O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 31-28-5 (2019)

Standards for health, sanitation, and safety

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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(a) The Department of Public Health and county boards of health shall have the power to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to ensure the protection of the public health. Such rules and regulations shall prescribe reasonable standards for health, sanitation, and safety of tourist courts with regard to:

(1) Location, drainage, and maintenance of grounds;

(2) Size, ventilation, and maintenance of sleeping rooms, toilet and washrooms, and laundry rooms, where provided;

(3) Installation of all electrical equipment and exposed electrical wiring;

(4) Heating appliances and equipment, and installation thereof;

(5) Water supply, plumbing fixtures and installations;

(6) Sewage disposal;

(7) Garbage and refuse disposal;

(8) Control of vermin;

(9) Accident prevention; and

(10) Spacing of trailer coaches and lighting of trailer parks.

(b) County boards of health are empowered to adopt and promulgate supplementary rules and regulations consistent with those adopted and promulgated by the department.

History

Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 475, § 5; Code 1933, § 88-1105, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-4/HB 228; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 6-3/HB 214.

Annotations

Cross references. - Standards and

requirements for construction of buildings generally, § 8-2-1 et seq.

Law reviews. - For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 147 (2011).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 51 Am. Jur. 2d, Licenses and Permits, § 9 et seq. 53A Am. Jur. 2d, Mobile Homes and Trailer Parks, § 3 et seq. C.J.S. - 26A C.J.S., Deeds, § 446 et seq. 39A C.J.S., Health and Environment, § 61 et seq. 43A C.J.S., Inns, Hotels, and Eating Places, § 7.

ALR. - Regulations concerning location of laundries, 6 A.L.R. 1597. Validity of statutory or municipal regulations as to garbage, 135 A.L.R. 1305. Liability of hotel or motel operator for injury or death of guest or privy resulting from condition in plumbing or bathroom of room or suite, 93 A.L.R.3d 253.