Chapter 8.08
REGISTRATION OF FOOD HANDLERS
Sections:
8.08.020 Prohibited employment.
8.08.030 Physical examination and registration.
8.08.050 School registration of food handlers acceptable.
8.08.060 Display of certificates.
8.08.080 Reports concerning employees.
8.08.010 Definitions.
A. “Food” means any substance eaten or drunk for nourishment or refreshment of the body, whether such food is in storage, in process or preparation, or ready to serve.
B. “Operator” means any person, whether the owner or not, engaged in managing or supervising the dispensing of, or the preparation of, food in a public eating place.
C. “Public eating place” means and includes every restaurant, lunchroom, tea room, soda fountain, buffet, grill room, lunch counter, sandwich stand, dining room, coffee shop, public boardinghouse, hotel, club, beer parlor, cocktail lounge, and every other place where food or drinks are prepared to be consumed by the public on the premises, and all kitchens, commissaries and other rooms appurtenant thereto, or connected therewith. All places where sandwiches, lunches, box lunches, and unpackaged foods are prepared or dispensed, or both, for sale or gift to the public shall also be classified as public eating places. (Ord. 224 § 1, 1954).
8.08.020 Prohibited employment.
It is unlawful for any person to work in or be employed in a public eating place without first having obtained a food handler’s certificate of registration or otherwise complied with the provisions of this chapter. (Ord. 224 § 2, 1954).
8.08.030 Physical examination and registration.
It shall be the duty of every person before he is employed in any public eating place, or within 48 hours thereafter, and every operator before he engages in the dispensing or preparation of food in the city to report to the office of the city or county health department nearest his place of employment and to apply for a food handler’s certificate of registration. Such certificates are not transferable. All persons who apply for registration shall either submit satisfactory evidence of a recent physical examination, including blood serology and X-ray of chest by a licensed physician indicating no infection of a communicable disease.
Upon payment of a fee of $2.00, a food handler’s certificate of registration shall be issued, which certificate shall be good for six months from the date of issuance. Such cards are revocable by the city or county health officer whenever the holder becomes infected with a communicable disease. (Ord. 224 § 3, 1954).
8.08.040 Duty of operators.
It shall be the duty of the operator of a public eating place in the city to inform the health office of the city by mail or by other means of communication within 24 hours after the employment of a person who has not obtained a food handler’s certificate of registration from the health officer. It is unlawful for any owner or operator of a public eating place in the city knowingly to continue the employment of any person in excess of 48 hours without obtaining from the employee a food handler’s certificate of registration issued by the city or county health officer. (Ord. 224 § 4, 1954).
8.08.050 School registration of food handlers acceptable.
If the governing body of any school district has provided for the physical examination of any operator in any school cafeteria under its jurisdiction, and in the opinion of the health officer such examination complies with this chapter and is sufficient to protect the patrons of such school cafeteria, the health officer may accept such examination in lieu of the examination provided for in this chapter and on the basis of such examination issue certificates to such operators. (Ord. 224 § 5, 1954).
8.08.060 Display of certificates.
Every owner or operator of a public eating place in the city shall maintain and display on the premises of his establishment the food handler’s certificate of registration issued by the city or county health officer to persons employed therein. The certificate displayed shall at all times remain the property of the registrant. This display shall be subject to inspection by the health officer or his duly authorized representative at all times when the public eating place or any portion thereof is open to the public. (Ord. 224 § 6, 1954).
8.08.070 Loss of certificate.
Any person who has lost his certificate of registration before the expiration date thereof may apply to the office of the city or county health department nearest his place of employment and obtain a copy upon the payment of a fee of $0.50, such copy to expire on the same date as the original certificate of registration issued. (Ord. 224 § 7, 1954).
8.08.080 Reports concerning employees.
It shall be the duty of the operator of all public eating places in the city to report as soon as possible to the health officer any illness of a communicable nature of any employee of the establishment. (Ord. 224 § 8, 1954).