Section 25-A1701. INSTALLATION - FIXED EQUIPMENT, SPACING OR SEALING

 

1701.1Equipment that is fixed because it is not easily movable shall be installed so that it is: 

 

(a)Spaced to allow access for cleaning along the sides, behind, and above the  equipment;

 

(b)Spaced from adjoining equipment, walls, and ceilings a distance of not  more than one millimeter (1 mm) or one thirty-second of an inch (1/32  in.); or

 

(c)Sealed to adjoining equipment or walls, if the equipment is exposed to  spillage or seepage. 

 

1701.2Counter-mounted equipment that is not easily movable shall be installed to allow cleaning of the equipment and areas underneath and around the equipment by being: 

 

(a)Sealed; or

 

(b)Elevated on legs as specified in § 1702.4.

 

authority

Sections 4 and 10 of An Act Relating to the adulteration of foods and drugs in the District of Columbia, approved February 17, 1898 (30 Stat. 246: D.C. Official Code §§ 48-104 and 48-110 (2009 Repl.)); Section 7 of An Act Making Appropriations to provide for the expenses for the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes (32 Stat.627: D.C. Official Code § 47-2834(a)(1), (a)(2), and (b) (2005 Repl.)); and Mayor’s Order 98-139, dated August 20, 1998, and Mayor’s Order 2002-103, dated June 18, 2002.

source

Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 4394 (June 6, 2003), incorporating by reference the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 6184, 6277 (July 5, 2002); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 13690 (November 30, 2012).