Ohio Revised Code Chapter 3717 - Retail Food Establishments; Food Service Operations

• Section 3717.01 - Retail Food Establishments - Food Safety Operations Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: (A) "Ohio uniform food safety code" means the food safety and related standards adopted under section 3717.05 of the...
• Section 3717.02 - Retail Food Safety Advisory Council.
  (A) There is hereby created the retail food safety advisory council. The council shall consist of the director of agriculture or a person the...
• Section 3717.021 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-21-1997
• Section 3717.03 - Council Meetings - Duties.
  (A) The retail food safety advisory council shall meet as necessary to fulfill its duties, which include all the following: (1) Making recommendations for...
• Section 3717.04 - Rules Regarding Retail Food Establishments And Food Service Operations.
  The director of agriculture and the director of health have the exclusive power in this state to adopt rules regarding retail food establishments and...
• Section 3717.041 - Joint Letter Of Opinion From Directors Of Agriculture And Health.
  To assist in the uniform application of the rules adopted under this chapter, the director of agriculture and director of health shall jointly issue...
• Section 3717.05 - Uniform Food Safety Code.
  (A) The director of agriculture and the director of health shall adopt rules establishing standards for safe food handling and sanitation in retail food...
• Section 3717.06 - Agriculture And Health Department Liaisons To Be Knowledgeable In Food Safety And Foodborne Illnesses.
  The director of agriculture shall create within the department of agriculture a position to be filled by an individual knowledgeable in food safety and...
• Section 3717.07 - Uniform Methodologies For Calculating Costs Of Licensing.
  (A) For purposes of establishing a licensing fee under sections 3717.25 and 3717.45 of the Revised Code, the director of agriculture and the director...
• Section 3717.071 - Forms For Calculating Licensing Fees.
  (A) The director of agriculture and director of health shall prescribe forms for use in calculating the licensing fees that may be charged under...
• Section 3717.08 - Director To Promote Food Safety Awareness And Education.
  (A) The director of agriculture and director of health shall strive to increase consumer confidence in the state's food supply by promoting food safety...
• Section 3717.09 - Certification In Food Protection.
  In accordance with rules adopted under section 3717.51 of the Revised Code, the director of health shall approve courses of study for certification in...
• Section 3717.10 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-21-1997
• Section 3717.11 - Board Of Health Surveys.
  (A) Each board of health shall be surveyed for the purpose of determining whether the board is qualified and has the capacity to administer...
• Section 3717.111 - Board Of Health May Withdraw As Licensor.
  (A) A board of health acting as a licensor of retail food establishments or food service operations may withdraw from serving as licensor of...
• Section 3717.12 - Jurisdiction Change - Licenses To Remain Valid.
  If all or part of the territory within a health district becomes subject to the jurisdiction of a different board of health, all valid...
• Section 3717.13 - Contracts To Conduct Inspections And Assist Licensor By Performing Routine Services.
  A licensor may employ or enter into contracts with qualified persons and government entities to conduct inspections and to assist the licensor by performing...
• Section 3717.14, 3717.15 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 06-20-1994
• Section 3717.16 To 3717.18 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-21-1997
• Section 3717.19 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 06-20-1994
• Section 3717.20 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-21-1997
• Section 3717.21 - License Required For Retail Food Establishments - Separate Licenses.
  Except as provided in section 3717.22 of the Revised Code, no person or government entity shall operate a retail food establishment without a license....
• Section 3717.22 - Excluded Operations And Entities.
  (A) The following are not retail food establishments: (1) A food service operation licensed under this chapter, including a food service operation that provides...
• Section 3717.221 - Voluntary Registration Of Farm Market, Farmers Market, Or Farm Product Auction.
  (A) Any of the following may register with the director of agriculture: (1) A farm market, which is a location where a producer offers...
• Section 3717.23 - Applying For License Or Renewal Of License.
  (A) Each person or government entity seeking a retail food establishment license or the renewal of a license shall apply to the appropriate licensor...
• Section 3717.24 - License Endorsement To Provide Food Service Operation Services.
  (A) The person or government entity holding a license for a retail food establishment may provide the services of a food service operation within...
• Section 3717.25 - Fees.
  (A) A licensor may charge fees for issuing and renewing retail food establishment licenses. Any licensing fee charged shall be used solely for the...
• Section 3717.26 - Transfer Of License.
  (A) A licensor may transfer a retail food establishment license under either of the following circumstances: (1) The sale or disposition of the retail...
• Section 3717.27 - Inspections.
  (A) All inspections of retail food establishments conducted by a licensor under this chapter shall be conducted according to the procedures and schedule of...
• Section 3717.28 - Confidentiality Of Information.
  Trade secrets and other forms of information that under this chapter are required to be furnished to or are procured by a licensor of...
• Section 3717.29 - Board Of Health May Suspend Or Revoke Retail Food Establishment License.
  (A) This section applies when the licensor of retail food establishments is a board of health. (B) A board of health may suspend or...
• Section 3717.30 - Director Of Agriculture May Suspend Or Revoke Retail Food Establishment License.
  (A) This section applies when the licensor of retail food establishments is the director of agriculture. (B) The director of agriculture may suspend or...
• Section 3717.31 - Prosecution And Other Remedies When Board Of Health Is Licensor.
  (A) This section applies when the licensor of retail food establishments is a board of health. As used in this section, "prosecutor" has the...
• Section 3717.32 - Injunction.
  (A) This section applies when the licensor of retail food establishments is the director of agriculture. (B) In addition to other remedies provided by...
• Section 3717.33 - Rules.
  Pursuant to section 3717.04 of the Revised Code, the director of agriculture shall adopt rules regarding the following: (A) Licensing categories for retail food...
• Section 3717.34, 3717.35 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-21-1997
• Section 3717.36 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 06-10-1968
• Section 3717.37 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-21-1997
• Section 3717.38, 3717.39 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 06-20-1994
• Section 3717.40 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-21-1997
• Section 3717.41 - License Required For Food Service Operation - Separate Licenses.
  Except as provided in section 3717.42 of the Revised Code, no person or government entity shall operate a food service operation without a license....
• Section 3717.42 - Exclusions - Exemptions From License Requirement.
  (A) The following are not food service operations: (1) A retail food establishment licensed under this chapter, including a retail food establishment that provides...
• Section 3717.43 - Application For License Or Renewal Required - Temporary License - Limitations, Display.
  (A) Each person or government entity requesting a food service operation license or the renewal of a license shall apply to the appropriate licensor...
• Section 3717.44 - Endorsement To Provide Services Of Retail Food Establishment - Determination Of License Required.
  (A) The person or government entity holding a license for a food service operation may provide the services of a retail food establishment within...
• Section 3717.45 - Fees.
  (A) A licensor may charge fees for issuing and renewing food service operation licenses. Any licensing fee charged shall be used solely for the...
• Section 3717.46 - Transfer Of License.
  (A) A food service operation license may be transferred by the licensor under either of the following circumstances: (1) The sale or disposition of...
• Section 3717.47 - Inspections.
  (A) All inspections of food service operations conducted by a licensor under this chapter shall be conducted according to the procedures and schedule of...
• Section 3717.48 - Confidentiality Of Information.
  Trade secrets and other forms of information that, under this chapter, are required to be furnished to or are procured by a licensor of...
• Section 3717.49 - Licensor May Suspend Or Revoke Food Service Operation License.
  (A) A licensor may suspend or revoke a food service operation license on determining that the license holder is in violation of any requirement...
• Section 3717.50 - Prosecution And Other Remedies For Violations.
  (A) As used in this section, "prosecutor" has the same meaning as in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code. (B) At the request of...
• Section 3717.51 - Director Of Health To Adopt Rules.
  Pursuant to section 3717.04 of the Revised Code, the director of health shall adopt rules regarding food service operations, as follows: (A) Licensing categories...
• Section 3717.52 - Director Of Health To Adopt Rules.
  Pursuant to section 3717.04 of the Revised Code, the director of health shall adopt rules establishing procedures for the following: (A) Appeals of proposed...
• Section 3717.53 - Provision Of Food Nutrition Information And Consumer Incentive Items.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Food nutrition information" includes, but is not limited to, the caloric, fat, carbohydrate, cholesterol, fiber, sugar, potassium,...
• Section 3717.54, 3717.55 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-21-1997
• Section 3717.61 To 3717.69 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-21-1997
• Section 3717.99 - Penalty.
  Whoever violates section 3717.21 or 3717.41 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree on a first offense; for...

Last modified: October 10, 2016