103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5763

 

Introduced 3/6/2024, by Rep. Blaine Wilhour

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
410 ILCS 625/3  from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 333

    Amends the Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act. In provisions requiring each food service establishment to be under the operational supervision of a certified food service sanitation manager in accordance with rules adopted under the Act, provides that "operational supervision" means oversight of a food service establishment by a food service sanitation manager with or without the physical presence of the food service sanitation manager at the food service establishment.


LRB103 39742 AWJ 70226 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB5763LRB103 39742 AWJ 70226 b

1    AN ACT concerning health.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act is
5amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
 
6    (410 ILCS 625/3)  (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 333)
7    Sec. 3. Each food service establishment shall be under the
8operational supervision of a certified food service sanitation
9manager in accordance with rules adopted promulgated under
10this Act. As used in this paragraph, "operational supervision"
11means oversight of a food service establishment by a food
12service sanitation manager with or without the physical
13presence of the food service sanitation manager at the food
14service establishment.
15    By July 1, 1990, the Director of the Department of Public
16Health in accordance with this Act, shall promulgate rules for
17the education, examination, and certification of food service
18establishment managers and instructors of the food service
19sanitation manager certification education programs. Beginning
20January 1, 2018, any individual who has completed a minimum of
218 hours of Department-approved training for food service
22sanitation manager certification, inclusive of the
23examination, and received a passing score on the examination

 

 

HB5763- 2 -LRB103 39742 AWJ 70226 b

1set by the certification exam provider accredited under
2standards developed and adopted by the Conference for Food
3Protection or its successor organization, shall be considered
4to be a certified food service sanitation manager. Beginning
5January 1, 2018, any individual who has completed a minimum of
68 hours of Department-approved training for food service
7sanitation manager instructor certification, inclusive of the
8examination, and received a passing score on the examination
9set by the certification exam provider accredited under
10standards developed and adopted by the Conference for Food
11Protection or its successor organization, shall be considered
12to be a certified food service sanitation manager instructor.
13A food service sanitation manager certificate and a food
14service sanitation manager instructor certificate issued by
15the exam provider shall be valid for 5 years and shall not be
16transferable from the individual to whom it was issued. A food
17service sanitation manager certificate issued by the
18Department under this Section before January 1, 2018 is valid
19until the expiration date stated on the certificate.
20    For purposes of food service sanitation manager
21certification, the Department shall accept only training
22approved by the Department and certification exams accredited
23under standards developed and adopted by the Conference for
24Food Protection or its successor.
25(Source: P.A. 99-62, eff. 7-16-15; 100-194, eff. 1-1-18;
26100-954, eff. 8-19-18.)