(a) Each Operator shall establish, implement, and maintain written cleaning and disease prevention standards designed to minimize the risk of transmission of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 or other Contagious Public Health Threats as they arise.
(b) Hand washing stations shall be provided on every floor of the Covered Establishment. This requirement does not apply to Tourist Hotels that authorize housekeeping Employees to wash hands in guest rooms.
(c) Disinfectant. The cleaning and disease prevention standards established under this Section 625.3 shall provide for disinfection of porous and non-porous surfaces using appropriate Disinfectants. If no Disinfectant exists that may be used on porous surfaces effectively or without causing damage to the material, the Operator shall use such other cleaning agent as is appropriate for the material while using a Disinfectant on all other surfaces. Each Operator shall follow the manufacturer’s instructions for all cleaning and disinfection products for concentration, application method, and contact time for safe and effective use. Additionally, Employees shall be trained in the proper use of cleaning and disinfection products per the product manufacturer’s guidelines and Cal/OSHA safety requirements.
(d) High-contact areas, items, and fixtures. The cleaning and disease prevention standards established under this Section 625.3 shall identify “high-contact” areas, items, and fixtures with which Employees or guests may be expected to have regular physical contact. These shall include, at a minimum, those areas, items, and fixtures identified in subsections (e) and (f), but shall also include any other high-contact areas, items, and fixtures; provided, however, that subsections (e) and (f) shall not apply to areas of Covered Establishments that are closed to Employees and/or guests.
(e) Regular cleaning and disinfection. The following high-contact areas, items, and fixtures shall be cleaned and disinfected multiple times daily, and more frequently where appropriate. For some of the matters addressed in subsections (e)(1)-(9), additional requirements apply as stated. Unless otherwise stated, references in this Section 625.3 to “surfaces” do not include ceilings.
(1) Public and Employee areas. All Frequently Touched surfaces in lobbies, lounges, waiting areas, hallways, handwashing facilities, other public areas or other areas designated for Employees, such as break and locker rooms. Porous surfaces such as carpeted floors, rugs, and drapes, shall be disinfected using Disinfectant identified for the item, or where not, using appropriate cleaners indicated for use on these surfaces.
(2) Elevators. All Frequently Touched surfaces, internal and external, for elevators, including without limitation elevator buttons and controls, walls, floors, and handrails.
(3) Stairways, stairwells, and escalators. All Frequently Touched surfaces on stairways, stairwells, and escalators, including without limitation handrails.
(4) Restrooms. All Frequently Touched surfaces, fixtures, and facilities in public and non-public restrooms, including without limitation sinks, faucets, mirrors, soap dispensers, dryers, paper towel dispensers, toilets, doors, walls and floors of bathroom stalls, toilet paper and paper towel dispensers, door handles, walls, and floors. In addition, hand sanitizer and soap shall be available in all public restrooms.
(5) Meeting rooms. All Frequently Touched surfaces and objects in meeting rooms and convention spaces, including without limitation walls, floors, table tops, chairs, dry erase boards; also, markers, staplers, tape dispensers, remote controls, table projectors, charging ports, podiums, and microphones and other equipment used for transmitting information to attendees. Regular cleaning and disinfecting shall occur, among other times, during meeting breaks.
(6) Multi-use instruments and items. Instruments and other items used by multiple individuals such as computer keyboards, touch screens, credit card readers, printers, telephones, light switches, non-disposable restaurant menus, and ice and vending machines.
(7) Doors. Doors and door handles at all exterior entrances, and door handles at interior entrances regularly accessed by multiple Employees and guests. In addition, each Operator shall have personnel responsible for regularly disinfecting exterior doors. At any time that doors used as a primary public entrance in a Tourist Hotel of 100 rooms or more cannot open automatically or be propped open, the Operator shall assign a gloved employee to open them.
(8) Dining and bar facilities. All Frequently Touched surfaces and objects in dining areas, including without limitation dining rooms, lunch areas, and restaurants or cafes on the premises that are defined as “Food Facilities” under California Health and Safety Code Section 113789(a), shall be maintained in compliance with the California Health and Code Sections 113700, et seq., or any successor provision.
(9) Shipping and receiving areas. All Frequently Touched surfaces and objects in shipping and receiving areas, including without limitation waste management areas and loading docks.
(f) Tourist Hotels. In addition to the requirements of subsection (e), these requirements also apply to Tourist Hotels:
(1) All surfaces, items, and furnishings in Tourist Hotel guest rooms (including suite areas) that have been occupied in the preceding 24 hours shall be cleaned and disinfected on a daily basis, unless the guest requests otherwise. Such surfaces include, without limitation, mirrors, desks, table tops, furniture, minibars, interior and exterior door handles, interior door locks, faucets, toilets, light switches, TV remote controls, telephones, keyboards, and touch screens. Porous surfaces such as carpeted floor, rugs, and drapes, shall be disinfected using Disinfectant where available for the item, or where not, appropriate cleaners indicated for use on these surfaces.
(2) Towels, bed linens, bed scarves, and bedspreads shall be changed upon the end of each guest’s stay in the Tourist Hotel. All dirty linens and laundry shall be cleaned at high temperatures and according to the CDC Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities.
(3) Hand sanitizer dispensers shall be installed in main entrances and exits utilized by Employees and guests and in other open high-contact public areas, including without limitation fitness centers, pools, salons, check-in and check-out counters, lobbies, and lounges, and near elevators and multi-use instruments.
(4) Restrooms in occupied Tourist Hotel guest rooms shall be cleaned and disinfected once per day, absent special circumstances requiring more frequent cleaning, unless the guest requests less frequent cleaning/disinfecting.
(5) If there is a reasonable basis to believe that a specific guest room was occupied by an individual infected with COVID-19 or any other Contagious Public Health Threat, the Operator must remove the guest room from use for seven days or until the Department confirms that it is safe for re-use. If the Department confirms that the room was exposed to a positive case of COVID-19 or other Contagious Public Health Threat, the guest room must undergo a more stringent sanitization protocol per the CDC “Cleaning and Disinfection for Community Facilities” recommendations, or other protocols as may be deemed appropriate by the Department.
(6) A Tourist Hotel may not advise, nor may it offer any incentive, of a financial or other nature, to, any guest to decline guest room cleaning on a daily basis or otherwise relax the standards set forth in this subsection (f). Guests are presumed to elect daily guest room cleaning unless the guest affirmatively indicates a preference not to receive daily room cleaning.
(g) Posting of cleaning and disease prevention standards. Copies of the cleaning and disease prevention standards referenced in subsection (a) shall be posted in areas where Employees regularly receive daily instruction regarding work duties and on bulletin boards where the Operator regularly posts official communications with Employees. Copies of the cleaning and disease prevention standards shall be made available to guests, to Employees, and to Employee bargaining representatives upon request, and shall be translated into any language spoken by 20% or more of Employees at the Covered Establishment. Copies of the cleaning and disease prevention standards shall be submitted electronically to the Department upon request.
(h) All Operators shall maintain a compliance log of all cleaning and sanitation performed in compliance with this Section 625.3, and shall make it available to the Department upon request.
(i) Guidance of public health authorities. Any other relevant guidance regarding cleaning and disease prevention standards issued by the Department, the California Department of Public Health, Cal/OSHA, the Centers for Disease Control, and/or other regulatory agencies, or established pursuant to Executive Order of the Mayor, County Health Officer, Governor, State Health Officer, or President shall be followed by the Covered Establishment. In the event that such guidance recommends providing employees with a notice related to COVID-19 or other Contagious Public Health Threat (for example, a general exposure advisory or a recommendation of quarantine), each Operator shall ensure that all Employees to which such recommendations relate and their bargaining representatives, if any, receive such notice as expeditiously as possible. In the event of a conflict between this Section 625.3 and cleaning and disease prevention standards adopted by one or more of the public health authorities encompassed within this subsection (i), the most stringent standard shall apply.
(Added by Ord. 208-20, File No. 200764, App. 10/9/2020, Eff. 11/9/2020)