Sanitation inspections
Compiled text through Mar 31, 2022
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
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Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- Mar 31, 2022
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
- Activity status
- No later Register activity identified in this check.
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
(a)OCFS shall require weekly sanitation inspections of all secure facility areas by a designated staff member. The results of each inspection shall be recorded in writing.
(b)Each OCFS secure facility shall be inspected annually by State or local sanitation and health officials to ensure compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. The results of each inspection shall be recorded in writing, together with a summary of any action taken to address any deficiencies, and maintained on file at the facility. There shall be documentation that deficiencies have been corrected. Such inspections conducted pursuant to this subdivision shall be designed to require compliance with the requirements of this Part and with the applicable provisions of the State’s Sanitary Code, set forth in Chapter I of Title 10 NYCRR.
(c)OCFS shall require that the secure facility’s potable water source, whether owned or operated by the public water department or by the secure facility, is certified in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.