DAFI48-117 — Public Facility Sanitation

DAFI48-117 governs minimum sanitary standards for public facilities on Air Force installations.

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  • Publication number: DAFI48-117
  • Title: PUBLIC FACILITY SANITATION
  • Date: 2018-09-11

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It addresses public facility sanitation, surveillance, pest management, and tattoo studio operations on Department of the Air Force installations. It requires installations to ensure familiarity with and adherence to additional Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Federal, state, local/tribal regulations.

Applies to: This publication applies to the entire Department of the Air Force, including the United States Air Force, the United States Space Force, the Air Force Reserve, and the Air National Guard.

Topics covered

  • Public facility sanitation
  • Sanitation surveillance
  • Pest management
  • Tattoo studio operations
  • Contractor health certificates
  • Facility closure conditions

Questions and answers

What regulations must installations follow in addition to DAFI48-117?

Installations must ensure familiarity with and adherence to additional Department of Defense (DoD), United States Air Force (USAF), Federal, state, local/tribal regulations (such as, State/local guidelines for child daycare centers, swimming pools, and detention centers).

What are contractors responsible for under DAFI48-117?

Contractors are solely responsible for compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards and the protection of their employees unless otherwise specified in their contract.

What must be done with contractor health certificates when required?

The Exchange will ensure that contractor health certificates (when required) will be filed in the contracting office, readily available for inspection by installation medical authorities.

When may an installation facility be closed?

Determine when unsatisfactory facility conditions warrant timely closure of the facility in order protect health and/or facilitate corrective action, based on advice from the Medical Treatment Facility Commander (or equivalent).

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