A food handler's certificate shall be obtained from the
Department of Health upon proof of successful completion of a course
of instruction in health education, sanitation, personal hygiene,
food poisoning, dishwashing procedures, insects, rodents and other
related matters.
All food handlers are required to attend a food handler's
course of instruction within three months of employment. Any person
who fails to successfully complete the course for any reason shall
reapply for the next scheduled food handler's course in the municipality,
in the county or in any other municipality offering certification.
Any person engaged or employed in the business of preparing,
selling or processing exposed food and having successfully completed
a course of instruction in food handling is required to re-attend
a food handler's course of instruction within a period of five
years after the satisfactory completion of a course.
Any food establishment in the business of preparing, selling
or processing exposed food which fails the health inspection two consecutive
times within a period of one year shall require the managers and supervisors
of each department (if applicable) to attend a twenty-hour food manager's
certification course.
In the event that, pursuant to §
29-68, all managers or supervisors of the business fail to attend a food manager's course within three months of notification by the Department of Health, the Department of Health shall cite the establishment and conduct a hearing, the subject of which shall be revocation of the establishment's license to operate.