Illinois Administrative Code › Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH › Part 750 - FOOD CODE › Subpart B - PERSONNEL › Section 750.220 - Food Handlers - Course Approval

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a)
If an entity uses an American National Standards Institute
(ANSI)
food handler training accredited program, that training program
				shall be automatically approved by the Department
(Section 3.06(e) of
				the Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act).
b)
Certified local health departments
				in counties serving jurisdictions with a population of 100,000 or less, as
				reported by the U.S. Census Bureau in the 2010 Census of Population
,
				and the other six counties (Will, Kane, McHenry, Tazewell, Kendall and Macon)
				listed in the Act, may have a food handler training program.
The
				training program must meet the requirements of
Section
				750.210
and be approved by the Department.
(Section 3.06(f) of the
				Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act) These certified local health
				departments with approved training programs can teach food handlers in
				restaurants and in food service establishments that are not restaurants only
				within the certified local health department's jurisdiction. The training
				program shall maintain a list of individuals trained for a minimum of five
				years from the date of the individuals' training.
c) Any entity can provide food handler
				training to employees working in a restaurant by using an ANSI accredited food
				handler training program, including the ANSI assessment, that meets the
				requirements of "Standards for Accreditation of Food Protection Manager
				Programs", incorporated by reference in Section
				750.110. The training
				program shall maintain a list of individuals trained for a minimum of five
				years from the date of the individuals' training.
d)
If a business with an internal
				training program is approved in another state prior to
August 27,
				2013,
then the business' training program and assessment shall be
				automatically approved by the Department upon the business providing proof that
				the program is approved in
that state. (Section 3.06(c) of the Food
				Handling Regulation Enforcement Act) The business shall register the training
				program with the Department using an application provided by the Department.
				For the purpose of this Section, "business" means an organization that provides
				a food handler training program that was approved in another state prior to
				August 27, 2013.
e) Any entity can
				provide food handler training to employees working in a food service
				establishment that is not a restaurant by using a food handler training program
				that meets the training and assessment requirements listed in Section 750.210.
				The entity providing the training program shall apply for Department approval
				using an application provided by the Department.
1)
Training may be conducted by any
				means available, including, but not limited to: on-line, computer, classroom,
				live trainers, remote trainers, and certified food service sanitation
				managers.
(Section 3.05(c) of the Food Handling Regulation Enforcement
				Act)
2)
There must be at
				least one commercially available approved food handler training module at a
				cost of no more than $15 per employee;
training may include, but is
				not limited to, on-line, computer, classroom, live trainers, remote trainers,
				and certified food service sanitation managers.
If an approved food
				handler training module is not available at that cost, then provisions
				of
this Section
shall not apply
and food handlers
				shall comply with Section 3.06 of the Food Handling Regulation Enforcement
				Act
.
(Section 3.05(c) of the Food Handling Regulation
				Enforcement Act)