Ohio Administrative Code
Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director
Chapter 3701-21 - Food Service Operations
Section 3701-21-02.4 - Food service operation inspection frequency
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 3701-21-02.4
Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) Except as specified in paragraph (B) of this rule, a licensor will inspect food service operations at least every fifteen months as follows:
(1) Risk
level I: at least one standard inspection each licensing period.
(2) Risk level II: at least one standard
inspection each licensing period.
(3) Risk level III: at least two standard
inspections each licensing period.
(4) Risk level IV: at least two standard
inspections and two critical control point inspections, and if applicable two
variance reviews each licensing period. The licensor may conduct
critical control point inspections on
the same visits as standard inspections
and when applicable verify the terms of any variance that may have been
issued.
(5) Mobile food service
operations: at least one standard inspection each licensing period;
(6) Temporary food service operation: at
least one inspection during the period of operation; and
(7) New food service operations: one standard
inspection not later than thirty days after the license has been issued. If
less than six months remain in a licensing period, the licensor may elect to
eliminate one standard inspection, and one critical control point inspection
and one variance review for an operation classified as risk level III or IV.
(B) The licensor will inspect at least fifty per cent of an operator's vending machine locations each licensing period, with no more than twenty-four months between inspections for all licensed vending machine locations.
(C) For purposes of this rule, "licensing period" means the first day of March to the last day of February of the next succeeding year.
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