Pennsylvania Code
Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY
Part II - LOCAL HEALTH
Chapter 17 - STANDARDS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
FOOD SERVICE SANITATION
Section 17.81 - Authority for issuing licenses

Universal Citation: 28 PA Code ยง 17.81
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

The act of May 23, 1945 (P. L. 926, No. 369) (35 P. S. §§ 655.1-655.13) requires that all public eating and drinking places in this Commonwealth be licensed. That act and section 1910-A(11) of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 510-1(11)) defines "licensor" as: the county department of health or joint-county department of health, whenever such public eating or drinking place is located in a political subdivision which is under the jurisdiction of a county department of health or joint-county department of health, or the health authorities of cities, boroughs, incorporated towns and first-class townships, whenever such public eating or drinking place is located in a city, borough, incorporated town or first-class township not under the jurisdiction of a county department of health or joint-county department of health; or the Department of Environmental Resources whenever such public eating or drinking place is located in any other area of the Commonwealth.

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