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.
A person who violates any provision of this chapter or any rule,
regulation, standard or order made under this chapter commits a summary
offense for the first or second offense and shall be subject to a
fine not less than $100 but not more than $500. 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 shall
be subject to a fine of $1,000 if the violation is a third or subsequent
offense and if the violation occurs within two years of the date of
any previous offense.