Section 25-A4407. REPORT OF FINDINGS - PUBLIC INFORMATION, RECORDS RETENTION

 

4407.1The Department shall keep and maintain a record of each inspection report, complaint, inspector’s sample reports, license suspension, and other correspondence made of any food establishment within the District for a period of one (1) year as an active file. After one (1) year, records are deemed inactive for a period of two (2) additional years and shall be destroyed at the end of the two (2) year inactive period, except as specified in § 4407.2.

 

4407.2In the case of an audit and or investigation, the Department shall keep all records until the audit and/or investigation has been completed. 

 

4407.3The Department shall treat the inspection report as a public document and shall make it available for disclosure to a person who requests it as provided in the District of Columbia Administrative Procedure Act, approved October 21, 1968 (82 Stat. 1204; D.C. Official Code §§ 2-501, et seq. (2011 Repl.)), except as provided in § 4206.

 

4407.4The Department shall maintain the following information:

 

(a)Total number of licensed food establishments by category;

 

(b)Number of yearly inspections by category;

 

(c)Number of reinspections by category;

 

(d)Number of hearings;

 

(e)Number of license suspensions;

 

(f)Number of license revocations;

 

(g)Number of foodborne illness complaints investigated (including the  number of cases involving more than two (2) persons and the total number  of persons involved);

 

(h)Number of general complaints investigated;

 

(i)Number and types of variances issued;

 

(j)Total number of sanitarians; and

 

(k)Other information the Department may deem necessary.

 

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, 6356-57 (July 5, 2002); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 13690 (November 30, 2012).