Requirement to adopt regulations requiring public accommodation facility to establish standards for cleaning to reduce transmission of SARS-CoV-2; prohibition against advising or incentivizing guests to decline daily housekeeping; notification and provision of copy of standards to employees.

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1. The Director shall adopt regulations requiring a public accommodation facility to establish standards for cleaning that are designed to reduce the transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Those standards must require only the following and with no greater frequency than provided in this section:

(a) The use of cleaning products that are qualified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency for use against SARS-CoV-2 for the cleaning required by paragraphs (b) to (p), inclusive.

(b) Desks, tabletops, minibars that have been used after the most recent cleaning, interior and exterior handles of doors, faucets, toilets, nonporous headboards of beds, light switches, remote controls, telephones, keyboards, touch screens, bed linens, towels, bed scarves and other decorative items on beds in guest rooms to be cleaned every day that the room is in use unless the guest using the room declines in-room housekeeping.

(c) The following high-contact areas and items in locations used by the public and employees to be cleaned regularly throughout the day while in use:

(1) Fixtures with which guests and employees may be expected to have regular physical contact;

(2) Doors and door handles at exterior entrances;

(3) Door handles at interior entrances regularly accessed by guests and employees;

(4) Regularly used computer keyboards, touch screens, credit card readers, printers, telephones, light switches, ice machines, vending machines and other frequently used instruments and equipment; and

(5) Countertops and desks in entrance areas and other high-usage areas.

(d) Glass surfaces, desks, tabletops, door handles and light switches in public areas to be cleaned regularly throughout the day while in use.

(e) Counters, desks, touch screens, keyboards, credit card readers and desktops in front desk areas to be cleaned regularly throughout the day while in use.

(f) Key cards and other types of keys for accessing rooms to be cleaned before those key cards or other keys are issued to another guest or removed from circulation for at least 24 hours after a guest checks out.

(g) Elevator buttons and rails in guest and service elevators to be cleaned regularly throughout the day if the elevator is in use.

(h) Sinks, faucets, walls, toilets, toilet paper dispensers and door handles in employee and public restrooms to be cleaned regularly throughout the day while in use.

(i) Work surfaces, tables, utensils, counters, touch screens and keyboards in areas used for food preparation to be cleaned regularly throughout the day.

(j) Tables, desks, tabletops, door handles and light switches in shared offices, employee locker rooms and employee cafeterias to be cleaned regularly throughout the day while in use.

(k) Exercise equipment, weights, tables, countertops, chairs, lockers and benches in fitness centers to be cleaned regularly throughout the day while in use.

(l) Tabletops in meeting rooms to be cleaned while in use.

(m) Tables, bartops, menus and check presentation holders in bar and dining facilities to be cleaned after use by a guest.

(n) Touch screens and keyboards in bar and dining facilities to be cleaned regularly while in use.

(o) Soiled laundry to be cleaned as necessary.

(p) Laundry carts and hampers to be cleaned regularly throughout the day while in use.

2. A public accommodation facility shall not advise or incentivize guests to decline daily in-room housekeeping.

3. An employer operating a public accommodation facility shall conspicuously post at each employee entrance and on each bulletin board where the facility regularly posts official communications with employees:

(a) A one-page summary of the standards adopted pursuant to subsection 1; and

(b) A list of key contact persons at public health agencies.

4. An employer operating a public accommodation facility shall make available to employees or their bargaining representative a physical or electronic copy of the standards adopted pursuant to subsection 1 upon request at no cost.

(Added to NRS by 2020, 32nd Special Session, 100)


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