Minutes - April 1, 2013 Regular Meeting

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BK - 00025 PG - Gj 5 Page of 4 Permit issued. This fee shall be reassessed annually for permits that do not expire. The Commission shall adopt rules to implement this subsection. Fees collected under this subsection shall be used for State and local food, lodging, and institution sanitation programs and activities. No more than thirty- three and one -third percent (33 1/3 0 %) of the fees collected under this subsection may be used to support State health programs and activities. RESTAURANT AND LODGING FEE COLLECTION AND INVENTORY PROGRAM 15A NCAC 18A .2901 DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS Fees collected pursuant to G.S. 130A- 248(d), minus state expenses budgeted for the collection and inventory program, shall be distributed to local health departments for the support of local public health programs and activities as follows: (1) Seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750.00) to each county; (2) the remaining balance of funds shall be distributed in accordance with the following formula: (a) [the remaining balance of funds after distribution in Paragraph (1) of this Rule] multiplied by (the number of facilities in the county divided by the number of facilities in the state) multiplied by (the county's percentage of compliance with mandatory inspection requirements for food and lodging establishments in G.S. 130A -249 and 15A NCAC 25.0213 for the previous fiscal year, not to exceed 100 percent) equals the allocation to the county; and (b) distribution of remaining funds to counties with 100 percent compliance with mandatory inspection requirements for food and lodging establishments in G.S. 130A -249 and 15A NCAC 25.0213 during the previous fiscal year shall be made in accordance with the following: [total amount of remaining funds after distribution in Paragraph (2)(a)] multiplied by (the number of facilities in the county divided by the number of facilities in all counties with 100 percent compliance with mandatory inspection requirements for food and lodging establishments in G.S. 130A -249 and 15A NCAC 25.0213 during the previous fiscal year) equals the additional allocation to the county. Nstory Note: Authority G.S. 130A -9; 130A -248; 130A -249; Ef`. May 1, 1991. III. Scone of Work and Deliverables The Local Health Department Food and Lodging Funds are distributed as follows: $750 plus $4,479 as calculated based in the attached Food and Lodging Distribution Calculations spreadsheet for a total disbursement of $5,229. The Local Health Department shall use this funding for food, lodging, and institution sanitation programs and activities. Assuring consistency and quality of Food and Lodging permitting and inspection activities is essential to effective implementation of the Food and Lodging permitting and inspection program. Inconsistencies or failures to appropriately apply permitting and inspections rules can create liability for the County and the Local Health Department as well as loss of confidence from the public and operators. In order to provide for consistency and quality within the food and lodging program and as part of this agreement, the Local Health Department shall, during the Agreement Addendum period, send at least one representative to a Quality Assurance training program provided by the Environmental Health Section (at no cost to the Local Health Department) or other training approved by the Environmental Health Section. Additionally, the Local Health Department shall develop an internal Quality Assurance plan for the local food and lodging inspection program which will be submitted for review and approval by the Regional Environmental Revises! 9/26/11