(A) Required. It shall be unlawful for any owner or operator of a food establishment service, food processing establishment or mobile food unit during all hours of operations, to fail to have at least one person on the premises in charge of the operation who has a valid food manager’s permit. This requirement shall not apply to retail food stores, roadside markets that offer only fresh fruits and vegetables for sale, food vending machines or religious or charitable organization’s bake sales.
(B) Issuance.
(1) A food manager’s permit may be issued by any state, municipality, agency or school of instruction whose food manager’s certificate program of certification has been accredited by the state’s Department of Health. The certificate shall provide evidence that the applicant attended and satisfactorily completed a course of instruction. Such course shall include, as a minimum, not less than 15 hours of training, the contents of which cover minimum essential knowledge of safe food handling practices, the biological basis of food borne infection and transmission, the safe preparation, handling and storage of food by all employees found in food service operations. The permit shall be issued and be on a form designed by the regulatory authority and shall remain the property of the regulatory authority to be returned to the regulatory authority if revoked.
(2) A graduate of an institution of higher education who has completed all requirements for an associates or higher degree in hotel and restaurant management may be issued a permit without taking the food manager’s course upon providing satisfactory proof of graduation from an approved school. A dietitian currently registered by the ADA and licensed by the state’s Board of Examiners of Dietitians may be issued a permit without taking the food manager’s course upon providing satisfactory proof of current licensure and registration.
(3) A fee of $15 will be charged for each food manager’s permit issued by the Health Department.
(C) Term. A food manager’s permit shall be valid for a period of five years from the date of course completion certification, unless said permit is sooner revoked by the Health Official. A permit issued to a dietitian shall be valid for three years from the date of issuance.
(D) Revocation. The city’s Health Official may revoke or suspend a food manager’s permit upon a material violation of food service sanitation ordinances, rules or regulations. Notice of revocation of a food manager’s permit shall be by written notice to the permittee, sent or delivered to the address or location of the food establishment or that of the permittee, and after affording the permittee an opportunity for hearing before the City Manager.
(Ord. 2016-06, passed 8-16-2016; Ord. 2017-09, passed 6-14-2017) Penalty, see § 114.99