{"id":"DUT-GA-014","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Georgia","state":"GA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"General Assembly of Georgia (Ga. L. 1958, p. 371, sections 2, 4 and 7; Code 1933, sections 88-1002, 88-1004, 88-1006, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, section 1; as amended)","authority":"Title 26 (Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics), Chapter 2, Article 14 (Food Service Establishments)","instrument":"O.C.G.A. sections 26-2-371, 26-2-373 and 26-2-375","title":"Food service establishment permits; Promulgation of rules, regulations, and standards by Department of Public Health and county boards of health; Enforcement of article; inspection of food service establishments","dateIssued":"","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMP","CLOSE","DUTY"],"addressees":["specified businesses: food service establishments (restaurants, bars and clubs serving food, banquet and private event facilities, institutional and mobile food service)"],"clause":"It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a food service establishment without having first obtained a valid food service establishment permit.... [section 26-2-373(a):]... the Department of Public Health shall have the power to adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations... including the establishment of reasonable standards of sanitation for food service establishments...","enforcement":"Suspension or revocation of the food service permit; operation without a permit is unlawful (section 26-2-371); enforcement and inspection by the Department and county boards under section 26-2-375 and Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 31 (inspection warrants)","functions":[],"notes":"No restaurant, bar serving food, banquet or event facility or other food service establishment may operate without a permit issued by the county board of health under the Department\u0027s supervision; the permit is \u0027valid until suspended or revoked\u0027; the Department sets binding \u0027standards of sanitation\u0027 (the Rules and Regulations for Food Service, Ga. Comp. R. \u0026 Regs. Chapter 511-6-1), and the Department and county boards \u0027are authorized to enforce this article and rules, regulations, and standards adopted and promulgated under this article\u0027 and to inspect the premises (section 26-2-375(a)). These permits and standards were the vehicle by which county environmental-health offices enforced the Governor\u0027s restaurant protocols (Exs. GA-018, GA-022 to GA-035).","sourceUrl":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2024/T24-T26%20(V21)%202023.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":2418800,"grade":"primary","character":"sanitary_code_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-GA","url":"/library/DUT-GA-014","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-GA-014","citation":"General Assembly of Georgia (Ga. L. 1958, p. 371, sections 2, 4 and 7; Code 1933, sections 88-1002, 88-1004, 88-1006, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, section 1; as amended), O.C.G.A. sections 26-2-371, 26-2-373 and 26-2-375 (standing) (Ex. DUT-GA-014)","stateName":"Georgia","related":["GA-018","GA-022","GA-035","DUT-GA-004"]}