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On Monday, June 15, 2020, in response to Gov. Ralph DLG Torres\u2019s latest amendment to the CNMI COVID-19 Emergency Directives, the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp.\u2019s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention has transitioned from operating under Community Vulnerability Level Yellow to Community Vulnerability Level Blue, which allows restaurants and bars to serve dine-in customers at 50% of originally permitted occupancy limit in accordance with supplemental regulatory guidance from the CHCC.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The CHCC-EHDP, formerly known as the CHCC-Bureau of Environmental Health, regulates food handlers and sanitation permitting, among other responsibilities, and sets forth rules for restaurants operating at Level Blue, and has begun on-site visits to restaurants to issue certifications of compliance for dine-in services.<\/p>\n
Restaurants and bars during all community vulnerability levels must adhere to the following:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2022 Temperature screening of all employees and patrons prior to entering the establishment for dine-in services.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2022 Enforce hand washing, covering coughs and sneezes, and use of face coverings by employees when near other employees and customers.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Ensure adequate supplies to support healthy hand hygiene practices for both employees and customers.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Provide physical guides, such as tape on floors or sidewalks to ensure that customers remain at least 6 feet apart in queues or ask customers to wait in their cars or away from the establishment while waiting to pick up food.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Post signs on how to stop the spread of COVID-19, how to properly wash hands, provide notice that no one with symptoms will be permitted inside, and how to properly wear a face covering. Sample signage is available for download at\u00a0https:\/\/www.chcc.gov.mp\/coronavirusinformation.php<\/p>\n
\u2022 Post \u201cone-way\u201d flow signs for entrance and \u201cone-way\u201d flow signs for exit to maintain crowd control.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Wash, rinse, and sanitize all surfaces that come in contact with food after each use.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Send employees with symptoms home.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2022 Discontinue preset tables\u2014condiments, utensils, and tableware must be removed from table.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Ensure that all staff complete online ServSafe trainings specific to COVID-19 transmission reduction within one week of offering services.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Restaurants\/bars which offer dine-in services during Level Blue must adhere to the following additional rules:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Limit occupancy to 50% of their originally permitted occupancy limit.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Maintain records of one point of contact for each party for contact tracing purposes.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Limit parties dining in together to no more than six people at restaurants and two people at bars.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2022 All parties must remain at least 6 feet apart and are encouraged to use outdoor seating whenever possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2022 Do not offer self-service food or drinks, such as buffet-style dining or beverage refill stations.<\/p>\n
Restaurant\/bar owners can request an inspection for compliance certification online at the CHCC\u2019s COVID-19 page at\u00a0chcc.gov.mp or can call the CHCC Environmental Health and Disease Prevention at 664-4870\/2\/3 between 7:30am and 4:30pm, Monday through Friday.<\/p>\n
Restaurant\/bar patrons should look for posted certification of compliance with level blue requirements.\u00a0Valid certificates of compliance are signed by CHCC-EHDP inspectors and include the restaurant\u2019s sanitation permit number for reference. If you believe a restaurant is operating out of compliance with the rules, you may contact 664-4677 to alert regulators. The CHCC EHDP may order an establishment to close if it is found to be non-compliant.<\/p>\n
Restaurant patrons should plan to make reservations for dine-in service, limit parties to six people, and respect a 6-foot distance from other parties dining in. The CHCC recommends that restaurant patrons choose outdoor seating if it is available, and see if the restaurant will accept food orders ahead of time to reduce your wait time.<\/p>\n
A listing of restaurants open for dine-in service will be updated daily at the CHCC\u2019s COVID-19 page of\u00a0its website\u00a0chcc.gov.mp. (PR)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Monday, June 15, 2020, in response to Gov. Ralph DLG Torres\u2019s latest amendment to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":324828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-324933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}