Senate Bill sb1902

    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 1902

    By Senator Constantine





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to food service employee

  3         training; amending s. 509.049, F.S.;

  4         establishing a certificate program to identify

  5         employees who have received such training;

  6         revising provisions related to training

  7         programs that provide minimum food safety

  8         standards; providing an effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Section 509.049, Florida Statutes, is

13  amended to read:

14         509.049  Food service employee training.--

15         (1)  The division shall adopt, by rule, minimum food

16  safety protection standards for the training of all food

17  service employees who are responsible for the storage,

18  preparation, display, or serving of foods to the public in

19  establishments regulated under this chapter.  These standards

20  shall not include an examination, but shall provide for a food

21  safety training certificate program for food service employees

22  to be administered by a private nonprofit provider chosen by

23  the division. The division shall also adopt rules relating to

24  the effective administration of the certificate program,

25  including the issuance of a wallet-sized certification card to

26  employees who successfully complete the training, procedures

27  to replace lost or stolen certification cards, maintenance of

28  records documenting the training of affected employees, and

29  the updating of training materials. The division shall also

30  provide a computerized database for verifying the training of

31  these employees.

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  1         (2)  The division shall issue a request for competitive

  2  sealed proposals which includes a statement of the contractual

  3  services sought and all terms and conditions applicable to the

  4  contract.  The division shall award the contract to the

  5  provider whose proposal is determined in writing to be the

  6  most advantageous to the state, taking into consideration the

  7  price and the other criteria set forth in the request for

  8  proposals.  The division shall contract with a provider on a

  9  4-year basis and is authorized to promulgate by rule a per

10  employee fee to cover the contracted price for the program

11  administered by the provider.  In making its selection, the

12  division shall consider factors including, but not limited to,

13  the experience and history of the provider in representing the

14  food service industry, the provider's demonstrated commitment

15  to food safety, and its ability to provide a statewide program

16  with industry support and participation.

17         (3)  At the request of a public food service

18  establishment operator, the division shall review any food

19  safety training program established and administered to food

20  handler employees utilized at the operator's a public food

21  service establishment prior to July 1, 2000 the effective date

22  of this act shall be submitted by the operator to the division

23  for its review and approval.  If the division determines that

24  the food safety training program complies with the minimum

25  food safety standards and rules, it shall approve the program

26  for use by is approved by the division, nothing in this

27  section shall preclude any other operator of a public food

28  service establishment from also utilizing the approved program

29  or require the employees of any operator to receive training

30  from or pay a fee to the division's contracted provider.

31  Review and approval by the division of a program or programs

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  1  under this section shall include, but not be limited to, the

  2  minimum food safety standards adopted by the division in

  3  accordance with this section.  It shall be the duty of

  4         (4)  The licensee of the public food service

  5  establishment must to provide training that is administered by

  6  a food service manager who is certified under s. 509.039, in

  7  accordance with the described rule of the division to all

  8  employees under the licensee's supervision or control.  The

  9  licensee may designate a certified food service manager to

10  perform this function as an agent of the licensee. Food

11  service employees must receive certification pursuant to this

12  section by January 1, 2001.

13         (5)  Food service employees hired after November 1,

14  2000, must receive certification within 60 days after

15  employment. Certification pursuant to this section shall

16  remain valid for 3 years.

17         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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20                          SENATE SUMMARY

21    Establishes a certificate program for public food service
      employees and revises provisions related to minimum food
22    safety training for such employees. (See bill for
      details.)
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