Section 25-A3202. PHYSICAL FACILITIES - CLEANING FLOORS, DUSTLESS METHODS

 

3202.1Except as specified in § 3202.2, only wet cleaning, vacuum cleaning, mopping with treated dust mops, sweeping using a broom and dust-arresting compounds or other dustless methods of cleaning shall be used to clean floors.

 

3202.2Spills or drippage on floors that occur between normal floor cleaning times may be cleaned: 

 

(a)Without the use of dust-arresting compounds; and

 

(b)In the case of liquid spills or drippage, with the use of a small amount of  sawdust or diatomaceous earth or other absorbent compound applied  immediately before spot cleaning.  

 

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, 6321-22 (July 5, 2002); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 13690 (November 30, 2012).