Texas § HS.438.046 - LIST OF ACCREDITED PROGRAMS
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§ HS.438.046. LIST OF ACCREDITED PROGRAMS
LIST OF ACCREDITED PROGRAMS. (a) The department shall maintain a registry of course programs accredited under this subchapter. (b) A food service worker trained in a course for the employees of a single entity is considered to have met a local health jurisdiction's training, testing, and permitting requirements only as to food service performed for that entity. (b-1) A food service worker trained in a food handler training course that is accredited by the American National Standards Institute or that is accredited by the department and listed with the registry is considered to have met a local health jurisdiction's training, testing, and permitting requirements. A local health jurisdiction may require a food establishment, as that term is defined by Section 438.101 , to maintain on the premises of the food establishment a certificate of completion of the training course for employees of the food establishment. (c) A local health jurisdiction may not charge a fee or require or issue a local food handler card for a certificate issued to a food service worker who provides proof of completion of an accredited course described by Subsection (b-1). Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 539, Sec. 16, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 822, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 28, 1995. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 843 (S.B. 582 ), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2015. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 728 (S.B. 1089 ), Sec. 1, eff. June 12, 2017.
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