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A. Reasons for Permit Revocation. Food establishment permits may be revoked for any of the following reasons.

1. Serious and/or Repeated Violations. When enforcement efforts have failed and serious and/or repeated violations of Chapter 246-215 WAC continue and such violations represent a serious public health hazard or represent continued poor sanitary and maintenance practices of a serious nature, the permit may be revoked by the Health Officer.

2. Interference with Food Program Staff. When interference has occurred in the performance of duty of Health District staff, the permit may be revoked by the Health Officer.

3. Operation in Defiance of Closure Order. Food service operations that continue to serve food to the public without a valid permit and in defiance of a Health Officer’s order to suspend permitted operations shall be subject to permit revocation for a period of not less than five days.

B. Procedures for Permit Revocation.

1. Hearing. The Health Officer will not revoke a food establishment permit until an opportunity has been provided for a hearing before the Health Officer or the Health Officer’s designee. Written notification of the hearing, including the time and place of the hearing, shall be made to the permit holder within 30 days of the last inspection or field visit relative to the action. The Health Officer or designee shall make a final finding based upon the complete hearing record and shall sustain, modify or rescind any notice or record considered in the hearing. A written report of the hearing decision shall be furnished to the holder of the permit by the Health Officer or designee.

2. Health Officer’s Order. Permits shall be revoked through issuance of a Health Officer’s order, said order to be delivered to the establishment and a copy mailed to the permit holder both by regular and certified mail. Notice by mail will be considered acceptable service if for some reason the order cannot be delivered to the establishment.

3. Application for New Permit. A permit holder whose food establishment permit has been revoked may make a written application for the purpose of obtaining a new permit. A hearing will be provided before the Health Officer or designee to determine if a new permit should be issued. In no case will a permit be issued for a food establishment during a period of revocation imposed for noncompliance with these procedures. [Res. 01-18. Res. 96-24. Res. 95-16, Eff. 05/09/95. Res. 93-32, Eff. 11/09/93. Res. 90-01. Res. 88-59. Res. 85-43. Prior code § 10.2(IV)].