{"id":"DUT-AL-006","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Alabama","state":"AL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Legislature of Alabama (Code of Alabama 1975, Title 22, chapter 20)","authority":"Code of Alabama 1975, § 22-20-5","instrument":"Ala. Code § 22-20-5","title":"Regulations for establishments handling food and providing public accommodations","dateIssued":"","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","COND","CLOSE"],"addressees":["specified businesses (food service and retail food establishments; hotels, inns, motels and other transient lodging); owners or persons in control of such premises"],"clause":"It shall, therefore, be unlawful to operate... any establishment which is governed by said regulations unless the operator of such establishment possesses a valid permit from the health officer for its operation; and further, the health officer is hereby authorized and empowered to suspend or revoke... the permit... for the flagrant or continuous violation of any provisions of said regulations.","enforcement":"permit suspension or revocation; injunction of the operation; operation without a permit unlawful","functions":[],"notes":"Every restaurant, bar, food store, hotel, motel and other food or lodging establishment operates only under a health-officer permit, on condition of compliance with the State Committee of Public Health\u0027s regulations for \u0027construction, maintenance and operation\u0027; the permit is suspended or revoked for flagrant or continuous violation, and the health officer \u0027is hereby authorized and empowered to institute proceedings in the circuit court to enjoin the operation of any establishment\u0027 (§ 22-20-5(d)); county boards and municipalities keep power to adopt \u0027more stringent, emergency regulations or ordinances\u0027 (§ 22-20-5(b)).","sourceUrl":"https://www.alabamapublichealth.gov/legal/assets/publichealthlawsofalabama.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":4458194,"grade":"primary","character":"sanitary_code_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-AL","url":"/library/DUT-AL-006","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-AL-006","citation":"Legislature of Alabama (Code of Alabama 1975, Title 22, chapter 20), Ala. Code § 22-20-5 (standing) (Ex. DUT-AL-006)","stateName":"Alabama","related":["DUT-AL-008","AL-020","AL-032","AL-035","DUT-AL-005"]}