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SUBSTITUTE
HOUSE BILL 1867
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AS
AMENDED BY THE SENATE
Passed
Legislature - 1998 Regular Session
State of Washington 55th
Legislature 1997 Regular Session
By
Read first time 03/03/97.
Revising
provisions for food sanitation and safety.
AN
ACT Relating to food and beverage service worker permits; amending RCW
69.06.010, 69.06.020, 69.06.030, and 69.06.050; adding a new section to chapter
69.06 RCW; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec.
1. RCW
69.06.010 and 1987 c 223 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
It
shall be unlawful for any person to be employed in the handling of unwrapped or
unpackaged food unless he or she shall furnish and place on file with the
person in charge of such establishment, a food and beverage service worker's
permit, as prescribed by the state board of health. Such permit shall be kept
on file by the employer or kept by the employee on his or her person and open
for inspection at all reasonable hours by authorized public health officials.
Such permit shall be returned to the employee upon termination of employment.
Initial permits, including limited duty permits, shall be valid for two
years from the date of issuance. Subsequent renewal permits shall be valid for
((five)) three years from the date of issuance, except an
employee may be granted a renewal permit that is valid for five years from the
date of issuance if the employee demonstrates that he or she has obtained
additional food safety training prior to renewal of the permit. Rules
establishing minimum training requirements must be adopted by the state board
of health and developed by the department of health in conjunction with local
health jurisdictions and representatives of the food service industry.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 2. A
new section is added to chapter 69.06 RCW to read as follows:
The
local health officer may issue a limited duty permit when necessary to
reasonably accommodate a person with a disability. The limited duty permit
must specify the activities that the permit holder may perform, and must
include only activities having low public health risk.
Sec.
3. RCW
69.06.020 and 1987 c 223 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:
The
permit provided in RCW 69.06.010 or section 2 of this act shall be valid
in every city, town and county in the state, for the period for which it is
issued, and no other health certificate shall be required of such employees by
any municipal corporation or political subdivision of the state. The cost of
the permit shall be uniform throughout the state and shall be in that amount
set by the state board of health. The cost of the permit shall reflect actual
costs of food worker training and education, administration of the program, and
testing of applicants. The state board of health shall periodically review the
costs associated with the permit program and adjust the fee accordingly. The
board shall also ensure that the fee is not set at an amount that would
prohibit low-income persons from obtaining permits.
Sec.
4. RCW
69.06.030 and 1957 c 197 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
It
shall be unlawful for any person afflicted with any contagious or infectious
disease that may be transmitted by food or beverage to work in or about
any place where unwrapped or unpackaged food and/or beverage products are
prepared or sold, or offered for sale for human consumption and it shall be
unlawful for any person knowingly to employ a person so afflicted. Nothing
in this section eliminates any authority or requirement to control or suppress
communicable diseases pursuant to chapter 70.05 RCW and RCW 43.20.050(2)(e).
Sec.
5. RCW
69.06.050 and 1957 c 197 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
Individuals
under this chapter ((shall have thirty days from commencement of employment
to secure health permits)) must obtain a food and beverage service
workers' permit within fourteen days from commencement of employment.
Individuals under this chapter may work for up to fourteen calendar days
without a food and beverage service workers' permit, provided that they receive
information or training regarding safe food handling practices from the
employer prior to commencement of employment. Documentation that the
information or training has been provided to the individual must be kept on
file by the employer.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 6.
Section 1 of this act takes effect July 1, 1999.
