§ 5703. License required
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 3 Pa.C.S.A. AgricultureEffective: December 24, 2012
Effective: December 24, 2012
3 Pa.C.S.A. § 5703
§ 5703. License required
(A) Managed by an organization which is established to promote and encourage participation or support for extracurricular recreational activities for youth of primary and secondary public, private and parochial school systems on a not-for-profit basis. This subparagraph does not apply to organized camps.
If the licensor is the department, the exemption shall be accomplished by order of the secretary and published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.1 If the licensor is an entity other than the department, the exemption shall be accomplished by order of the local government unit or units having jurisdiction over the licensor. A retail food facility that is exempted from the license requirements under this section shall remain subject to inspection and all other provisions of this subchapter.
(iii) A retail food facility that is in compliance with the act of July 20, 1974 (P.L. 537, No. 184),2 referred to as the Honey Sale and Labeling Act, and in which 100% of the regulated products offered for human consumption are produced or processed on the farm on which the retail food facility is located.
A retail food facility that is exempted from the license requirements under this section shall remain subject to inspection and all other provisions of this subchapter.
(c) Issuance of license.--A retail food facility license shall be issued by the licensor having jurisdiction. A license shall specify the date of expiration, the period for which the license is valid, the name of the licensee and the place licensed. Licenses shall be conspicuously displayed at all times in the place thereby licensed. Licenses shall not be transferable.
(d) Application requirement.--Any person owning or operating or desiring to operate a retail food facility within this Commonwealth shall make application for a license to the licensor on forms furnished by the licensor. The forms shall, at a minimum, set forth such information as the department may require and any additional information a licensor that is not the department may require under the authority of the act of April 21, 1949 (P.L. 665, No. 155),3 known as the First Class City Home Rule Act, or the act of August 24, 1951 (P.L. 1304, No. 315),4 known as the Local Health Administration Law. Application forms shall include the name and address of the applicant, together with all the other information deemed necessary to identify the applicant, provide contact information for the applicant, identify the location of the retail food facility that is the subject to the application and facilitate the licensor's processing of the application.
(f) Reports.--If the licensor is an entity other than the department, the licensor shall provide the department a copy of any inspection report resulting from any inspection conducted under authority of this subchapter within 30 days of the inspection date. This copy may be sent by electronic methods, as approved by the department. The department may, by regulation, require that inspection reports be submitted in a specific electronic format.
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), licenses shall expire on the day after the original license anniversary date at intervals of one year, or for any other license period that is established by the department through regulation and that uses risk-based factors identified in the current edition of the Food Code, published by the United States Department of Health, Food and Drug Administration, as a basis for determining the appropriate license interval. An application for renewal shall be made one month before the expiration of an existing license. A license granted under the provisions of this subchapter shall be renewed if the most recent inspection by the licensor was conducted within the preceding license period and determined that requirements specified in this chapter with respect to the retail food facility were met.
(2) A temporary license for a retail food facility that operates on no more than 14 days in one calendar year or for a retail food facility operating at a fair, festival or similar temporary event shall be granted with respect to the calendar year in which it is issued if the retail food facility meets the requirements of this subchapter.
(2)(i) If a retail food facility licensed by the department is in violation of a provision of this subchapter, or of a regulation promulgated under authority of this subchapter, or of any other act related to public health and being applicable to retail food facilities, the department may suspend or revoke the license. If a retail food facility licensed by an entity other than the department is in violation of a provision of this subchapter, or of a regulation promulgated under authority of this subchapter, or of any other act related to public health and being applicable to retail food facilities, or of the regulations of the licensor pertaining to retail food facilities, the licensor may suspend or revoke the license. The suspension of a license shall be terminated when the violation for which it was imposed has been found, upon inspection by the licensor, to have been corrected. Whenever a license is suspended or revoked, no part of the fee paid therefore shall be returned to the proprietor.
(ii) A licensor may, as an alternative to suspending or revoking a license, provide a licensee a reasonable interval within which to correct conditions that constitute a violation that would result in the suspension or revocation of the license, provided that the health and safety of the employees, occupants and patrons of the retail food facility can be reasonably assured during that interval.
(j) Fees.--The fees that may be charged under this subchapter are as established by the licensor, if the licensor is an entity other than the department, and shall be paid into the city, borough, incorporated town, township or county treasury. If the licensor is the department, the fees shall be paid to the State Treasury through the department and are as follows:
Credits
2010, Nov. 23, P.L. 1039, No. 106, § 1, effective in 60 days [Jan. 24, 2011]. Amended 2012, Oct. 24, P.L. 1434, No. 180, § 1, effective in 60 days [Dec. 24, 2012].
Footnotes
See 41 Pa.B. 524 for licensure of retail food facilities order effective Jan. 22, 2011.
31 P.S. § 381 et seq.
53 P.S. § 13101 et seq.
16 P.S. § 12001 et seq.
3 Pa.C.S.A. § 5703, PA ST 3 Pa.C.S.A. § 5703
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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