Section 750.220 Food Handlers - Course Approval

Section 750.220  Food Handlers − Course Approval

a)

If

an entity uses an American National Standards Institute

(ANSI)

food

handler training accredited program, that training program shall be

automatically approved by the Department

(Section 3.06(e) of the Food

Handling Regulation Enforcement Act).

b)

Certified

local health departments in counties serving jurisdictions with a population of

100,000 or less, as reported by the U.S. Census Bureau in the 2010 Census of

Population

, and the other six counties (Will, Kane, McHenry, Tazewell,

Kendall and Macon) listed in the Act, may have a food handler training program.

The training program must meet the requirements of

Section 750.210

and

be approved by the Department.

(Section 3.06(f) of the Food Handling

Regulation Enforcement Act) These certified local health departments with

approved training programs can teach food handlers in restaurants and in food

service establishments that are not restaurants only within the certified local

health department's jurisdiction. The training program shall maintain a list of

individuals trained for a minimum of five years from the date of the

individuals' training.

c)         Any

entity can provide food handler training to employees working in a restaurant

by using an ANSI accredited food handler training program, including the ANSI

assessment, that meets the requirements of "Standards for Accreditation of

Food Protection Manager Programs", incorporated by reference in Section

750.110. The training program shall maintain a list of individuals trained for

a minimum of five years from the date of the individuals' training.

d)

If

a business with an internal training program is approved in another state prior

to

August 27, 2013,

then the business' training program and assessment

shall be automatically approved by the Department upon the business providing

proof that the program is approved in

that state

maintain a list of individuals trained for

a minimum of five years from the date of the individuals' training.

d)

If

a business with an internal training program is approved in another state prior

to

August 27, 2013,

then the business' training program and assessment

shall be automatically approved by the Department upon the business providing

proof that the program is approved in

that state. (Section 3.06(c) of the

Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act) The business shall register the

training program with the Department using an application provided by the

Department.  For the purpose of this Section, "business" means an

organization that provides a food handler training program that was approved in

another state prior to August 27, 2013.

e)         Any

entity can provide food handler training to employees working in a food service

establishment that is not a restaurant by using a food handler training program

that meets the training and assessment requirements listed in Section 750.210.

The entity providing the training program shall apply for Department approval

using an application provided by the Department.

1)

Training

may be conducted by any means available, including, but not limited to:

on-line, computer, classroom, live trainers, remote trainers, and certified

food service sanitation managers.

(Section 3.05(c) of the Food Handling

Regulation Enforcement Act)

2)

There

must be at least one commercially available approved food handler training

module at a cost of no more than $15 per employee;

training may

include,

but is not limited to, on-line, computer, classroom, live trainers, remote

trainers, and certified food service sanitation managers.

If an approved

food handler training module is not available at that cost, then provisions of

this

Section

shall not apply

and food handlers

shall comply with Section 3.06 of the Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act

n $15 per employee;

training may

include,

but is not limited to, on-line, computer, classroom, live trainers, remote

trainers, and certified food service sanitation managers.

If an approved

food handler training module is not available at that cost, then provisions of

this

Section

shall not apply

and food handlers

shall comply with Section 3.06 of the Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act

.

(Section 3.05(c) of the Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act)

f)

Any

and all documents, materials, or information related to a restaurant or

business food handler training module submitted to the Department is

confidential and shall not be open to public inspection or dissemination and is

exempt from disclosure under Section 7 of the Freedom of Information Act.

(Section 3.06(g) of the Food Handling Regulation and Enforcement Act)