ORD CC 01/23/79 - Food-Food Establishments•
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ORDINANCE NO. tr ( - 1
An ordinance amending Chapter 8A of the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Huntsville, Texas, Food and Food Establishments, by
adding Sec. 8A -68, requiring an individual desiring to work in an
establishment as a food handler to obtain a food handler identification
card within 30 days from the date of his employment.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Huntsville,
Texas, that Chapter 8A of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Huntsville be amended by adding the following Sec. 8A -68:
Section 8A -68 Food handler identification card.
(A) An individual desiring to work in an establishment as a
food handler must obtain a food handler identification card from the
health authority within thirty (30) days from the date of his employ-
ment.
(B) To obtain a food handler identification card, an individual
must apply on a form furnished by the health authority and as apart of
the application must:
(i)State his name, address, sex and age; and
(2)Provide a recent photograph of himself; and
(3)Request that he be admitted into a food handlers' course
taught under the direction of the health authority; and
(4)For the food handlers' identification card pay a fee
of Eight Dollars ($8.00); and
(5)Sign the application.
(C) After an applicant complies with subsection (B) of this
section, he or she shall be issued a food handlers' receipt and shall
be admitted to the appropriate course. The Food handler's receipt is
valid as a food handler's identification for one month after the date
on which it is issued. Such receipt shall not be valid if the applicant
fails to complete the course for which originally registered or does
not pass the test given at the end of the course.
(D) The food handlers' course shall consist of courses of
instruction prescribed by the health officer on the sanitary handling
of food and on the statutes and ordinances relating to food handling.
After an individual has completed the food handlers' course by attend-
ing all required instruction, he or she must successfully pass an
examination given by the health authority on the matters covered in
the course.
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(E) The health authority shall issue to each individual who
passes the examination given under subsection (D) of this section
a food handler's identification card to expire five (5) years from
the date on which it is issued.
(F) The food handler identification card is renewable for a
successive five year period for an individual who pays a fee of
Eight Dollars ($8.00) for the food handler identification card and
completes a refresher course taught under the direction of the health
authority.
(G) The health authority shall issue a permanent identification
card to each individual who pays a fee of eight dollars ($8.00) for
the food handler identification card and completes a second refresher
course, after his or her first five year renewal, taught under the
direction of the health authority.
(H) An individual who as misplaced a current valid food handler
identification card may obtain a replacement from the health authority
for a fee of two dollars ($2.00).
(I) The food handler identificatimcard shall be posted in the
establishment where the individual is employed in a place which is
easily accessible to the health authority.
(J) The owner or manager of an establishment shall return the
food handler identification card to the individual upon teiruination
of employment.
(K) A copy of subsections A thru K, Section 8A-68 shall be posted
where it is easily available for employees to read.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, in
its regular meeting on the Zrel day of Jaawdri 1979.
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eSHAW, CITY 'SECRETARY
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ORRIS I. WALLER, MAYOR
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
JACK
EY, CITY NEY