Section 25-A4406. REPORT OF FINDINGS - REFUSAL TO SIGN ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 

4406.1The Department shall inform a person who declines to sign an acknowledgment of receipt of inspectional findings as specified in § 4405 that: 

 

(a)An acknowledgment of receipt is not an agreement with finding;

 

(b)Refusal to sign an acknowledgment of receipt will not affect the licensee's  obligation to correct the violations noted in the inspection report within  the time frames specified; and

 

(c)A refusal to sign an acknowledgment of receipt is noted in the inspection  report and conveyed to the Department's historical record for the food  establishment.

 

4406.2The Department shall make a final request that the person in charge sign an acknowledgment receipt of inspection findings.

 

authority

Sections 4 and 10 of An Act Relating to the adulteration of foods and drugs in the District of Columbia, approved February 17, 1898 (30 Stat. 246; D.C. Official Code §§ 48-104 and 48-110 (2009 Repl.)); Section 7 of An Act Making Appropriations to provide for the expenses for the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes (32 Stat.627; D.C. Official Code § 47-2834(a)(1), (a)(2), and (b) (2005 Repl.)); and Mayor’s Order 98-139, dated August 20, 1998, and Mayor’s Order 2002-103, dated June 18, 2002.

source

Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 4394 (June 6, 2003), incorporating by reference the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 6184, 6356 (July 5, 2002); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 13690 (November 30, 2012).