Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 016 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Division 10 - Division of Services for the Blind › Rule 016.10.08-001 - Revise Vending Facility Program

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
1.6.11. ServSafe or Ark. Dept of Health
			 Training. ServSafe or Ark.
Dept. of Health training is mandatory for all trainees as of
				11-7-05. Trainee will not be certified for licensing until they pass the
				course. Trainee will have 2 opportunities to pass before they are denied
				certification.
1.8. Deficiency and
			 Upward Mobility Training
The respective Vending Facility Program specialist shall
				provide short-term training. If the Vending Facility Program specialist deems
				it advisable, the specialist shall submit in w riting a request to the Vending
				Facility Program Administrator for such a service documenting the specific
				needs and tentative goals and objectives for such training. In the event a
				licensed blind vendor is not recommended by the specialist for transfer or
				promotion, the licensed blind vendor must be provided training to correct any
				deficiencies noted in order to satisfy the requirements for operations. This
				training may include, but not be limited to, on-the-job training and classroom
				training.
Any manager that sells foods prepared on-site and any manager
				recommended by his specialist to take the ServSafe or Ark. Dept. of Health
				course must participate and complete the course. They will have two
				opportunities to pass the course paid by the VFP. Any third or more attempts
				will be paid for by the manager. Also, managers that refuse or are unable to
				pass the course will be reduced to selling prepackaged foods only.
2.2. Committee Organizational
			 Structure
The Committee shall consist of seven members who shall be the
				same as the officers and members of the board of directors of the Arkansas
				Association of Blind Vending Facility Managers. The chairperson,
				vice-chairperson, and secretary of the Committee shall be the same as the
				president, vice-president, and secretary of the Arkansas Association of Blind
				Vending Facility Managers.
2.3. Election of Committee Members
Members of the Committee shall be elected to serve terms of two
				years. The number of consecutive terms vendors may serve on the Committee shall
				not be limited. Participation by any blind vendor in the election of Committee
				members shall not be conditioned upon the payment of dues or other fees.
				Elections are conducted under the following procedures:
A. The President of the Association shall
			 appoint a nominating committee consisting of from three to five members. This
			 committee shall nominate five vendors from throughout the State. The nominees
			 shall be for the positions of president, vice-president, secretary/treasurer
			 and one member from each of the geographic areas as may be established by the
			 DSB and the Committee. When no vendor is willing or able to represent their
			 geographical area of the state, then a vendor will be elected at-large to fill
			 a regional position. Currently, the geographic areas are:
Area I - All locations within the City of Little Rock. Area II
				- All locations outside the city limits of Little Rock.
B. Elections will be conducted in odd
			 numbered years at the business meeting held during the Sales Seminar at which
			 time nominations may be made from the floor.
C. A vendor nominated from the floor to a
			 position representing a geographical area must operate a vending facility in
			 that area, except when no vendor is willing or able to represent their
			 geographical area of the state, then a vendor will be elected at-large to fill
			 that position.
D. A vacancy created
			 as a result of a member who does not represent a geographical area leaving the
			 Vending Facility Program will be filled at the next annual Sales Seminar if the
			 vacancy occurs during the first year of the term. A vacancy occurring during
			 the second year shall be appointed by the President of the Arkansas Association
			 of Blind Vending Facility Managers If a vendor who represents a geographic area
			 ceases to operate a vending facility in that area either as a result of
			 transfer or promotion or of leaving the program for any reason, his/her
			 position shall be deemed vacant. As soon as practicable thereafter, a special
			 election will be conducted among the vendors who operate facilities in the
			 pertinent area under procedures to be prescribed by the DSB in consultation
			 with the State Committee of Blind Vendors.