100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5011

 

Introduced , by Rep. Ryan Spain

 

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

    Amends the Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act. Provides that a food service sanitation manager certificate issued by the Department of Public Health under provisions concerning food service sanitation manager certification before January 1, 2018 is valid until the expiration date stated on the certificate. Effective January 1, 2018.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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. A
8food service sanitation manager certificate and a food service
9sanitation manager instructor certificate issued by the exam
10provider shall be valid for 5 years and shall not be
11transferable from the individual to whom it was issued. A food
12service sanitation manager certificate issued by the
13Department under this Section before January 1, 2018 is valid
14until the expiration date stated on the certificate.
15    For purposes of food service sanitation manager
16certification, the Department shall accept only training
17approved by the Department and certification exams accredited
18under standards developed and adopted by the Conference for
19Food Protection or its successor.
20(Source: P.A. 99-62, eff. 7-16-15; 100-194, eff. 1-1-18.)
 
21    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22becoming law.