For purposes of this section, SERVER shall mean any person employed or working in any capacity, whether as an employee, voluntary helper, or working proprietor, and any premises licensed to sell alcoholic beverages or where alcoholic beverages are sold and dispensed by the drink or where malt beverages are sold for consumption on the premises, and shall include any person whose job duties include the sale, dispensing or service of alcoholic beverages or management of the licensed premises.
(A) No person shall be employed by a licensed premises in the selling and serving of alcoholic beverages as a server unless the server has successfully participated in and completed the STAR Training Program through the State of Kentucky Alcoholic Beverage Control.
(B) All persons required to complete training under division (A) above, shall complete the training within 60 days of the date on which the person first becomes subject to the training requirement. All persons completing the training required of this section shall be re-certified in STAR training not less than once every 3 years. Servers successfully completing the training shall receive a server certificate from the server training program.
(C) No licensed premises in which alcoholic beverages are sold by the drink or malt beverages that are sold for consumption on the premises shall allow any server who has been employed over 60 days to sell, dispense or serve any alcoholic beverages or malt beverage or to manage any licensed premises unless the server is the holder of a current server certification. Each such licensed premises shall maintain a file at the licensed premises for each employee or server for whom training is required. The file shall contain the name, job description, date of employment and proof of certification of each server regulated by this section. This information shall be made available at any reasonable time to any Alcoholic Beverage Control officer, administrator or police officer.
(D) Any person working at a special event for which a temporary alcoholic beverage license has been approved shall not be required to comply with this section.
(Ord. 2012-001, passed 2-6-2012) Penalty, see § 114.99