§ 25-4-1605. Submission of Plans for Approval – Required
An owner or operator of a retail food establishment shall submit plans and specifications to the department or a county or district board of health in the jurisdiction in which a retail food establishment is to be constructed or extensively remodeled before such construction or extensive remodeling is begun or any existing structure is converted […]
§ 25-4-1606. Licensure – Exception
An application for a license or a certificate of license shall be filed with the department or a county or district board of health before any person may operate a retail food establishment in this state. The application shall be on a form supplied by the department and shall include such information as the department […]
§ 25-4-1607. Fees – Repeal
Except as provided in subsections (1)(d.5) and (14) of this section, effective January 1 of the year following the increases specified in subsection (1.5)(a) of this section, each retail food establishment in this state shall be assessed an annual license fee as follows: A retail food establishment preparing or serving food in individual portions for […]
§ 25-4-1607.5. Retail Food Establishment Regulation – Fees – Investigations – Stakeholder Process
The executive director of the department or his or her designee shall convene a stakeholder group, including representatives from Colorado associations representing county or district public health agencies, county commissioners, retail food establishments, and any other party that represents a retail food establishment and expresses interest in participating. The department shall keep and maintain a […]
§ 25-4-1607.7. Health Inspection Results – Development of a Uniform System – Communication to the Public
On or before January 1, 2017, the department shall solicit input from retail food establishments, contracted local public health agencies, county commissioners, and others with a vested interest in the retail food inspection program to establish a uniform system to communicate health inspection results to the public. The uniform system established pursuant to this section […]
§ 25-4-1607.9. Department Targets – Audits – Reporting
On or before April 1, 2017, the department shall respond to all plans and specifications and HACCP plan reviews within fourteen working days after receipt, as required by section 25-4-1605 (4). On or before December 31, 2019, the department shall ensure significant statewide compliance with the federal food and drug administration’s voluntary national retail food […]
§ 25-4-1608. Food Protection Cash Fund – Creation
Fees collected by the department pursuant to section 25-4-1607 and penalties collected pursuant to section 25-4-1611.5 shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit them to the food protection cash fund, which fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The general assembly shall appropriate the moneys in the fund to the department […]
§ 25-4-1609.5. Grievance Process
If a licensee believes that a county or district public health agency is taking regulatory action outside the scope of its authority, the licensee may file a written complaint with the department within thirty days after the licensee’s knowledge of the regulatory action. Within forty-five days after receipt of a written complaint pursuant to subsection […]
§ 25-4-1610. Unlawful Acts
It is unlawful for: Any person to begin the construction or extensive remodeling of a retail food establishment unless such person has received department or county or district board of health approval of plans and specifications for such construction or remodeling pursuant to section 25-4-1605; Any person to operate a retail food establishment without a […]
§ 25-4-1611.5. Violations – Penalties – Review
If the department or a county or district public health agency finds that a licensee or other person operating a retail food establishment was provided with written notification of a violation of section 25-4-1610 (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(d), (1)(e), or (1)(f) and was given a reasonable time to comply but remained in noncompliance, the person is […]