HB5011 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5011

Introduced , by Rep. Ryan Spain

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

410 ILCS 625/3

from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 333

Amends the Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act. Provides that a food service sanitation manager certificate issued by the Department of Public Health under provisions concerning food service sanitation manager certification before January 1, 2018 is valid until the expiration date stated on the certificate. Effective January 1, 2018.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning health.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:

(410 ILCS 625/3) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 333)

Sec. 3. Each food service establishment shall be under the operational supervision of a certified food service sanitation manager in accordance with rules promulgated under this Act.

By July 1, 1990, the Director of the Department of Public Health in accordance with this Act, shall promulgate rules for the education, examination, and certification of food service establishment managers and instructors of the food service sanitation manager certification education programs. Beginning January 1, 2018, any individual who has completed a minimum of 8 hours of Department-approved training for food service sanitation manager certification, inclusive of the examination, and received a passing score on the examination set by the certification exam provider accredited under standards developed and adopted by the Conference for Food Protection or its successor organization, shall be considered to be a certified food service sanitation manager. Beginning January 1, 2018, any individual who has completed a minimum of 8 hours of Department-approved training for food service sanitation manager instructor certification, inclusive of the examination, and received a passing score on the examination set by the certification exam provider accredited under standards developed and adopted by the Conference for Food Protection or its successor organization, shall be considered to be a certified food service sanitation manager instructor. A food service sanitation manager certificate and a food service sanitation manager instructor certificate issued by the exam provider shall be valid for 5 years and shall not be transferable from the individual to whom it was issued. A food service sanitation manager certificate issued by the Department under this Section before January 1, 2018 is valid until the expiration date stated on the certificate.

For purposes of food service sanitation manager certification, the Department shall accept only training approved by the Department and certification exams accredited under standards developed and adopted by the Conference for Food Protection or its successor.

(Source: P.A. 99-62, eff. 7-16-15; 100-194, eff. 1-1-18.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.