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HB 2430: food establishment license; county reciprocity

NOW: mobile food establishment; licensing

PRIME SPONSOR: Representative Thorpe, LD 6

BILL STATUS: House Engrossed

                               

 

Overview

☐ Prop 105 (45 votes)	     ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes)      ☐ Emergency (40 votes)	☐ Fiscal NoteInstructs the Director of the Department of Health Services (Director) to establish uniform health and safety licensing standards for a mobile food establishment.

History

The Director may delegate any functions, powers or duties that the Director believes can be competently, efficiently and properly performed to a local health department (A.R.S. § 36-136).

To obtain a food establishment license, an applicant must submit an application form to the regulatory authority containing all required information (A.A.C. R9-8-103).

Mobile food unit means a licensed food establishment, that is readily movable and dispenses food or beverages for immediate service and consumption and other incidental retail items from any vehicle (A.R.S. § 36-1751).

Provisions

1.       Requires the Director to adopt rules to establish uniform health and safety licensing standards to be used by each county when licensing a mobile food establishment. (Sec. 1)

2.       Requires each county to grant reciprocity to a mobile food establishment that is licensed by a county health department. (Sec. 1)

3.       Defines mobile food establishment as a mobile operation that stores, prepares, packages, serves, vends or otherwise provides food for human consumption.

a.       Specifies that this definition does not include mobile food units. (Sec. 1)

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e.       Fifty-fourth Legislature                               HB 2430

f.         First Regular Session                    Version 3: House Engrossed

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