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.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
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| 6 | (410 ILCS 625/3) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 333)
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| 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.
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| 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
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| 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.
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| 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
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| 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
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| 10 | this Section shall be deposited into the Food and Drug Safety | ||||||
| 11 | Fund.
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| 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.
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| 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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