Building Hygiene Act

This is the site of Health Sanitation Division, Health and Safety Department, Yokohama City Public Health Center. We provide information on the hygiene of buildings.
Please contact Health and Welfare Center Health Sanitation Division, the ward where the facility is located.

Maintenance and management of specific buildings related to COVID-19 infection

As for COVID-19 infection, from May 8, 2023, the legal position regarding the prevention of infectious diseases and medical care for patients with infectious diseases was changed to Class 5 infectious diseases, the same as seasonal influenza. As a result, infection control measures in specific buildings will be implemented at the discretion of the business operator.
Basic approach to infection control after a change in the position of COVID-19 infection under the Infectious Diseases Control Law (special site of the Cabinet Secretariat COVID-19 infection Promotion Office) (external site)

About re-inspection of air conditioning equipment in specific buildings

In view of the fact that ventilation is continuing to be effective as a basic infection control measure based on the characteristics of COVID-19, please re-examine the air conditioning equipment as follows.
１．The owner of the specific building maintenance management right seeks the opinion of the building environmental hygiene management engineer regarding the results of the most recent air environment measurement based on Article 3-2, Item 3 of the Enforcement Regulations on Securing a Hygiene Environment in Buildings Please give me.
As a result of 2.1, if there is an opinion from a building environmental hygiene management engineer regarding the maintenance of a specific building, the owner of the specific building maintenance management respects the opinion and maintains and manages air conditioning equipment, etc. In accordance with technical standards (outside site) pertaining to cleaning, etc., building environmental hygiene maintenance and management guidelines (outside site) and maintenance manuals (outside site) for buildings, etc. Please carry out appropriately.

Information on maintenance and management of specific buildings

About notification of use start of specific building
Specific Building Environmental Sanitation Management Standards
About examination of health director at the time of building confirmation
Forms of Various Notifications　
- Use of specific building (applicable) registration form [PDF (PDF: 253KB)] [WORD (word: 40KB)]
  - Manual of notice of use start of specific building [PDF (PDF: 913KB)]
- Specific building report matter change registration form [PDF (PDF: 139KB)] [WORD (word: 23KB)]
- Non-specific building registration form [PDF (PDF: 117KB)] [WORD (word: 23KB)]
- Specific building maintenance owners registration form [PDF (PDF: 124KB)] [WORD (word: 23KB)]
- Specific building annual management plan [PDF (PDF: 269KB)] [WORD (word: 34KB)]
  - Guide for entry of specific building annual management plan [PDF (PDF: 269KB)]
- Specific building annual management conduct report [PDF (PDF: 279KB)] [WORD (word: 35KB)]
  - Guide of specific building annual management conduct report [PDF (PDF: 117KB)]
- Example of maintenance style
  - Style example for specific building facility management [PDF (PDF: 664KB)]

A document (concurrent confirmation) form that describes the results of the confirmation pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (2) of the Ministerial Ordinance

Example 1 (different owners, etc.) When appointing a building management engineer who has already been appointed in another building	[WORD (word: 25KB)] (Entry example of example 1 [PDF (PDF: 197KB)])
Example 2 When the appointed building management engineer concurrently posts another building (different owners, etc.)	[WORD (word: 25KB)] (Entry example of Example 2 [PDF (PDF: 197KB)])
Example 3 When the owner, etc. concurrently works in the same building	[WORD (word: 25KB)] (Entry example of Example 3 [PDF (PDF: 194KB)])

Questions and Answers on the Appointment of Building Environmental Sanitation Management Engineers (Q & A) (PDF: 1,070KB)

Submission of annual management plans and implementation reports for specific buildings can now be made by electronic application.

About specific building annual management plan and annual management execution report requesting presentation to city specific building owners, we use "Yokohama-shi electronic application, report system" from April 3, 2023 You will be able to report to the facility location ward Health Sanitation Division. (User registration is required to use the service.)

【 To all of specific building owners (electronic application, report system guidance handbill) (PDF: 502KB)】

Link of Yokohama-shi electronic application, report system
This (report about annual management plans of specific buildings based on the making guidelines such as Yokohama-shi specific building annual management plans) (outside site)

Information on business registration based on the Building Sanitation Law

To Registered Businesses
About handling of worker training such as building cleaning business in Yokohama-shi
Forms of Various Notifications
- Registration application (No. 8 style) [PDF (PDF: 170KB)] [WORD (word: 20KB)]
- Attachments 1-11 [PDF (PDF: 216KB)] [WORD (word: 22KB)]
- Attachment 13-14 [PDF (PDF: 112KB)] [WORD (word: 16KB)]
  - Example of attached documents [PDF (PDF: 422KB)]
- Notification of change such as registered trader names (No. 10 style) [PDF (PDF: 186KB)] [WORD (word: 22KB)]
- Notification of business abolition (the eleventh style) [PDF (PDF: 178KB)] [WORD (word: 21KB)]
- Registration certificate re-grant application (nineth style) [PDF (PDF: 132KB)] [WORD (word: 22KB)]
List of building business registration offices (as of April 1, 2024) [PDF (PDF: 504KB)] [EXCEL (Excel: 56KB)]

Information on measures to prevent legionellosis

Information on measures to prevent legionellosis has been moved to the homepage of "Prevention of Legionellosis".
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