(A) All persons involved in the serving of alcoholic beverages by the drink shall participate in and complete a responsible beverage service training program similar to the criteria of the commonwealth’s S.T.A.R. Training Program. A responsible beverage service program shall effectively train its participants in the identification of valid and fake identification, reducing illegal alcohol sales to minors, reducing sales to persons who are already intoxicated, promoting responsible consumption, provide information to sellers and servers to protect themselves from third-party liability lawsuits and educating licensees and servers about Kentucky liquor laws. Any similar training program shall be subject to review by the City ABC Administrator to determine the completeness of the training. It shall be the sole determination of the City ABC Administrator whether said program meets the intent of this subchapter.
(B) All persons required to complete training under division (A) above shall complete that training within 30 days of the date on which the person first becomes subject to the training requirement. When a new business is licensed to serve alcoholic beverages, all employees must be trained prior to the opening of the business. All persons completing the training required by this section shall be re-certified through a responsible alcoholic beverage service training program not less than once every three years thereafter.
(C) The owner of any license serving alcoholic beverages shall be responsible for compliance with the training requirements and shall maintain for inspection by the City ABC Administrator a record or file on each employee that shall contain the name, job title, date of employment and proof of certification of each seller or server regulated by this section. This information shall be available at any reasonable time to any alcoholic beverage control officer or any police officer.
(D) Responsible training records for each employee/server shall be provided at time of application for license and each year at the time of license renewal to receive the local license.
(Ord. 34-2022, passed 11-7-2022)