The Health Officer shall not issue any food inspection license
until after ascertaining the sanitary conditions of the places where
the food is produced, handled, or sold; also, the Health Officer is
satisfied with the restaurant inspector's recommendation that the
care and handling of such foods will be in accordance with the provisions
of this chapter and the applicable regulations of the Department.
When it appears to the Health Officer that the operation of the licensed or exempted establishment poses an immediate and imminent threat to public health and safety such that irreparable harm will occur if the establishment is not immediately closed, the Health Officer shall have the power to order the immediate closure of such establishment until such time that the violations causing the immediate and imminent threat to public health and safety have been corrected or the Board of Health determines that the Health Officer erred in closing the establishment by means of the appeal process listed in §
A239-13 of this Code.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
A person who violates any provision of this chapter or any rule,
regulation, standard or order made under this chapter commits a summary
offense and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of
not more than $1,000 or to imprisonment for not more than 90 days,
or both.