A.R.S. tit. 36 ch. 39 — Arizona Revised Statutes Title 36 Chapter 39 — Children'S Camps

36-3901. Definition A. "Children's camp" means any land with permanent buildings, tents or other structures established or maintained as living quarters where both food and lodging or the facilities therefor are provided for minors, operated continuously for a period of five days or more each year for religious, recreational or vacation purposes, and the use of the camp is offered either free of charge or for payment of a fee. B. The term "children's camp" shall not include any camps owned or leased for individual or family use, penal or correctional camps, or places operated solely for the education, care or treatment of children. 36-3902. Application for license; issuance; posting A. The department of health services is authorized and directed to issue licenses for the operation of children's camps: No children's camp shall be operated without first obtaining such a license. B. On or before May 1 annually, every person operating or seeking to operate a children's camp shall make application in writing to the department of health services for a license to conduct a children's camp. The application shall be in such form and shall contain such information as the department of health services finds necessary to determine that the children's camp will be operated and maintained in accordance with the standards prescribed by this chapter. C. Where a person operates or is seeking to operate more than one children's camp, a separate application shall be made, and license obtained, for each camp. D. The license shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the premises occupied by each camp. 36-3903. License fee A. The fee for a children's camp license issued by the department of health services shall be one hundred dollars for the first license and twenty-five dollars for each renewal of the license thereafter. All funds collected from this source shall be deposited, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, in the state general fund. B. A county to which the department of health services has delegated powers and duties pursuant to section 36-3915 may charge and collect a license fee. A county shall not charge a fee in excess of the cost of providing the service for which the fee is charged. The county shall transmit fees collected pursuant to this subsection to the county treasurer. 36-3904. Location Every children's camp shall be located on well-drained ground near an adequate safe water supply. 36-3905. Layout The general layout of a children's camp shall be planned to lessen fire, accident and disease hazards. 36-3906. Water supply A. Every children's camp shall be provided with a water supply of sufficient quantity to provide a minimum of five gallons per person per day to the camp site at a rate of two and one-half times the average hourly demand, and be of a safe sanitary quality, meeting the minimum standards of the department of environmental quality. B. Cross flow or backflow connections with contaminated water supplies or other possible sources of contamination are prohibited. 36-3907. Toilets and disposal systems Every camp shall be provided with privies or with suitable toilets and with disposal systems meeting minimum health requirements of the department of environmental quality. One toilet or one privy shall be provided for every fifteen persons or fraction thereof in the camp population. Privies shall be located at least one hundred twenty-five feet from any source of domestic water and shall at all times be maintained in good repair and in a clean and sanitary condition. 36-3908. Food service permits A children's camp shall obtain a food service permit pursuant to the requirements of title 36. 36-3909. Drainage In every children's camp all kitchen, toilet, bath and other drainage shall be disposed of in such manner as to prevent fly and mosquito breeding and the pollution of any water or food supply. 36-3910. Inspection of camps; revocation of license A. The department of health services shall make an annual inspection of each children's camp and where upon inspection it is found that there is a failure to comply with any of the standards prescribed by this chapter, the department shall give notice to the camp operator of such failure, which notice shall set forth the law violated. B. The camp operator shall have a reasonable time after receiving such notice in which to correct such failure and to comply with the standards prescribed by this chapter. In the event the camp operator fails to comply with the requirements of such notice within a reasonable time the department may suspend or revoke his license. 36-3911. Exemption of contract employees from limitations on hours of labor Any person employed by a children's camp on a written contract basis for a specified term longer than one week shall be exempt from the provisions of section 23-233, relating to daily and weekly hours of labor, except that no child under the age of sixteen years shall be employed for more than forty hours in any one week. 36-3912. Violation; classification Any person who violates any provision of this article is guilty of a petty offense. 36-3913. Exception The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to children's camps which are regulated by an existing ordinance of any city or town. 36-3914. Limitations Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted to limit the powers and duties of the department of health services. 36-3915. Delegation of powers The department of health services may delegate powers and duties provided pursuant to this chapter to a county health department of the county in which the children's camp is located. 36-3916. Use of sunscreen A child who attends a children's camp in this state may possess and use a topical sunscreen product without a note or prescription from a licensed health care professional.