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...food establishments and food service operations. The rules shall be compiled as the Ohio uniform food safety code, which shall be used by the licensors of retail food establishments and food service operations in ensuring the safe handling of food in this state. All scientific provisions of the Ohio uniform food safety code that are relevant to both retail food establishments and food service operations shall be adop...

...safety rules concerning food service operations and the epidemiology of foodborne illness. The individuals appointed to these positions shall serve as liaisons between the departments. They shall also serve as the departments' liaisons with other state agencies, boards of health, representatives of retail and other food establishments, representatives of food service operations, and the federal government.

...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 of the foll...

... 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 review the form...

...ts, 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 coordinate t...

...s 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 protection in acco...

... 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 extent pract...

... 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 operations, the b...

...l 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.

...forming routine services in the administration and enforcement of this chapter and the rules adopted under it.

...l 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 of agricul...

...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.

...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 service opera...

...(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...

...shall be submitted before commencing operation in a new licensing period. A licensor may renew a license prior to the first day of March or the first day of operation in a new licensing period, but not before the first day of February immediately preceding the licensing period for which the license is being renewed. If a person or government entity does not file a renewal application with the licensor postmarked on ...

...ovide 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 within the same facility by the ...

...ed shall be used solely for the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and the rules adopted under it applicable to retail food establishments. Any licensing fee charged under this section shall be based on the licensor's costs of regulating retail food establishments, as determined according to the uniform methodologies established under section 3717.07 of the Revised Code. If the licenso...

...(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 ...

... assisting the licensor in the administration of the retail food establishment licensing requirements of this chapter shall not willfully divulge any information that is confidential under this section to any person or government entity other than the licensor or the individual's superior.

...(A) This section applies when the licensor of retail food establishments is a board of health. (B) A board of health may suspend or revoke a retail food establishment license on determining that the license holder is in violation of any requirement of this chapter or the rules adopted under it applicable to retail food establishments, including a violation evidenced by documented failure to maintain sanitary conditi...

...(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...

...ments for purposes of identifying adulteration and misbranding; (C) Records to be generated and maintained by licensed retail food establishments; (D) Appeals of proposed suspensions and revocations of retail food establishment licenses and appeals of suspensions of licenses issued for violations presenting a clear and present danger to the public health; (E) Standards and procedures, including a schedule of fr...