All persons who sell or serve alcoholic beverages, anyone serving
in a supervisory capacity over those who sell or serve alcoholic beverages,
anyone whose job description entails the checking of identification
for the purchase of alcoholic beverages and valet parking staff shall
receive alcohol server training as set forth herein.
Any eligible employee of a licensee shall be required to complete
certified alcohol server training as defined herein within 60 days
of the commencement of his or her employment and must attain a minimum
score of 75%.
As a condition of license renewal, and as part of the license renewal application, each licensee must submit to the Town Clerk information verifying that all persons described in Subsection A(1) hereof and employed by the licensee for more than 60 days in the past year have completed a certified alcohol server training program as defined herein within the last three years.
All persons who have completed certified alcohol server training
as required herein must have their valid server permits on the premises
when engaged in the sale or service of alcoholic beverages.
Individuals who have been issued a server permit in another jurisdiction
by an approved Rhode Island alcohol server training program shall
be determined to be in compliance with this article, subject to the
three-year limitation contained herein.
Only alcohol server training programs that meet the criteria determined
by the Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities
and Hospitals may be eligible for certification by the Department
of Business Regulation. The Smithfield Substance Abuse Prevention
Coalition shall maintain a list of certified alcohol training programs
which meet said criteria.
Any server who violates or fails to comply with any provision of
this article relating to servers of alcoholic beverages shall be subject
to the following sanctions:
Failure to have a valid server permit on the person of an individual
required to be certified hereunder shall not constitute a violation,
provided proof of a valid permit is provided within 10 days of the
request therefor.