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217.127 Regulations -- State retail food code -- Donation of food.
(1)
(2)
(3)
The secretary shall adopt regulations for the effective administration and
enforcement of KRS 217.005 to 217.215.
The secretary shall adopt a state retail food code which shall include, among
other things, provisions for regulating the issuance, suspension, and revocation
of permits to operate; submission of plans for construction and equipment
layout including plumbing, lighting, ventilation, water supply, sewage disposal,
and other facilities; food supply source and protection; health, disease control
and cleanliness of personnel; design, construction, installation, and cleanliness
of equipment and utensils; toilet and hand-washing facilities; solid waste
disposal and vermin control; and any other matters deemed necessary to
insure a safe and sanitary operation of a retail food establishment. Standards
for construction, plumbing, lighting, and ventilation of fixed retail food
establishments shall be effective only if they are approved by the Board of
Housing, Buildings and Construction and are included in the Uniform State
Building Code, or if they conform to the State Plumbing Code in the case of
plumbing fixtures. Any review of plans for construction, plumbing, lighting, and
ventilation required before construction of a fixed retail food establishment shall
be conducted by the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction or
authorized local building official pursuant to KRS Chapter 198B.
The donation of safe and apparently wholesome food by a retail food
establishment or any other entity regulated under subsections (1) and (2) of
this section shall be exempt from any further inspection or regulation if the
donated food has been inspected under subsections (1) and (2) of this section.
Effective:July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 321, effective July 15, 2010. -Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 64, sec. 1, effective July 12, 2006. -- Created 1990,
Ky. Acts ch. 458, sec. 4, effective July 13, 1990.
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