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...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.

...(A) The following are not retail 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 ...

...(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...

...(A) Each person or government entity seeking a retail food establishment license or the renewal of a license shall apply to the appropriate licensor on a form provided by the licensor. A licensor shall use a form prescribed and furnished to the licensor by the director of agriculture or a form prescribed by the licensor that has been approved by the director. The applicant shall include with the application all info...

...eria specified in the Ohio uniform food safety code. (C) A request to have a retail food establishment license include an endorsement may be submitted with an application for issuance or renewal of a retail food establishment or may be submitted separately. Procedures for making separate requests shall be the same as the license application procedures established under section 3717.23 of the Revised Code. An endors...

...ection shall be deposited into the food safety fund created in section 915.24 of the Revised Code. The director shall use the amounts solely for the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and the rules adopted under it applicable to retail food establishments. (4) When adopting rules regarding the amounts collected under division (C)(1) of this section, the director shall make availab...

...(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...

...(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...

...director of agriculture shall provide enforcement support to assist in the prosecution of a person who is not in compliance with the provisions of this chapter and the rules adopted under it applicable to retail food establishments. Requests shall be made and assistance shall be provided in accordance with rules adopted by the director of agriculture under section 3717.33 of the Revised Code. (C) At the request of ...

...tate treasury to the credit of the food safety fund created in section 915.24 of the Revised Code. The remaining fifty per cent shall be credited to the general fund of the political subdivision in which the case is prosecuted.

...s and to abide by the Ohio uniform food safety code. The rules shall require, as part of a survey, both of the following: (a) The director to evaluate whether an individual registered as an environmental health specialist or an environmental health specialist in training under Chapter 4736. of the Revised Code who is employed by or has contracted with a board of health to enforce this chapter as it relates to reta...

...Except as provided in section 3717.42 of the Revised Code, no person or 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...

...(A) Each person or government entity requesting a food service operation license or the renewal of a license shall apply to the appropriate licensor on a form provided by the licensor. Licensors shall use a form prescribed and furnished to the licensor by the director of health or a form prescribed by the licensor that has been approved by the director. The applicant shall include with the application all informatio...

...eria specified in the Ohio uniform food safety code. (C) A request to have a food service operation license include an endorsement may be submitted with an application for issuance or renewal of a food service operation license or may be submitted separately. Procedures for making separate requests shall be the same as the license application procedures established under section 3717.43 of the Revised Code. An endo...

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

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

...(A) All inspections of food service operations conducted by a licensor under this chapter shall be conducted according to the procedures and schedule of frequency specified in rules adopted under section 3717.51 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 Cod...

...Trade secrets and other forms of information that, under this chapter, are required to be furnished to or are procured by a licensor of food service operations 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, the boar...

...(A) A licensor may suspend or revoke a food service operation license on determining that the license holder is in violation of any requirement of this chapter or the rules adopted under it applicable to food service operations, including a violation evidenced by the documented failure to maintain sanitary conditions within the operation. (B)(1) Except in the case of a violation that presents an immediate danger to ...

... the director of health shall provide enforcement support to assist in the prosecution of a person who is not in compliance with the provisions of this chapter and the rules adopted under it applicable to food service operations. Requests shall be made and assistance shall be provided in accordance with rules adopted by the director of health under section 3717.52 of the Revised Code. (C) At the request of the lice...

...s relevant to the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this chapter applicable to food service operations.