100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB3684

 

Introduced , by Rep. Kelly M. Burke

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
410 ILCS 625/3  from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 333

    Amends the Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act. Provides that beginning January 1, 2018, any individual who has completed specified training requirements shall be considered a certified food service sanitation manager or a certified food service sanitation manager instructor. Removes provisions providing that a food service sanitation manager certificate or food service sanitation manager instructor certificate shall be provided by the Department of Public Health and removes corresponding provisions concerning the Department charging specified fees for the certificates. Removes provisions concerning recertification and certificate reciprocity. Provides that beginning January 1, 2018, a food service sanitation manager certificate or food service sanitation manager instructor certificate issued by an exam provider shall be valid for 5 years and nontransferable (currently, the certificates are provided by the Department, valid for 5 years, nontransferable, and may be revoked by the Department). Effective January 1, 2018.


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1    AN ACT concerning health.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act is
5amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
 
6    (410 ILCS 625/3)  (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 333)
7    Sec. 3. Each food service establishment shall be under the
8operational supervision of a certified food service sanitation
9manager in accordance with rules promulgated under this Act.
10    By July 1, 1990, the Director of the Department of Public
11Health in accordance with this Act, shall promulgate rules for
12the education, examination, and certification of food service
13establishment managers and instructors of the food service
14sanitation manager certification education programs. Beginning
15January 1, 2018, any individual who has completed a minimum of
168 hours of Department-approved training for food service
17sanitation manager certification, inclusive of the
18examination, and received a passing score on the examination
19set by the certification exam provider accredited under
20standards developed and adopted by the Conference for Food
21Protection or its successor organization, shall be considered
22to be a certified food service sanitation manager. Beginning
23January 1, 2018, any individual who has completed a minimum of

 

 

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18 hours of Department-approved training for food service
2sanitation manager instructor certification, inclusive of the
3examination, and received a passing score on the examination
4set by the certification exam provider accredited under
5standards developed and adopted by the Conference for Food
6Protection or its successor organization, shall be considered
7to be a certified food service sanitation manager instructor.
8Beginning July 1, 2014, any individual seeking a food service
9sanitation manager certificate or a food service sanitation
10manager instructor certificate must complete a minimum of 8
11hours of Department-approved training, inclusive of the
12examination, and receive a passing score on the examination set
13by the certification exam provider accredited under standards
14developed and adopted by the Conference for Food Protection or
15its successor organization. A food service sanitation manager
16certificate and a food service sanitation manager instructor
17certificate issued by the exam provider shall be valid for 5
18years, unless revoked by the Department of Public Health, and
19shall not be transferable from the individual to whom it was
20issued. Beginning July 1, 2014, recertification for food
21service sanitation manager certification shall be accomplished
22by presenting evidence of completion of 8 hours of
23Department-approved training, inclusive of the examination,
24and having received a passing score on the examination set by
25the certification exam provider accredited under standards
26developed and adopted by the Conference for Food Protection or

 

 

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1its successor organization.
2    For purposes of certification and recertification for food
3service sanitation manager certification, the Department shall
4accept only training approved by the Department and
5certification exams accredited under standards developed and
6adopted by the Conference for Food Protection or its successor.
7The Department shall charge a fee of $35 for each new and
8renewed food service sanitation manager certificate and $10 for
9each replacement certificate. All fees collected under this
10Section shall be deposited into the Food and Drug Safety Fund.
11    Any fee received by the Department under this Section that
12is submitted for the renewal of an expired food service
13sanitation manager certificate may be returned by the Director
14after recording the receipt of the fee and the reason for its
15return.
16    The Department shall award an Illinois certificate to
17anyone presenting a valid certificate issued by another state,
18so long as the holder of the certificate provides proof of
19having passed an examination accredited under standards
20developed and adopted by the Conference for Food Protection or
21its successor. The $35 issuance fee applies. The reciprocal
22Illinois certificate shall expire on the same date as the
23presented certificate. On or before the expiration date, the
24holder must have met the Illinois recertification requirements
25in order to be reissued an Illinois certificate. Reciprocity is
26only for individuals who have moved to or begun working in

 

 

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1Illinois in the 6 months prior to applying for reciprocity. Any
2individual presenting an out-of-state certificate may do so
3only once.
4(Source: P.A. 98-566, eff. 8-27-13; 99-62, eff. 7-16-15.)
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
61, 2018.