§ 23-04 Intervals Between Inspection Cycles.
RCNY § 23-04
(a)A food service establishment shall post its letter grade until the Department issues it a new letter grade card or until a "grade pending" card is required to be posted in the establishment's next inspection cycle. The Department shall not wait one year to schedule the next inspection cycle for any establishment that receives 14 or more points on its initial inspection, but instead the interval of time between the final inspection in such cycle and the initial inspection in the establishment's next cycle shall be determined by the higher score from either its initial inspection or its reinspection: (1) An initial inspection commencing a new cycle shall be conducted 150 to 210 days after the reinspection at an establishment that receives a score of 14 to 27 points on an initial inspection or reinspection and does not score 28 or more points on either of these inspections.
(2)An initial inspection commencing a new cycle shall be conducted 90 to 150 days after the final inspection of the cycle at an establishment that receives a score of 28 or more points on its initial inspection or reinspection.
(3)An initial inspection commencing a new cycle shall be conducted within 60 to 120 days of reopening for an establishment that is authorized by the Department to reopen following a Department closure that occurs on an initial or reinspection of that establishment.
(b)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter to the contrary, in circumstances when the Department believes there is an increased risk to public health, nothing in this section shall prohibit the Department from inspecting an establishment and treating that inspection as the initial inspection in a new cycle. Such circumstances include, but are not limited to, an establishment having a history of Department closure(s), being the subject of complaints of unsanitary conditions, or being compromised following an environmental emergency.
