Renewal of a certificate of food protection practices for certificate holders that operate or manage a restaurant employing five or fewer food handlers. (FE)

What it would have done

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under current law, effective January 1, 2015, no person may conduct, maintain, manage or operate a restaurant unless the operator or at least one manager of the restaurant holds a valid certificate of food protection practices (FPP certificate) issued by the Department of Health Services (DHS) or, in certain cases, a local health department. Under current law, again effective January 1, 2015, DHS may issue an FPP certificate to an individual who satisfactorily completes an approved examination or who has achieved comparable compliance. Certificates are valid for five years, and under current law, a certificate holder may renew the FPP certificate by satisfactorily completing an approved examination.

This bill creates an exception to the examination requirement for renewal of an FPP certificate. If a certificate holder operates or manages a restaurant employing five or fewer food handlers, the certificate holder has the option to renew by satisfactorily completing a recertification training course approved by DHS instead of an approved examination. The bill has a retroactive effective date of January 1, 2015, and provides that DHS must approve renewal applications for those certificate holders operating or managing a restaurant employing five or fewer food handlers that submitted renewal applications after January 1, 2015, and have been denied renewal on the basis that they completed an approved recertification training course instead of an approved examination.

Who's behind it

Paul F. Farrow, a Republican, is its author⁠.

1 more lawmaker signed on in support⁠.

What it would cost

State agencies filed a cost estimate. Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

• Fiscal Estimate From DHS