05 LC
33 0769S
The
House Committee on Health and Human Services offers the following
substitute
to HB 467:
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 26-2-373 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to promulgation of rules, regulations, and standards by the Department of Human
Resources and county boards of health, so as to require additional standards on
certain matters; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and
for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 26-2-373 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
promulgation of rules, regulations, and standards by the Department of Human
Resources and county boards of health, is amended by striking subsection (a) and
inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"(a)
For the purpose of protecting the public health, the Department of Human
Resources shall have the power to adopt and promulgate such rules and
regulations as it deems necessary and proper to carry out the purpose and intent
of this article, including the establishment of reasonable standards of
sanitation for food service establishments and such establishments which are
also retail frozen dessert packagers and the examination and condemnation of
unwholesome food therein.
The Department
of Human Resources shall establish a uniform grading sheet with respect to
inspecting food service establishments for the purpose of meeting the standards
established by the department, and such grading sheet shall be utilized
statewide no later than January 1, 2006. The Department of Human Resources shall
promulgate rules and regulations for posting the uniform grading sheet in each
food service establishment. County boards
of health are authorized to adopt and promulgate supplementary rules and
regulations, including the establishment of reasonable standards of sanitation
for food service establishments, consistent with those adopted and promulgated
by the department
and may
provide a supplemental grading sheet which may supplement the state-wide grading
sheet but shall not replace the state-wide grading
sheet. The department and the county
boards of health may obtain technical and laboratory assistance from the
Department of
Agriculture."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.