NYC Rules of the City of New York

§ 21-07 — Food Service Establishment Consultative Inspections and Fees.

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(a) Consultative inspections. (1) Voluntary consultation.

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§ 21-07 Food Service Establishment Consultative Inspections and Fees.

RCNY § 21-07

(a)Consultative inspections.

(1)Voluntary consultation. In accordance with New York City Administrative Code § 17-1504, the Department will provide a consultative inspection to a person operating or applying for a permit to operate a food service establishment, as defined in 24 RCNY Health Code § 81.03, on how to operate the establishment in compliance with the Health Code and other applicable law.

(2)Priority and scheduling of consultative inspections.

(i)The Department will give priority to conducting consultative inspections at establishments that have a history of two or more inspections with a score of 28 or more points per inspection during the preceding 12 months, and at establishments whose operators request a consultative inspection when they are applying for their first permit, if they have not already been inspected and cited for operating without a permit.

(ii)For permitted establishments, consultative inspections will be scheduled so that they do not occur during the establishment's inspection cycle.

(iii)All consultative inspections are contingent on the availability of Department resources, (b) Fees. The fee for a permittee requesting a consultative inspection at an existing establishment is four hundred dollars ($400). The fee for an applicant for a new permit requesting a consultative inspection prior to the establishment's first inspection by the Department is one hundred dollars ($100).

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