Assembly Bill A11694

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Directs commissioner of health to establish a uniform letter grading system to classify the result of an inspection of a public food service establishment

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A11694 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8458
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง1352-d, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A1311, S4840
2013-2014: S39
2015-2016: S1350
2017-2018: S477
2019-2020: S850
2021-2022: S608

2009-A11694 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of health to establish a uniform letter grading system to classify the result of an inspection of a public food service establishment; directs such commissioner and local health officers to require the display of any letter grade received pursuant to such system; requires reinspection of establishment receiving a grade of less than "A"; provisions do not apply to food establishments in cities having a population of one million or more.

2009-A11694 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  11694

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            September 1, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Jeffries) --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Health

AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the establishment
  of a letter grading system to classify inspection results  for  public
  food service establishments

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
1352-d to read as follows:
  S  1352-D. PUBLIC FOOD SERVICE GRADING SYSTEM. 1.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF
THIS SECTION, "PUBLIC FOOD SERVICE  ESTABLISHMENT"  SHALL  MEAN  A  FOOD
SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT, TEMPORARY FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT, MOBILE FOOD
SERVICE  ESTABLISHMENT  AND  PUSHCART  AS  DEFINED IN THE STATE SANITARY
CODE. SUCH TERM SHALL ALSO INCLUDE FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS  OPERATED
BY  ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, AND HOSPITALS. PUBLIC FOOD SERVICE
ESTABLISHMENT SHALL ALSO MEAN A PLACE OF  ENTERTAINMENT,  INCLUDING  ANY
PRIVATELY  OR  PUBLICLY  OWNED  AND OPERATED FACILITY SUCH AS A THEATRE,
STADIUM, ARENA, RACETRACK, MUSEUM, AMUSEMENT PARK, OR OTHER PLACE  WHERE
PERFORMANCES,  CONCERTS,  EXHIBITS,  ATHLETIC GAMES OR CONTESTS ARE HELD
FOR WHICH A DONATION IS RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED,  OR  AN  ENTRY  FEE  IS
CHARGED.
  2.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL ESTABLISH A SYSTEM FOR GRADING INSPECTION
RESULTS FOR PUBLIC FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS. SUCH  SYSTEM  SHALL  USE
AND  POST  LETTERS  A, B OR C TO IDENTIFY AND REPRESENT SUCH GRADING AND
CLASSIFICATION WITH ALL OTHER LOWER GRADES BEING DEEMED  TO  BE  FAILING
GRADES.  IN  ESTABLISHING SUCH SYSTEM OF GRADING, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE AND THE PROVISIONS OF THE
SANITARY CODE TO ESTABLISH A GRADING SYSTEM THAT REFLECTS THE SAFETY AND
SANITATION OF THE PREMISES AND FOOD HANDLING PRACTICES TO ENSURE COMPLI-
ANCE WITH STATE AND LOCAL HEALTH LAWS.
  3. SUCH PUBLIC FOOD SERVICE  ESTABLISHMENT  SHALL  CONSPICUOUSLY  POST
NEAR  THE  ENTRANCE  TO SUCH ESTABLISHMENT, OR AT THE POINT OF SALE, THE
LETTER GRADE IDENTIFYING AND REPRESENTING THE RESULT OF SUCH  ESTABLISH-
MENT'S  MOST  RECENTLY  GRADED INSPECTION BY THE LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER OR

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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