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91_SB1872
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1 AN ACT to amend the Sanitary Food Preparation Act by
2 adding Section 10.05.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Sanitary Food Preparation Act is amended
6 by adding Section 10.05 as follows:
7 (310 ILCS 650/10.05 new)
8 Sec. 10.05. Food service employees; hepatitis.
9 (a) In this Section, "food service establishment" means
10 any place where food is prepared and intended for, though not
11 limited to, individual portion service and includes the site
12 at which individual portions are provided. The term includes
13 any such place regardless of whether consumption is on or
14 off the premises and regardless of whether there is a charge
15 for the food. The term also includes delicatessen type
16 operations that prepare foods intended for individual
17 portion service. The term does not include (i) lodging
18 facilities serving only a continental breakfast (a breakfast
19 limited to only coffee, tea, or juice, or any combination of
20 those, and commercially prepared sweet baked goods), (ii)
21 private homes or closed family functions where food is
22 prepared or served for individual family consumption, (iii)
23 retail food stores, or (iv) the location of food vending
24 machines.
25 (b) An owner, operator, or manager of a food service
26 establishment may not require or permit a person to perform
27 any task as a food handler in that establishment unless that
28 person has been immunized against hepatitis A virus within
29 the preceding 12 months.
30 (c) A person may not perform any task as a food handler
31 in a food service establishment unless the person has been
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1 immunized against hepatitis A virus within the preceding 12
2 months.
3 (d) An owner, operator, or manager of a food service
4 establishment who violates subsection (b) is guilty of a
5 petty offense punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000. A
6 person who performs any task as a food handler in a food
7 service establishment in violation of subsection (c) is
8 guilty of a petty offense punishable by a fine of not more
9 than $500.