(410 ILCS 625/3) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 333)
    Sec. 3. Each food service establishment shall be under the operational supervision of a certified food service sanitation manager in accordance with rules promulgated under this Act.
    By July 1, 1990, the Director of the Department of Public Health in accordance with this Act, shall promulgate rules for the education, examination, and certification of food service establishment managers and instructors of the food service sanitation manager certification education programs. A food service sanitation manager certificate and a food service sanitation manager instructor certificate shall be valid for 5 years, unless revoked by the Department of Public Health, and shall not be transferable from the individual to whom it was issued. Recertification shall be accomplished by presenting evidence of ongoing food safety and food sanitation education or re-examination, in compliance with rules promulgated by the Director. Existing certificates shall expire on the printed expiration date or 5 years from the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989.
    Any individual may elect to take the Department of Public Health food service sanitation manager certification examination or take an examination administered by a testing authority previously approved by the Department. The Department shall charge a fee of $35 for each new and renewed food service sanitation manager certificate and $10 for each replacement certificate. All fees collected under this Section shall be deposited into the Food and Drug Safety Fund.
    Any fee received by the Department under this Section that is submitted for the renewal of an expired food service sanitation manager certificate may be returned by the Director after recording the receipt of the fee and the reason for its return.
(Source: P.A. 89-641, eff. 8-9-96.)