R392-501-4. General

  (1) This rule does not require a construction change in any portion of a labor community if the community was in compliance with the law in effect at the time the community was constructed, except as in R392-501-4(1)(a).

  (a) The local health officer may require construction changes if it is determined the labor community or portion thereof is dangerous, unsafe, unsanitary, a nuisance or menace to life, health, or property.

  (2) Severability - If any provision of this code, or its application to any person or circumstance is declared invalid, the application of such provision to other person or circumstances, and the remainder of this code, shall not be affected thereby.

  (3) The operator shall carry out the provisions of this rule.

  (4) The operator shall comply with all applicable building, zoning, electrical, health, fire codes and all local ordinances.

  (5)(a) An operator shall select or construct a location for the labor community that will provide adequate surface drainage.

  (b) All sites used for labor communities shall be adequately drained. They shall not be subject to areas of periodic flooding, nor located within 200 feet of swamps, pools, sink holes, or other surface collections of water unless such stagnant water surfaces are subjected to continued mosquito control measures.

  (c) The labor community shall be located so the drainage from and through the community will not endanger any domestic or public water supply.

  (d) All sites shall be graded, ditched, and rendered free from depressions in which water may become a nuisance.

  (e) The operator shall make a reasonable effort to locate the labor community away from any known existing public health nuisance.

  (6) For a labor community employing and housing ten or more individuals, the operator shall be on duty within the community premises or on call at all times that the labor community is occupied or shall designate a manager or attendant to do so.

  (7) No labor community shall be operated for longer than one year without approval of the local health officer.

  (8) In labor communities where dormitory type housing facilities are provided or where any occupied housing unit is not equipped with operable plumbing fixtures, the operator shall construct and maintain a service building according to the requirements of Section R392-501-11.