26-15a-106 - Certified food safety manager.
26-15a-106. Certified food safety manager.
(1) Before a person may manage a food service establishment as a certified food safetymanager, that person shall submit documentation in the format prescribed by the department tothe appropriate local health department indicating a passing score on a department-approvedexamination.
(2) To continue to manage a food service establishment, a certified food safety managershall:
(a) successfully complete, every three years, renewal requirements established bydepartment rule which are consistent with original certification requirements; and
(b) submit documentation in the format prescribed by the department within 30 days ofthe completion of renewal requirements to the appropriate local health department.
(3) A local health department may deny, revoke, or suspend the authority of a certifiedfood safety manager to manage a food service establishment or require the completion ofadditional food safety training courses for any one of the following reasons:
(a) submitting information required under Subsection (1) or (2) that is false, incomplete,or misleading;
(b) repeated violations of department or local health department food safety rules; or
(c) operating a food service establishment in a way that causes or creates a health hazardor otherwise threatens the public health, safety, or welfare.
(4) A determination of a local health department made pursuant to Subsection (3) may beappealed by a certified food safety manager in the same manner provided for in Subsection26-15a-104(4).
(5) No person may use the title "certified food safety manager," or any other similar title,unless the person has satisfied the requirements of this chapter.
Amended by Chapter 86, 2000 General Session