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House
File
838
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
838
BY
BROWN-POWERS
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
a
food
establishment
to
post
a
routine
1
inspection
report
card.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
137F.11A,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
1
as
follows:
2
137F.11A
Posting
of
Routine
inspection
reports
report
.
3
An
A
food
establishment
inspected
under
this
chapter
shall
4
post
the
most
recent
routine
inspection
report,
along
with
any
5
current
complaint
or
reinspection
reports,
in
a
location
at
the
6
food
establishment
that
is
readily
visible
to
the
public.
The
7
department
may
require
that
the
food
establishment
serving
food
8
to
the
public
for
on-premises
consumption
post
the
most
recent
9
routine
inspection
report
near
its
corresponding
report
card
as
10
required
in
section
137F.11B.
11
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
137F.11B
Routine
inspection
report
12
card.
13
1.
After
completing
a
routine
inspection
report
of
a
food
14
establishment
serving
food
to
the
public
for
on-premises
15
consumption
as
provided
in
section
137F.11A,
a
regulatory
16
authority
shall
complete
a
routine
inspection
report
card.
The
17
routine
inspection
report
card
must
be
on
a
form
prepared
and
18
printed
by
the
department.
The
form
must
explain
the
criteria
19
for
assigning
a
letter
grade
and
its
corresponding
rating.
20
2.
a.
In
completing
a
routine
inspection
report
card,
21
the
regulatory
authority
shall
assign
an
inspected
food
22
establishment
a
letter
as
follows:
23
(1)
“A”
as
the
highest
letter
grade,
indicating
a
rating
24
of
ninety
percent
or
better
but
not
higher
than
one
hundred
25
percent.
26
(2)
“B”
as
the
next
highest
letter
grade,
indicating
27
a
rating
of
eighty
percent
or
better
but
less
than
ninety
28
percent.
29
(3)
“C”
as
the
lowest
letter
grade
indicating
a
rating
of
30
seventy-five
percent
or
better
but
not
less
than
seventy-five
31
percent.
32
b.
The
food
establishment
may
request
that
the
corresponding
33
numerical
rating
be
included
with
the
letter
grade.
34
3.
The
license
issued
to
a
food
establishment
under
this
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chapter
shall
be
suspended
as
provided
in
section
137F.7
1
if
a
food
establishment
is
assigned
a
rating
of
less
than
2
seventy-five
percent.
3
4.
The
food
establishment
shall
post
the
most
recent
4
routine
inspection
report
card
near
each
entrance
to
the
5
food
establishment
regularly
used
by
its
customers
or
in
6
another
conspicuous
place
selected
by
the
regulatory
authority
7
conducting
the
inspection.
8
5.
Upon
a
reinspection
report
issued
under
section
9
137F.11A,
the
regulatory
authority
shall
complete
a
new
routine
10
inspection
report
card
which
shall
be
posted
as
provided
in
11
subsection
4.
12
EXPLANATION
13
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
14
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
15
BACKGROUND.
Generally,
the
department
of
inspections,
16
appeals,
and
licensing
(DIAL),
or
a
local
authority
under
17
contract
with
DIAL,
provides
for
the
licensing
and
inspection
18
of
a
number
of
businesses
where
food
is
processed
or
prepared
19
for
human
consumption
(Code
chapter
137F).
DIAL
and
a
local
20
authority
are
referred
to
as
a
regulatory
authority
(Code
21
section
137F.1).
After
a
food
establishment
is
inspected,
it
22
must
post
an
inspection
report
at
a
location
visible
to
the
23
public.
The
food
establishment
is
subject
to
reinspection.
24
BILL’S
PROVISIONS.
This
bill
provides
that
after
conducting
25
a
routine
inspection
of
a
food
establishment
that
serves
food
26
to
the
public
for
on-premises
consumption
(e.g.,
a
restaurant),
27
a
regulatory
authority
must
complete
a
routine
inspection
28
report
card
(report
card).
A
completed
report
card
assigns
29
the
inspected
food
establishment
a
letter
grade
based
on
a
30
percentage
rating,
including
“A”
(90
percent
to
100
percent),
31
“B”
(80
percent
to
89
percent)
and
“C”
(75
percent
to
79
32
percent).
The
food
establishment’s
license
must
be
suspended
33
if
a
food
establishment
is
assigned
a
rating
of
less
than
75
34
percent.
The
food
establishment
is
required
to
post
the
most
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recent
report
card
near
each
entrance
to
the
food
establishment
1
or
another
conspicuous
place
selected
by
the
regulatory
2
authority.
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