Calexico Municipal Code Ch. 8.08 Food Handlers

A. Establishments Where Food is Consumed on Premises. It is unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, club or association to prepare, serve or handle, or to employ or permit any person to prepare, serve or handle any food in any restaurant, cafe, hotel, lunch counter, soda fountain, or any other establishment where food is regularly consumed on the premises, or to wash or dry dishes or receptacles used or intended to be used for holding such articles or food, unless such person preparing, serving or handling such food, or washing or drying such dishes or receptacles, has first been examined by the health officer for the city or his deputy or by a physician and surgeon duly licensed by the state of California, and is given a certificate of approval for such employment or occupation, which certificate shall be neither expired nor cancelled.

B. Establishments Where Food is Served or Sold to Public. It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to serve or handle or to employ or permit any person to serve or handle any food products edible for human consumption in any grocery store, meat market or any other establishment where edible food is served or sold to the public unless such person serving or handling such food has first been examined by the health officer for the city or his deputy, or by a physician and surgeon duly licensed by the state of California, and is given a certificate of approval for such employment or occupation, which certificate shall be neither expired nor cancelled.

(Ord. 451 § 1, 1953; prior code § 3711)

The health officer shall prepare an outline of the examination which shall be given and the tests which shall be made, which, upon adoption by the council, must be strictly followed by all health officers and all physicians.

(Prior code § 3741)

Additional tests and further examination must be made if deemed necessary by the health officer or examining physician to determine whether an applicant has any infectious, contagious or loathsome disease.

(Prior code § 3442)

A. Examination by Health Officer. If the applicant desires to be examined by the city health officer or his deputy, the city clerk shall charge and collect from each such applicant a sum sufficient to reimburse the city for the expense of the examination and certificate, which sum shall be two dollars. He shall give the applicant a receipt which shall be accepted by the health officer or his deputy in full payment for such examination and certificate. A like sum shall be charged and collected upon each application, except as provided in Sections 8.08.120 through 8.08.140.

B. Examination by Private Physician. If the applicant desires to be, and is, examined by his own physician as provided in this chapter, no charge shall be made by the city except that the sum of fifty cents shall be charged each applicant for such certificate of approval.

(Prior code §§ 3771, 3772)

When the examination provided for in Section 8.08.010 is made by a physician or the health officer or his deputy, his report shall contain a statement that he has examined the applicant as provided in Sections 8.08.020 and 8.08.030 and has found the applicant to be free of all infectious, contagious and loathsome diseases.

(Prior code § 3751)

The applicant shall file such statement as required by Section 8.08.050 with the city clerk for his examination and approval, and if found satisfactory, he shall thereupon issue the certificate.

(Prior code § 3752)

The certificate of approval required by Section 8.08.010 shall be on forms prepared and furnished by the health department of the city.

(Prior code § 3721)

No such certificate as required by Section 8.08.010 shall have any validity, force or effect after the expiration of one year from the date of its issuance.

(Prior code § 3722)

A. Issuance Authority. The health officer or examining physician may, in his discretion, issue to any applicant who has been examined a temporary permit allowing said applicant to perform such work during the time from the date of said examination to the date of the issuance of said certificate of approval.

B. Expiration Date. Any such temporary permit given shall state the expiration date thereof.

(Prior code §§ 3731, 3732)

The health officer or his deputy or examining physician may refuse to issue a certificate provided for in this chapter to any person found to have any infectious, contagious or loathsome disease.

(Prior code § 3761)

The person so refused a certificate as designated in Section 8.08.100 may appeal to the city council and the decision of the council, after a hearing thereon, shall be final.

(Prior code § 3762)

A. Submittal Required. Any person who may be engaged in the work, employment or occupation set forth in Section 8.08.010 shall, whenever required by the health officer or his deputy, submit to a further examination for the purpose of determining whether or not such person has contracted any infectious, contagious or loathsome disease since the previous examination, or whether or not such person has such disease.

B. Working without Examination. It is unlawful for any person to continue in the work, occupation or employment specified in this chapter unless a further examination is taken when required by the health officer or his deputy and such person is found to be free from such disease.

(Prior code § 3781)

Upon notice by the health officer or his deputy that the applicant should be reexamined pursuant to Sections 8.08.120 through 8.08.140 or at the expiration of one year from the issuance of the certificate of approval, whichever is first, the certificate shall be null and void for all purposes; and it shall be unlawful to keep or display the certificate thereafter.

(Prior code § 3782)

Any further examination required within the one-year period designated in Section 8.08.130 may be made by the health officer or his deputy without charge to the applicant, either for the examination or for the certificate of approval.

(Prior code § 3783)

The city health officer or his deputy are empowered to enter, during business hours, any establishment included within the terms of this chapter to enforce the provisions of this chapter.

(Prior code § 3791)

It is unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, club or association to refuse to allow the city health officer or his deputy to enter upon any portion of said establishments included within the terms of this chapter, or to interfere in any manner with the examination or inspection by the city health officer or his deputy of any such place or of any persons working or employed therein, who are included within the provisions of this chapter.

(Prior code § 3792)

It is unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, club, or association of the class designated in Section 8.08.010, knowing or suspecting or having reason to know or suspect that he or any employee or worker therein has any infectious, contagious or loathsome disease to continue in such work, occupation or employment, or to allow such employee or worker to continue in such work, occupation or employment.

(Prior code § 3793)

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any individuals, employees or workers in any private dwelling.

(Prior code § 3794)