HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 70-48ORDINANCE NO. '10 `�k
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 14,
SECTION 14-25 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
BEAUMONT, TEXAS, SUBSTITUTING A NEW SECTION
THEREFOR, MAKING IT UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON
TO ENGAGE IN ANY BUSINESS OR OCCUPATION OF
HANDLING FOODSTUFFS INTENDED FOR HUMAN CON-
SUMPTION- WITHOUT A HEALTH CARD..;FRQM THE. CITY.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT; PROVIDING AN EXCEPTION;
REQUIRING CERTAIN EXAMINATIONS TO BE MADE BY
A PHYSICIAN LICENSED TO PRACTICE IN THE'STATE
OF TEXAS, BUT NOT LIMITING THE EXAMINATIONS
TO THOSE ENUMERATED, TO DETERMINE IF THE
APPLICANT HAS ANY CONTAGEOUS OR COMMUNICABLE
DISEASE IN A TRANSMISSABLE CONDITION; PRO-
VIDING A CHARGE OF $2.50 FOR THE LICENSE;
PROVIDING FOR REVOCATION OF THE LICENSE AND
RESERVING THE RIGHT OF THE CITY HEALTH DEPART-
MENT TO MAKE OTHER EXAMINATIONS; PROVIDING
FOR A 12 MONTH TERM OF THE LICENSE; PROVIDING
FOR AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE FOR A DUPLICATE CARD;
PROVIDING A PENALTY; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;
AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMON.T, TEXAS:
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That Section 14-25 of the Code of Ordinances of Beau-
mont, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 14-25. Health Certificates for Employees
"It shall be unlawful for any person to engage
in any business or occupation of handling food-
stuffs intended or suited for human consumption
or to employ any person in the business of hand-
ling foodstuffs intended for human consumption
and sale, including dishes, cutlery, and con-
tainers used for•the handling and serving of food
without a health registration card obtained from
the City Health Department showing that such -per --
son has met the requirements of the laws of the
State.and the local ordinances governing food
handlers and has a valid health certificate on
file in the office of the City Health Department;
provided,this section shall not prevent an indi-
vidual preparing foodstuffs and beverages for his
own consumption or for the exclusive use or con-
sumption of his own family.
"Before any person shall be issued a health
registration card, he shall be examined by a
physician licensed to practice in the State of
Texas and he shall submit to such examinations,
laboratory tests, and x-rays as may be necessary
to determine that the individual examined is
free of any transmissable condition of any con-
tageous or communicable disease. This shall
include but is not necessarily limited to a
standard serological test for syphilis, per-
formed in a laboratory approved by the Texas
State Department of Health as defined in Sec. 2
Art. 4445 A. Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes and
an x-ray for tuberculosis of the chest or stand-
ard skin test for tuberculosis, followed by an
x-ray, if positive. Both to be performed with-
in 30 days of the application. If such person
examined is found to be free of any transmissable
condition of any contageous or communicable
disease such individual shall be issued a health
registration card, a charge of two dollars and
fifty cents ($2.50) being made therefore, all
placed in the files of the City Health Department
bearing the same number as the health registra-
tion card issued to such individual. This card
may be revoked when in the opinion of the Direc-
tor of the City Health Department the holder is
suspected to have a contageous or communicable
disease or of being a carrier of such, and the
Director of the City Health Department reserves
the right to make such other examinations, tests,
etc. at any time that may be necessary. This
registration card and health certificate shall
be valid for a period'of twelve (12) months un-
less cancelled by the Director of the City Health
Department as provided by this chapter. A
duplicate health card may be obtained for an
additional charge of one dollar ($1.00)."
2.
That any person who violates any provision of this
ordinance shall, upon conviction, be punished as provided in
Section 1-8 of the Code of Ordinances of Beaumont, Texas.
3.
That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or
phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to a par-
ticular set of persons or circumstances should for any reason
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be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall in no wise affect
the remaining portions of this ordinance, and to such end the
various portions and provisions of this ordinance are declared
to be severable.
4.
That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
PASSED by the City Council this the-4-th day of August,
1970.
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