Noncritical items carry demerits of 1 to 2 points. Permit holders who score below 75 points are suspended and operate under conditional permits until they pass a reinspection. Those scoring below 60 are shut down until problems are fixed. The county Health Department normally suspends a few permit holders each month for failed inspections. There were no suspensions in February.
Some jurisdictions use a letter-grade system.
Leon said he favors keeping the current system. The public is wanting something to tell them how the restaurants are doing. State rules would ban the use of latex gloves because some people have severe allergies to latex that can pass via food, he said. Leon said any proposed new rules will be considered at public hearings of the county Board of Health and later by the Board of Supervisors. 1720 N. 15th Ave.