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.

Regarding COVID-19 infections, from May 8, 2023, the legal position regarding the prevention of infectious diseases and medical care for patients with infectious diseases has been 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.
About the concept of basic infection control after changing the position of COVID-19 infection under the Infectious Diseases Control Law (Cabinet Secretariat New Coronavirus Infectious Disease Control Promotion Office special site) (outside site)

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.

• 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　
  • Start of use of specified buildings (applicable) registration formPDF（PDF：253KB）][WORD (word: 40KB)]
    • Manual of the notification of the start of use of specific buildings [PDF（PDF：913KB）]
  • Change of specified building notification items registration formPDF（PDF：139KB）][WORD (word: 23KB)]
  • Non-specified buildings registration formPDF（PDF：117KB）][WORD (word: 23KB)]
  • Right holder of specific building maintenance, etc. registration formPDF（PDF：124KB）][WORD (word: 23KB)]
  • Specific building annual management plan [PDF（PDF：269KB）][WORD (word: 34KB)]
    • Guidance of entry of specific building annual management plan [PDF（PDF：269KB）]
  • Specific building annual management implementation report [PDF（PDF：279KB）][WORD (word: 35KB)]
    • Guide to Specific Building Annual Management Implementation Report [PDF（PDF：117KB）]
  • Example of maintenance style
    • Style example for specific building facility management [PDF（PDF：664KB）]

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

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)

• 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 to 11 [PDF（PDF：216KB）][WORD (word: 22KB)]
  • Attachments 13-14 [PDF（PDF：112KB）][WORD (word: 16KB)]
    • Example of attached documents description [PDF（PDF：422KB）]
  • Notification of change of registered trader name (No. 10 style) [PDF（PDF：186KB）][WORD (word: 22KB)]
  • Notification of abolition of business (No. 11 style) [PDF（PDF：178KB）][WORD (word: 21KB)]
  • Registration certificate re-grant application (No. 9 style) [PDF（PDF：132KB）][WORD (word: 22KB)]
• List of registered offices for building business (as of April 1, 2024)PDF（PDF：504KB）][EXCEL (Excel: 56KB)]

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