Grading of Food Service Establishment

(a)Every food service establishment shall display in a place designated by the Director, a placard approved by him stating the grade received at the time of the most recent inspection of the establishment. Only the Director or his designee may remove such placard.

(b)Itinerant food service establishments shall not be subject to grading.

(c)Grades of Establishments shall be as follows: more Grade A. An establishment having a demerit score of not than ten (10). Grade B. An establishment having a demerit score of more than ten

(10)but not more than twenty (20). Grade C. An establishment having a demerit score of more than twenty

(20)but not more than forty (40). Grade D. An establishment having a demerit score of more than forty (40). Notwithstanding the grade criteria established above, whenever a second consecutive violation of the same item of 2, 4 COL11/29/2022 CH. 23 EATING AND DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS or 6 demerit points is discovered, the permit may be suspended or in lieu thereof, the establishment shall be downgraded to the next lower grade.

(d)Immediately following such inspection, the Director shall post the appropriate notice in accordance with § 21107 of Chapter 21. The permit holder or operator of any establishment, the grade of which has been lowered, may, at any time, request an inspection for the purpose of regrading the establishment. Within ten

(10)days following receipt of a request including a signed statement that the conditions responsible for the lowering of the grade have, in the applicant's opinion, been corrected, the Director shall make an inspection; and thereafter, as many additional inspections as he may deem necessary to assure himself that the applicant is complying with the higher grade requirements; and, if the findings indicate compliance shall award the higher grade.