
to recommendations to the State Health Officer or the central organization 
division concerned. 
Section (4) Any person who shall violate, disobey, refuse, omit or 
neglect to comply with any of the rules and regulations of the Sanitary Code 
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, shall be punished by 
imprisonment, not exceeding six months, or by fine not exceeding one thousand 
($1,000) dollars. 
Section (5) Any person who shall interfere with, or hinder, or oppose, 
any officer, agent or member of the State Board of Health in the performance 
of his duty as such, under the Sanitary Code, or shall violate a quarantine 
regulation, or shall tear down, mutilate, deface, or alter any placard, or 
notice, affixed to premises in the enforcement of the Sanitary Code, shall be 
guilty of a misdemeanor ,„nd punishable upon conviction, by imprisonment for not 
exceeding six months or by a fine not exceeding one thousand ($1,000) dollars. 
The Sections of this Chapter were adopted by 
the State Board of Health in executive session 
on February 16, 1946, to be effective from 
that date. CERTIFICATE 
I, Wilson T. Sowder, M, D., by virtue of the 
power and authority vested in me as Florida State Health 
Officer and Secretary and Executive Officer of the Florida 
State Board of Health, do certify that the foregoing is a 
true and correct copy of the Florida State Sanitary Code, 
adopted by the Florida State Board of Health at a meeting 
called and held for that purpose in Jacksonville, Florida, 
on Saturday, February 16, 19Ao. 
I do hereby further certify that the original, 
of which the foregoing is a true and correct copy, con- 
stitutes a part of the minutes of the said meeting of the 
Florida State Board of Health at which the said Florida 
State Sanitary Code was adopted. 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set ray hand 
and affixed the seal of the Florida State Board of Health 
this 31st day of August, A. D, 19A&. 
(seal) T~““\ y \ A ~7 
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ISSUED BY 
TM£ FLORIDA STATE BOARD OF FJFALTFJ 
JACKSONVILLE i FLORIDA 
19 4 1 
(REVISED 1946) THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH 
Hon. Millard F, Caldwell 
Governor of Florida 
BOARD MEMBERS 
Herbert l. Bryans, M.D., president Pensacola 
William Parr, Ph,G, Tampa 
Robert B. McIver, M.D* Jacksonville 
Wilson T. Sowder, M.O., M.P.H. State Health Officer 
1217 Pearl Street or P. 0, Box 210 
Jacksonv1 lle 1, Florida 
ACCREDITED HEALTH UNITS 
County Town 
Alachua Gainesville 
Baker Macclenny 
Bay Panama City 
Bradford Starke 
Broward Ft, Lauderdale 
Clay green Cove Springs 
ColumbIA Lake City 
Dade Miami 
Dixie Cross City 
Duval Jacksonville 
Escambia Pensacola 
FranklIN APALACHI cola 
Gadsden Quincy 
Glades Moore Haven 
Gulf °ort St, Joe 
Hamilton Jasper 
Highlands Sebring 
H ILLS BOROUGH T AMPA 
Holmes Bonifay 
Jackson Marianna 
Jefferson Monticello 
Lafayette Mayo 
Lake Tavares 
Leon Tallahassee 
Levy Bronson 
Madison Madison 
Monroe Key West 
Nassau Fernandina 
Okaloosa Cr estview 
Orange Orlando 
Pinellas Clearwater 
Polk Bartow 
Santa Rosa Hilton 
Seminole Sanford 
Setter Bushnell 
Suwannee Live Oak 
Taylor Perry 
Union , lake Butler 
Volusia Deland 
Wakulla Crawfordville 
Walton . DeFuniak 
Washington Chipley 
Division of Health Information 
Ruth Stuart Allen 
Acting Director 
Bureau of vital statistics 
Clayton F, Mayo 
Bureau of Finance and accounts 
Fred D. Ragland 
Bureau of Preventable Diseases 
!%. F. Sondag, M.D* 
Division of Industrial Hygiene 
R. F, Sondag, M.D, 
Bureau of Local Health Service 
George a. Dame, M.D. 
Bureau of Dental Health 
Epidemiologist 
ldwin G. Riley, M.D., Ph.D, 
Div. of Public Health Nursing 
Ruth E* Mettinger, R. N. 
Div. of Venereal Disease Control 
R, F. Sondag, M.D* 
Bureau of Narcotics 
M* H. Doss 
Bureau of Malaria Control 
John A. Mulrennan 
Bureau of Sanitary Engineering 
David B, Lee, M. S. Ehg. 
Bureau of Laboratories 
Albert V, Hardy, M.D, 
Malaria Research 
Mark F, Boyd, M.D, 
Rockefeller Foundation 
Tallahassee 
Nutrition Investigations and 
Services 
Walter Wilkins, M.D., Pm.O 
Bureau of Maternal & Child 
Health 
Lucile J. Marsh, M.D, 
Bureau of Tuberculosis 
C. M. Sharp, M. D.