Section R70-630-3 - DefinitionsFor the purpose of this rule, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings indicated:
(1) "Approved" means a water vending machine, drinking water source, backflow prevention device or other devices or services that meets the minimum standards of this rule. Approved does not imply satisfactory performance for a specific period of time. Approval, when required, shall be in writing based upon departmental review of data submitted by the water vending industry, manufacturers, operators, owners or managers.(2) "Approved material" means materials approved by the department as being free of substances which may render the water injurious to health or which may adversely affect the flavor, color, odor, radiological, microbial, or chemical quality of the water.(3) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture and Food, Division of Regulatory Services, or its representative.(4) "Nontoxic" means free of substances which may render the water injurious to health or may adversely affect the flavor, color, odor, chemical or microbial quality of the water.(5) "Person" means any individual, partnership, firm, company, corporation, trustee, association, public body, or private entity engaged in the water vending business.(6) "Potable water" means water satisfactory for drinking, culinary, and domestic purposes, meeting the quality standards of rule R309-103, under the Department of Environmental Quality, the Division of Drinking Water.(7) "Purified water" means water produced by distillation, deionization, reverse osmosis, or other method of equal effectiveness that meets the requirements for purified water as described in the 21st Edition of the United States Pharmacopoeia issued by Mack Publishing, Easton, Penn. 18042.(8) "Sanitize" means the effective bactericidal treatment of clean surfaces of equipment, utensils, and containers by a process that provides enough accumulative heat or concentration of chemicals for sufficient time to reduce the bacterial count, including pathogens, to a safe level.(9) "Sanitizing solution" means Aqueous solutions described by 21 CFR 178.1010, 2004, for the purpose of sanitizing food or water contact surfaces.(10) "Vended water" means water that is dispensed by a water vending machine or retail water facility for drinking, culinary, or other purposes involving a likelihood of the water being ingested by humans. Vended water does not include water from a public water system which has not undergone additional treatment as indicated in R70-630-5(4).(11) "Vending machine" means any self-service device which upon insertion of a coin, coins, paper currency, token, card, or receipt of payment by other means dispenses unit servings of food, either in bulk or in packages without the necessity of replenishing the device between each vending operation.(12) "Water vending machine" means a vending machine connected to water designed to dispense drinking water, purified and/or other water products. Such machines shall be designed to reduce or remove turbidity, off-taste, odors, to provide disinfectant treatment, and may include processes for dissolved solid reduction or removal.(13) "Water vending machine operator" means any person who owns, leases, manages, or is otherwise responsible for the operation of a water vending machine.Utah Admin. Code R70-630-3