26-15-8 - Periodic evaluation of local health sanitation programs -- Minimum statewide enforcement standards -- Technical assistance.
26-15-8. Periodic evaluation of local health sanitation programs -- Minimumstatewide enforcement standards -- Technical assistance.
(1) The department shall periodically evaluate the sanitation programs of local healthdepartments to determine the levels of sanitation being maintained throughout the state.
(2) (a) The department shall ensure that each local health department's enforcement ofthe minimum rules of sanitation adopted under Section 26-15-2 for restaurants and other placeswhere food or drink is handled meets or exceeds minimum statewide enforcement standardsestablished by the department by administrative rule.
(b) Administrative rules adopted under Subsection (2)(a) shall include at least:
(i) the minimum number of periodic on-site inspections that must be conducted by eachlocal health department;
(ii) criteria for conducting additional inspections; and
(iii) standardized methods to be used by local health departments to assess compliancewith the minimum rules of sanitation adopted under Section 26-15-2.
(c) The department shall help local health departments comply with the minimumstatewide enforcement standards adopted under this Subsection (2) by providing technicalassistance.
Amended by Chapter 91, 2006 General Session