Bill Text: IL SB3377 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Engrossed


Bill Title: Amends the Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act. Deletes language concerning food service sanitation manager recertification. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2011, any individual seeking initial food service sanitation manager certification shall be required to pass the certification examination provided by the Department of Public Health. Provides that an individual seeking initial certification who fails to pass the certification examination shall be required to complete the educational requirements established by the Department before retaking the examination. Provides that an individual who has a current certification from another state where that state required the individual to pass a certification examination shall be issued a food service sanitation manager certification upon application and payment of the corresponding fee.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-05-28 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [SB3377 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB3377-Engrossed.html



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1 AN ACT concerning public health.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act is
5 amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
6 (410 ILCS 625/3) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 333)
7 Sec. 3. Food service sanitation manager.
8 (a) Each food service establishment shall be under the
9 operational supervision of a certified food service sanitation
10 manager in accordance with rules promulgated under this Act.
11 (b) By July 1, 1990, the Director of the Department of
12 Public Health in accordance with this Act, shall promulgate
13 rules for the education, examination, and certification of food
14 service establishment managers and instructors of the food
15 service sanitation manager certification education programs. A
16 food service sanitation manager certificate and a food service
17 sanitation manager instructor certificate shall be valid for 5
18 years, unless revoked by the Department of Public Health, and
19 shall not be transferable from the individual to whom it was
20 issued. Recertification shall be accomplished by presenting
21 evidence of ongoing food safety and food sanitation education
22 or re-examination, in compliance with rules promulgated by the
23 Director. Existing certificates shall expire on the printed

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1 expiration date or 5 years from the effective date of this
2 amendatory Act of 1989.
3 Any individual may elect to take the Department of Public
4 Health food service sanitation manager certification
5 examination or take an accredited certification examination
6 administered by a testing authority previously approved by the
7 Department. The Department shall charge a fee of $35 for each
8 new and renewed food service sanitation manager certificate and
9 $10 for each replacement certificate. All fees collected under
10 this Section shall be deposited into the Food and Drug Safety
11 Fund.
12 Any fee received by the Department under this Section that
13 is submitted for the renewal of an expired food service
14 sanitation manager certificate may be returned by the Director
15 after recording the receipt of the fee and the reason for its
16 return.
17 (c) Beginning July 1, 2011, any individual seeking initial
18 certification shall be required to complete a minimum of 7
19 hours of certification training approved by the Department and
20 successfully pass a certification examination pursuant to
21 subsection (b) of this Section.
22 (d) Beginning July 1, 2011, any individual who has a
23 current valid food service sanitation manager certification
24 from another state where that state required the individual to
25 successfully pass a food service sanitation manager accredited
26 certification examination in order to obtain the certification

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1 shall be issued an Illinois food service sanitation manager
2 certification upon proof of residency in the state where
3 certification was issued, application, and payment of the fee
4 established in subsection (b) of this Section.
5 (e) For the purposes of this Section:
6 "Accredited certification examination" means a food
7 protection certification examination that meets the
8 criteria established by the Conference for Food
9 Protection, or its successor, as determined by an
10 accrediting organization.
11 "Accrediting organization" means an independent
12 organization, such as the American National Standards
13 Institute, that determines whether a food protection
14 certification examination meets the standards established
15 by the Conference for Food Protection or its successor.
16 (Source: P.A. 89-641, eff. 8-9-96.)
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