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...ulture and the costs of licensing food service operations in the categories specified by the director of health. In adopting the rules, the director of agriculture and the director of health shall consider any recommendations received from advisory boards or other entities representing the interests of retail food establishments and food service operations. (B) The rules shall include provisions that do all o...

...the case of fees being charged for food service operation licenses. The board shall submit the form to the appropriate director not later than the first day of the fiscal year in which the fees will apply. A form that is mailed to the director shall be considered to have been submitted on its postmark date. (2) On receipt of a form from a board of health, the director of agriculture or director of health shall revi...

...stablishments, representatives of food service operations, and representatives of the academic community, including OSU extension. (B) As part of their promotion of food safety awareness, the director of agriculture and the director of health shall do the following: (1) Develop training programs regarding the Ohio uniform food safety code. The directors may offer the training programs separately but shall c...

...tablishments and as it pertains to food service operations. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the director shall certify individuals in food protection who successfully complete a course of study approved under this section and meet all other certification requirements specified in rules adopted under section 3717.51 of the Revised Code. (B) The director shall issue a certification in food protect...

...rd licenses or proposes to license food service operations, the survey shall be conducted by the director of health. Each board shall be surveyed by each director at least once every three years. Surveys shall be conducted in accordance with rules adopted under sections 3717.33 and 3717.52 of the Revised Code, as applicable. The directors shall schedule and conduct their surveys in a manner that minimizes, to the e...

...r of retail food establishments or food service operations may withdraw from serving as licensor of either or both. Before withdrawing as licensor, the board shall provide written notice of its intent to withdraw. If the withdrawal applies to the licensing of retail food establishments, the board shall provide the notice to the director of agriculture. If the withdrawal applies to the licensing of food service operat...

...valid retail food establishment or food service operation licenses issued by the original board of health shall be treated as though issued by the board of health with jurisdiction over the territory and shall remain valid until scheduled to expire unless earlier suspended or revoked by the board under this chapter.

...sist the licensor by performing routine services in the administration and enforcement of this chapter and the rules adopted under it.

...(1) A retail food establishment or food service operation may allow a person to bring a dog in an outdoor dining area of the establishment or operation in accordance with this section. However, if the dog is a service animal, no establishment or operation shall refuse to allow the dog in the outdoor dining area unless such refusal is authorized under federal and state laws governing service animals. (2) The director...

...Except as provided in section 3717.22 of the Revised Code, no person or government entity shall operate a retail food establishment without a license. A separate license is required for each retail food establishment that a person or government entity operates. No person or government entity shall fail to comply with any other requirement of this chapter applicable to retail food establishments.

...etail food establishments: (1) A food service operation licensed under this chapter, including a food service operation that provides the services of a retail food establishment pursuant to an endorsement issued under section 3717.44 of the Revised Code; (2) An entity exempt under divisions (B)(1) to (9), (11) to (13), or (15) of section 3717.42 of the Revised Code from the requirement to be licensed as a food se...

...(A) Either of the following may register with the director of agriculture: (1) A farm market, which is a location where a producer offers fruits, vegetables, and other items for sale; (2) A farm product auction, which is a location where agricultural products, including food products, are offered for sale at auction. (B) The director shall inspect each farm market and farm product auction that registers under t...

...ety was organized. (3) A person may be granted only one temporary retail food establishment license per licensing period pursuant to division (E)(2) of this section. (F) The licensor may place restrictions or conditions on a retail food establishment license, based on the equipment or facilities of the establishment, limiting the types of food that may be stored, processed, prepared, manufactured, or otherwise held...

...tail food establishment may provide the services of a food service operation within the retail food establishment without obtaining a food service operation license if the person or entity has received from the licensor of retail food establishments an endorsement to provide the services of a food service operation. (B) When the activities of a retail food establishment and a food service operation are carried on wi...

...m retail food establishments or similar services specified in rules adopted under this chapter by the director of agriculture; (3) Attendance at a course of study offered by the licensor in food protection as it pertains to retail food establishments, if the course is approved under section 3717.09 of the Revised Code. (C)(1) The director may determine by rule an amount to be collected from applicants for retail fo...

...(A) A licensor may transfer a retail food establishment license under either of the following circumstances: (1) The sale or disposition of the retail food establishment; (2) The relocation of the retail food establishment. (B) A person or government entity may request to receive a retail food establishment license by transfer. A licensor may transfer a license only on determining that the person or government ent...

...(A) All inspections of retail food establishments conducted by a licensor under this chapter shall be conducted according to the procedures and schedule of frequency specified in rules adopted under section 3717.33 of the Revised Code. An inspection may be performed only by an individual registered as an environmental health specialist or environmental health specialist in training under Chapter 3776. of the Revised ...

...Trade secrets and other forms of information that under this chapter are required to be furnished to or are procured by a licensor of retail food establishments shall be for the exclusive use and information of the licensor in the discharge of the licensor's official duties. The information shall not be open to the public or used in any action or proceeding in any court. If the licensor is a board of health, th...

...ls to correct the violation in the time granted by the board, the board may initiate action to suspend or revoke the retail food establishment license by giving the license holder written notice of the proposed suspension or revocation. The board shall include in the notice a description of the procedure for appealing the proposed suspension or revocation. The license holder may appeal the proposed suspension or revo...

...(A) This section applies when the licensor of retail food establishments is the director of agriculture. (B) The director of agriculture may suspend or revoke a retail food establishment license on determining that a license holder is in violation of the provisions of this chapter or the rules adopted under it pertaining to retail food establishments, including a violation evidenced by documented failure to maintain...

...(A) This section applies when the licensor of retail food establishments is a board of health. As used in this section, "prosecutor" has the same meaning as in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code. (B) At the request of the board of health, the prosecutor with jurisdiction in the area where a person allegedly has violated section 3717.21 of the Revised Code shall commence a criminal prosecution against the person. ...

...(A) This section applies when the licensor of retail food establishments is the director of agriculture. (B) In addition to other remedies provided by law and irrespective of whether an adequate remedy at law exists, the director of agriculture may apply to the court of common pleas for a temporary or permanent injunction or other appropriate relief concerning the violation of a provision of this chapter or the rule...

...Pursuant to section 3717.04 of the Revised Code, the director of agriculture shall adopt rules regarding the following: (A) Licensing categories for retail food establishments and licensing requirements for each category, including appropriate practices for the activities performed by a retail food establishment; (B) Standards for collection of food samples from retail food establishments for purposes of identify...

... government entity shall operate a food service operation without a license. A separate license is required for each food service operation a person or government entity operates. No person or government entity shall fail to comply with any other requirement of this chapter applicable to food service operations.

...(A) The following are not food service operations: (1) A retail food establishment licensed under this chapter, including a retail food establishment that provides the services of a food service operation pursuant to an endorsement issued under section 3717.24 of the Revised Code; (2) An entity exempt from the requirement to be licensed as a retail food establishment under division (B) of section 3717.22 of the...