CHAPTER 3. Management and Personnel [113945. - 113978.]

Chapter 3 added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 23, Sec. 2.

§§ 113945–113978 · 36 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Supervision §§ 113945–113945.1 · 2 sections

   • § 113945 The permitholder shall be the person in charge or shall designate a person in charge and shall ensure that a person in charge is present at the food facility…
   • § 113945.1 Except as specified in Section 113984.1, the person in charge shall ensure that persons unnecessary to the food facility operation shall not be allowed in the…
2. ARTICLE 2. Employee Knowledge §§ 113947–113948 · 8 sections

   • § 113947 (a) The person in charge and all food employees shall have adequate knowledge of, and shall be properly trained in, food safety as it relates to their assigned…
   • § 113947.1 (a) Food facilities that prepare, handle, or serve nonprepackaged potentially hazardous food, except temporary food facilities, shall have an owner or employee…
   • § 113947.2 The food safety certification examination for purposes of Section 113947.1 shall include, but need not be limited to, all of the following elements of…
   • § 113947.3 (a) Food safety certification required pursuant to Section 113947.1 shall be achieved by successfully passing an examination from an accredited food protection…
   • § 113947.4 Except as provided in Section 113947.5, no city, county, or city and county may enact, adopt, implement, or enforce any requirement that any food facility or…
   • § 113947.5 Certification conferred pursuant to this part shall be recognized throughout the state. Nothing in this part shall be construed to prohibit any enforcement…
   • § 113947.6 Notwithstanding Section 114395, a violation of any provision in Sections 113947.1 to 113947.5, inclusive, shall constitute an infraction punishable by a fine…
   • § 113948 (a) (1) Subject to the exceptions described in subdivision (e), a food handler who is hired prior to June 1, 2011, shall obtain a food handler card on or…
3. ARTICLE 3. Employee Health §§ 113949–113950.5 · 7 sections

   • § 113949 It is the intent of the Legislature to reduce the likelihood of foodborne disease transmission by preventing any food employee who is suffering from symptoms…
   • § 113949.1 (a) When a local health officer is notified of an illness that can be transmitted by food in a food facility or by an employee of a food facility, the local…
   • § 113949.2 The owner who has a food safety certificate issued pursuant to Section 113947.1 or the food employee who has this food safety certificate shall instruct all…
   • § 113949.4 A food employee shall do both of the following: (a) Report to the person in charge the information specified under Section 113949.2. (b) Comply with the…
   • § 113949.5 (a) The person in charge shall notify the local enforcement agency when notified that the food employee has been diagnosed with an infectious agent specified…
   • § 113950 (a) The local health officer or, in consultation with the local health officer, the local enforcement agency shall do either of the following: (1) Exclude a…
   • § 113950.5 (a) The person in charge may remove a restriction for a food employee upon the resolution of symptoms as reported by a food employee if the food employee…
4. ARTICLE 4. Handwashing §§ 113952–113963 · 9 sections

   • § 113952 Food employees shall keep their hands and exposed portions of their arms clean.
   • § 113953 (a) Handwashing facilities shall be provided within or adjacent to toilet rooms. The number of handwashing facilities required shall be in accordance with…
   • § 113953.1 (a) A handwashing facility shall be clean, unobstructed, and accessible at all times for employee use. (b) A handwashing facility shall not be used for…
   • § 113953.2 A handwashing facility shall be provided with the following in dispensers at, or adjacent to, each handwashing facility: (a) Handwashing cleanser. (b) Sanitary…
   • § 113953.3 (a) Except as specified in subdivisions (b) and (c), all employees shall thoroughly wash their hands and that portion, if any, of their arms exposed to direct…
   • § 113953.4 (a) A hand antiseptic used as a topical application, a hand antiseptic solution used as a hand dip, or a hand antiseptic soap shall meet either one of the…
   • § 113953.5 (a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), a sign or poster that notifies food employees to wash their hands shall be posted at all handwashing lavatories…
   • § 113961 (a) Food employees shall minimize bare hand and arm contact with nonprepackaged food that is in a ready-to-eat form. (b) Food employees shall use nonlatex…
   • § 113963 Consistent with Section 113952, a food employee working in any food facility, as defined in Section 113789 of the Health and Safety Code, shall be permitted to…
5. ARTICLE 5. Personal Cleanliness §§ 113967–113971 · 4 sections

   • § 113967 No employee shall commit any act that may cause the contamination or adulteration of food, food-contact surfaces, or utensils.
   • § 113968 Food employees shall keep their fingernails trimmed, filed, and maintained so the edges and surfaces are cleanable and not rough.
   • § 113969 (a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), all food employees preparing, serving, or handling food or utensils shall wear hair restraints, such as hats, hair…
   • § 113971 Food employees shall wear clean outer clothing to prevent contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens, and single-use articles.
6. ARTICLE 6. Hygienic Practices §§ 113973–113978 · 6 sections

   • § 113973 (a) Single-use nonlatex gloves shall be worn when contacting food and food-contact surfaces if the employee has any cuts, sores, rashes, artificial nails, nail…
   • § 113974 Food employees experiencing, while at work in a food facility, persistent sneezing, coughing, or runny nose that is associated with discharges from the eyes,…
   • § 113975 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), an employee who has a wound that is open or draining shall not handle food. (b) A food employee who has a wound is…
   • § 113976 Unless a utensil used to taste food is discarded after the first time it is used for this purpose and before the next tasting or any other use, the utensil…
   • § 113977 (a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), an employee shall eat, drink, or use any form of tobacco only in designated areas where contamination of…
   • § 113978 Food facilities shall have a “no smoking” sign posted in the food preparation, food storage, and warewashing areas.