A. Requirements: It shall be unlawful to employ in any premises used for the retail sale of alcoholic liquor any person who is afflicted with, or who is a carrier of, any contagious, infectious or venereal disease; and it shall be unlawful for any person who is afflicted with or is a carrier of any such disease to work in or about any premises or to engage in any way in the handling, preparation or distribution of such liquor, and it shall be unlawful for any person who has not attained twenty one (21) years of age to draw, pour or mix alcoholic liquors in any establishment licensed under this chapter.
For purposes of this section "to sell" shall be defined as the act of allowing customers to acquire alcoholic liquors wherein the employee, contractor or other party or entity acting under authority of the licensee participates directly in the transaction or occurrence wherein the alcoholic liquors are given in exchange for legal tender or other consideration, and shall include such acts whether they be in connection with the sale of package goods of any and all types and kinds or for the sale of alcoholic liquors for consumption on the premises.
B. Training Requirements: Every owner, manager, assistant manager as well as every bartender, agent and employee who dispenses, sells, delivers or serves alcoholic liquor shall provide evidence of successful completion of a beverage alcoholic sellers and servers education training program (BASSET) at a facility approved under the Illinois Compiled Statutes.
C. Supervisory Requirements: Notwithstanding subsection A of this section and subsection 3-2-15A5 of this chapter, a person eighteen (18) years of age and over may serve alcoholic beverages within a Licensed Establishment if said service is in the dining area (but excluding a bar area of the Licensed Premises, regardless of whether food is served in the bar area) of the establishment during times in which meals are being served, in which case persons eighteen (18) years of age and over may serve said beverages in said area. However, if persons eighteen (18) years of age to twenty-one (21) years of age serve said beverages, each such establishment shall have, on duty at all times, supervising personnel not under the age of twenty-one (21) years to make the verification required under section 3-2-15 of this chapter for any person being served by an employee under twenty-one (21) years of age. Such person(s) shall have supervisory authority over, and be responsible for the actions of all such employees eighteen (18) years of age to twenty-one (21) years of age who serve said beverages. (Ord. 2006-02-07E, 2-7-2006; amd. Ord. 2022-1206A, 12-6-2022)