Section 410 IAC 7-13-1 - Application for license; facilities; hearing officerAuthority: IC 16-19-3-4; IC 16-19-3-5
Affected: IC 16-42-7
Sec. 1.
(A) Application for License: Procedure. Application for renewal of a license to operate a cold storage locker plant or branch locker plant shall be made to the Board not less than two weeks before expiration of the current license. Application for a new license to operate a cold storage locker plant or branch locker plant shall be made to the Board at least two weeks before the plant is scheduled to be placed in operation.(B) Locker Plant and Branch Locker Plant: Definition. "All rooms of a locker plant or branch locker plant" shall include all detached buildings or rooms, under the control of the operator of said locker plant or branch locker plant and used in any capacity in connection with the operation of said locker plant or branch locker plant.(C) Dressing Rooms. All locker plants or branch locker plants where employees' street clothing is stored shall be provided with adequate lockers or dressing rooms, separate and apart from any rooms in which food is prepared, processed, chilled, frozen or stored.(D) Temperature. A temperature of not to exceed zero degrees Fahrenheit shall be maintained in the locker room of all locker plants or branch locker plants at all times. Provided, however, that a variation of five degrees Fahrenheit higher, for short periods incidental to plant operation, shall not be prohibited.(E) Recording Thermometer: Installation. (1) The recording thermometer in use at all locker plants or branch locker plants shall continually record temperatures in such plants for a period of not less than seven days; shall be enclosed in a moisture proof case, permanently fastened to a substantial wall in the vestibule or waiting room, and shall be five feet from the floor so that the recording chart is visible at all times. The instrument must be kept locked at all times except when changing dials, inking or repairing. Charts shall be changed once each week, be properly dated so as to indicate the period for which temperatures were recorded, be signed by the operator and be made available for inspection for at least one year.(2) The sensitive bulb used to determine temperatures shall be located in the locker room not less than eight feet from any door or blower, not less than ten inches from any plates or coils and at least ten inches from the ceiling. The bulb shall not be placed directly in front of any door or blower.(3) When more than one room or one section of lockers is maintained in a locker plant or branch locker plant, which rooms or sections of lockers are refrigerated independently of each other, a sensitive bulb, properly connected to an accurate recording thermometer, shall be installed in each such room or section of lockers in such a manner as to give accurate recordings of temperatures in each such room or section of lockers.(F) Defrosting. Whenever refrigeration coils or plates are located directly above patrons lockers, said coils or plates shall be defrosted in such a manner that contents of said patrons lockers are not contaminated.(G) Hearing Officer. The Board is hereby authorized to designate an authorized agent or employee of the Indiana State Board of Health to act in its stead in giving notice and holding hearings and of establishing the time and date for such hearing prior to the revocation of a cold storage locker plant or branch plant license as provided for in Section 20 of the Act. Before the Board takes action to revoke a license, the person or persons designated to hold the hearing shall submit to the Board, a complete report of the results of the hearing.Indiana State Department of Health; Reg HFD 14; filed Nov 29, 1945, 10:30 am: Rules and Regs. 1947, p. 1347; readopted filed Jul 11, 2001, 2:23 p.m.: 24 IR 4234; readopted filed May 22, 2007, 1:44 p.m.: 20070613-IR-410070141RFA