Current Environmental Health Services Operations
Author: Environmental Health Services Staff
Date:
7/8/2020 12:11:59 PM
Operational Changes and COVID-19 Guidelines and Information
Please visit the ReadySLO Guidance for Safe Operations page or the state's Blueprint for a Safer Economy page for the latest information and guidance on reopening restaurants, public swimming pools and body art facilities, as well as future reopening plans for water parks.
Effective March 3rd, 2021:
California has a Blueprint for a Safer Economy for reducing COVID-19 in the state with revised criteria for loosening and tightening restrictions on activities. As of March 3rd, 2021, the County of San Luis Obispo is in the Substantial (Tier 2- Red) county risk level of the color-tiered framework. Please visit the ReadySLO Guidance for Safe Operations page or the Blueprint for a Safer Economy page for information on the modifications.
- Restaurants may open indoors with modifications with a maximum of 25% capacity or 100 people, whichever is fewer.
- Tents can be used for outdoor dining, but only if they have a top and at least three sides that are open-air.
- Bars, brew pubs, breweries and pubs must close all operations both indoors and outdoors unless they have outdoor food service in compliance with the California Retail Food Code and alcohol sales are made in the same transaction as a meal.
- Body art facilities can open indoor with modifications during any Tier.
- Outdoor public swimming pools are allowed to remain open with modifications.
- Outdoor hot tubs/spas can open only for use by household groups or in cases where six feet of distancing can be maintained.
- Indoor pools, indoor hot tubs/spas, saunas and steam rooms are required to continue to suspend operations, except for infant drowning rescue courses.
- Water parks, both indoor and outdoor, remain closed.
- Currently, while SLO County is in the Red Tier of the State’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy, live community events are not allowed.
For general COVID-19 information, please visit ReadySLO or call (805) 543-2444.
To file a COVID-19 related complaint, please call (805) 788-2222.
Reopening Procedures Guidance Videos
COVID-19 Supplemental Guidance Documents
Ready to Reopen Toolkit
Face Covering Signage English
Face Covering Signage Spanish
Model On-Site Dining Signage for Food Facilities
Model Social Distancing Signage for Grocery Stores
Model Social Distancing Signage for Hazmat Facilities
Ready to Reopen Toolkit
General Cleaning and Disinfection
Disinfection Guidance (English)
Disinfection Guidance (Spanish)
Do Not Mix These Cleaning Products
Workplace Guidance for Worker Positive for COVID-19
Workplace Guidance for Worker Positive for COVID-19
Food Safety
For reopening procedures and to refer to state guidelines for modified conditions to operate, please visit ReadySLO's Guidance for Safe Operations page or the state's Blueprint for a Safer Economy page.
Supplemental Guidelines
Guidance for Restaurants, Bars, and Wineries
Retail Food Facilities Guidance Planning Checklist English
Retail Food Facilities Guidance Planning Checklist Spanish
Guidance for Food Facilities InfoGraphic English
Guidance for Food Facilities InfoGraphic Spanish
Outdoor Dining Consideration Points
Guidance for Food Delivery and Pickup
Certified Farmers' Markets
For reopening procedures and to refer to state guidelines for modified conditions to operate, please visit ReadySLO's Guidance for Safe Operations page or the state's Blueprint for a Safer Economy page.
Supplemental Guidelines
Guidance for Certified Farmers' Markets InfoGraphic English
Guidance for Certified Farmers' Markets InfoGraphic Spanish
Community Events with Temporary Food Facilities
Currently, while SLO County is in the Red Tier of the State’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy, live community events are not allowed. Please monitor the County’s COVID-19 website at ReadySLO to identify when Community Events, such as street fairs, can complete the process of approval to operate. COVID-19 modification procedures for Community Events will be posted on ReadySLO once they are made available by the California Department of Public Health. Please also consult with other relevant permitting agencies before planning for your event. Environmental Health Services only permits food operations at these events. Please feel free to contact Environmental Health Services at 805-781-5544 regarding questions about interim application processing for all food-related programs.
Supplemental Guidelines
County of San Luis Obispo main COVID-19 public information source at ReadySLO
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
California Department of Public Health
Hazardous Materials
For reopening procedures and to refer to state guidelines for modified conditions to operate, please visit ReadySLO's Guidance for Safe Operations page or the state's Blueprint for a Safer Economy page.
Supplemental Guidelines
Guidance for Hazmat Facilities InfoGraphic English
Guidance for Hazmat Facilities InfoGraphic Spanish
Body Art Facilities
For reopening procedures and to refer to state guidelines for modified conditions to operate, please visit ReadySLO's Guidance for Safe Operations page or the state's Blueprint for a Safer Economy page.
Supplemental Guidelines
Expanded Personal Care Services
Body Ar Facilities InfoGraphic English
Body Art Facilities InfoGraphic Spanish
Body Art Guidance Planning Checklist English
Body Art Guidance Planning Checklist Spanish
Body Art Sample Cleaning Log
Public Swimming Pools and Public Spa Pools
For reopening procedures and to refer to state guidelines for modified conditions to operate, please visit ReadySLO's Guidance for Safe Operations page or Blueprint for a Safer Economy page.
• Campgrounds / RV Parks
• Outdoor Recreation (including apartments and HOAs)
• Fitness Centers / Gyms • Hotels
Supplemental Guidelines
Public Swimming Pool InfoGraphic English
Public Swimming Pool InfoGraphic Spanish
Public Swimming Pool Reopening Procedures Checklist English
Public Swimming Pool Reopening Procedures Checklist Spanish