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The record
- Jurisdiction
- Ohio
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Ohio Const. art. II, sec. 1; the police power of the State
- Issued
- 1999-11-03 Nov. 3, 1999
- Effective
- November 3, 1999 (read as 1999-11-03)
- End
- standing (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Standing since Nov. 3, 1999 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureStanding dutyOperating condition
- Addressees
- specified businesses: food service operations (and, under R.C. 3717.29, retail food establishments)
- Character
- sanitary code duty
- Collection
- Standing duties: Ohio DUT-OH
Operative words
(A) A licensor may suspend or revoke a food service operation license on determining that the license holder is in violation of any requirement of this chapter or the rules adopted under it... including a violation evidenced by the documented failure to maintain sanitary conditions within the operation.... Except in the case of a violation that presents an immediate danger to the public health
Penalty
License suspension or revocation by the licensor (the local board of health); operating without a license is an offense under R.C. 3717.41 and 3717.99 (misdemeanor of the third degree, each day a separate offense)
What it required
Made continued licensure of every restaurant, bar, cafeteria and institutional kitchen conditional on compliance with the Uniform Food Safety Code (Ohio Adm. Code Chapter 3717-1, including the employee-health rule 3717-1-02.1) and sanitary conditions, with summary suspension available where a violation 'presents an immediate danger to the public health'; the parallel provision for retail food establishments is R.C. 3717.29 ('clear and present danger to the public health').
Retrieval noteR.C. 3717.29, 3717.99 and Ohio Adm. Code 3717-1-02.1 (food employee health reporting and exclusion; current version effective Sept. 5, 2024) were read on codes.ohio.gov and not saved. The Dine Safe Ohio Orders (Exs. OH-020, OH-092, OH-035) operated on licensees whose licenses were already conditioned by this section.