{"id":"DUT-WA-014","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Washington","state":"WA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Washington State Board of Health","authority":"RCW 43.20.050 and 43.20.145","instrument":"WAC 246-215-02115 (Washington Retail Food Code)","title":"Duties—Person in charge (FDA Food Code 2-103.11)","dateIssued":"","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMP","COND"],"addressees":["specified businesses (food establishments: permit holders and persons in charge)"],"clause":"The person in charge shall ensure that:... (4) employees are effectively cleaning their hands by routinely monitoring the employees\u0027 handwashing;... (15) food employees and conditional employees are informed in a verifiable manner of their responsibility to report... information about their health and activities as they relate to diseases that are transmissible through food","enforcement":"Permit suspension or revocation and closure by the local health officer under chapter 246-215 WAC Part 8; misdemeanor under RCW 70.05.120(4) for violating State Board of Health rules","functions":[],"notes":"Places on the person in charge of every restaurant, bar, grocery and food establishment a standing duty to monitor handwashing, sanitizing and employee health reporting, the sanitary-code baseline into which the DOH and L\u0026I eating-and-drinking-establishment requirements (Ex. WA-104) were written.","sourceUrl":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=246-215-02115","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":91356,"grade":"primary","character":"sanitary_code_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-WA","url":"/library/DUT-WA-014","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-WA-014","citation":"Washington State Board of Health, WAC 246-215-02115 (Washington Retail Food Code) (standing) (Ex. DUT-WA-014)","stateName":"Washington","related":["WA-104"]}