§81.15. Food protection course.
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- Food protection certificate required. No person who is charged with the management or
- Certificate available for inspection. Such certificate shall be available for inspection at all
- Courses to be provided or approved by the Department. The Department may conduct such
- Additional food protection certificate holders; retaking courses. In addition to the manager or
- Photographs required. Two (2) full-face photographs shall be taken by the Department when
supervision of the operations of a food service establishment or non-retail food processing
establishment shall engage or be employed in such capacity unless he or she obtains a certificate
issued by the Department subsequent to successful completion of a course in food protection, and
passage of an examination administered by the Department. No person required to have a license
issued pursuant to §89.03(b) of this Code shall be issued such license unless he or she obtains
such a certificate. A person holding such certificate shall be on the premises and shall supervise
all food preparation activities during all hours of operation.
times by the Department.
food protection courses, or any part thereof, or approve courses conducted by others. Persons
electing to enroll in such courses conducted by the Department may be charged a reasonable fee
to defray all or part of the costs incurred by the Department for course registration, materials,
training, testing and certificate issuance. Persons who supervise food service operations for a
religious, fraternal or charitable organization that is open to the public for the purpose of
providing food to the needy, free of charge will not be charged a fee for a food protection course
conducted by the Department.
supervisor of food operations, the Department may require the permittee, any persons supervising
one or more specific food operations or the current holder of a food protection certificate in any
food service establishment to complete a course when the Department finds imminent health
hazards, or a food borne illness outbreak implicates food prepared or processed under the
supervision of such person, or when the Department determines that such a course is necessary to
acquaint a supervisor with current developments in food protection principles, or when otherwise
deemed necessary by the Department for the protection of the public.
an applicant registers for such course or applies for such certificate. One photograph shall be
affixed to the certificate of completion and the other maintained in the records of the Department.