Public Act 100-0954
 
HB5011 EnrolledLRB100 19586 MJP 34855 b

    AN ACT concerning health.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act is
amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
 
    (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. Beginning
January 1, 2018, any individual who has completed a minimum of
8 hours of Department-approved training for food service
sanitation manager certification, inclusive of the
examination, and received a passing score on the examination
set by the certification exam provider accredited under
standards developed and adopted by the Conference for Food
Protection or its successor organization, shall be considered
to be a certified food service sanitation manager. Beginning
January 1, 2018, any individual who has completed a minimum of
8 hours of Department-approved training for food service
sanitation manager instructor certification, inclusive of the
examination, and received a passing score on the examination
set by the certification exam provider accredited under
standards developed and adopted by the Conference for Food
Protection or its successor organization, shall be considered
to be a certified food service sanitation manager instructor. A
food service sanitation manager certificate and a food service
sanitation manager instructor certificate issued by the exam
provider shall be valid for 5 years and shall not be
transferable from the individual to whom it was issued. A food
service sanitation manager certificate issued by the
Department under this Section before January 1, 2018 is valid
until the expiration date stated on the certificate.
    For purposes of food service sanitation manager
certification, the Department shall accept only training
approved by the Department and certification exams accredited
under standards developed and adopted by the Conference for
Food Protection or its successor.
(Source: P.A. 99-62, eff. 7-16-15; 100-194, eff. 1-1-18.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.