D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 25, r. 25-A102

Current through Register 71, No. 45, November 7, 2024

Rule 25-A102 - SCOPE - STATEMENT

102.1

This Code establishes definitions; sets standards for management and personnel, food operations, and equipment and facilities; provides for food establishment plan review, license issuance, inspections, and the exclusion or restriction of food employees and conditional employees; sets requirements for bed & breakfast kitchens, caterers and catered facilities; and provides for enforcement through licensing, license suspension and revocation, embargo and condemnation of foods and equipment, and fines and penalties.

102.2

Certain provisions of this Code are identified as priority items, priority foundation items, or core items are as follows:

(a) Priority items are provisions whose application contributes directly to the elimination, prevention, or reduction to an acceptable level of hazards associated with foodborne illness or injury, when there is no other provision that more directly controls the hazard. A priority item is denoted with a superscripted letter "P" ^(P);

(b) Priority foundation items are provisions whose application supports facilities or enables one (1) or more priority items. A priority foundation item is denoted with superscripted letters "Pf" ^(Pf); and

(c) Core items are provisions that are not designated as a priority item or a priority foundation item and that usually relate to general sanitation, operational controls, sanitation standards operating procedures (SSOPs), facilities or structures, equipment design, or general maintenance.

102.3

The provisions of Chapters 1 through 49 are supplemental to other rules that apply to specific food operations, and supplement other applicable District rules.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 25, r. 25-A102

Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 4394 (June 6, 2003); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 13690 (November 30, 2012)

Authority: Sections 4 and 10 of An Act Relating to the adulteration of foods and drugs in the District of Columbia, approved February 17, 1898 (30 Stat. 246: D.C. Official Code §§ 48-104 and 48-110 (2009 Repl.)); Section 7 of An Act Making Appropriations to provide for the expenses for the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes (32 Stat.627: D.C. Official Code § 47-2834(a)(1), (a)(2), and (b) (2005 Repl.)); and Mayor's Order 2002-103, dated June 18, 2002 and Mayor's Order 98-139, dated August 20, 1998.