As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
ENFORCING OFFICIAL
The Town Manager or other official designated by him to enforce
this article.
FOOD HANDLER
Includes any person, whether employer or employee, who handles
food or drink during preparation or serving, or who comes in contact
with any eating, drinking or cooking utensil, or who works in a room
in which food or drink is prepared or served.
RETAIL FOOD HANDLING ESTABLISHMENTS
Includes restaurants, hotels, groceries, taverns, box lunch
establishments, bakeries, meat markets, delicatessens, luncheonettes,
caterers, soda fountains, food vending vehicles, and any other place
in which food or drink is prepared or stored for public consumption,
distribution or sale at retail.
No charge shall be made in connection with the application for
or issuance of a food handlers' permit. The Town Clerk shall
issue the permit within three days after the approval of the application.
Permits shall run from July 1 to June 30 and all food handlers
to whom permits have been issued shall make application for renewal
prior to May 15 of the year in which the permit will expire. No permit
shall be renewed until the applicant furnishes satisfactory proof
of attendance at a food handlers' seminar in the six-month period
immediately preceding the renewal permit, unless the applicant can
demonstrate to the satisfaction of the board that he has been unable
to attend for good reason and can demonstrate an awareness of the
rules and regulations governing sanitary food handling.
Any person who applies for a food handler's permit may
request a certificate of application from the Town Clerk showing that
such application has been made. Such certificate shall be valid for
a period of 30 days from the date of issuance and shall entitle the
holder to work as a food handler during such period. Such certificate
may be revoked for cause by the enforcing official.
When suspicion arises as to the possibility of transmission
of infection or disease from any food handler, the enforcing official
shall take any or all of the following measures:
A. The immediate suspension of the food handler's permit pending
further investigation.
B. The examination of the food handler with such laboratory examinations
as may be indicated.
C. Such other measures as the enforcing official may deem necessary
and advisable.