health code Meaning of "health code"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) set of standards established and enforced by government for health requirements as in plumbing etc

Usage(s):

  1. No dogagainst the city's health code, repeated the maitre d'.
  2. New York's health code requires each laboratory to hire a licensed physician or an experienced technician as its director.
  3. To meet the challenge, New York has adopted what is probably the most advanced mental-health code in the country.
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