| (i) Department audits. Classroom audits may be conducted
to assess program compliance. Licensee shall allow personnel authorized
by the department access for the purposes of an audit. Audits may
be based on analysis of data compiled by the department.
(j) Denial, suspension and revocation of program accreditation.
An accredited food handler program license may be denied, suspended
or revoked for the following reasons:
(1) a licensee is delinquent in payment of fees as
described in this section; or
(2) violation of the provisions of this section.
(k) Denial, suspension and revocation procedures. Denial,
suspension and revocation procedures under this section shall be conducted
in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, Texas Government
Code, Chapter 2001.
(l) Suspension of License Relating to Child Support
and Child Custody.
(1) On receipt of a final court order or attorney general's
order suspending a license due to failure to pay child support or
for failure to comply with the terms of a court order providing for
the possession of or access to a child, the department shall immediately
determine if a license has been issued to the obligator named, and:
(A) record the suspension of the license in the department's
records;
(B) report the suspension as appropriate; and
(C) demand surrender of the suspended license.
(2) The department shall implement the terms of a final
court or attorney general's order suspending a license without additional
review or hearing. The board will provide notice as appropriate to
the licensee or to others concerned with the license.
(3) The department may not modify, remand, reverse,
vacate, or stay a court or attorney general's order suspending a license
issued under the Texas Family Code, Chapter 232, and may not review,
vacate, or reconsider the terms of an order.
(4) A licensee who is the subject of a final court
or attorney general's order suspending his or her license is not entitled
to a refund for any fee paid to the department.
(5) If a suspension overlaps a license renewal period,
an individual with a license suspended under this section shall comply
with the normal renewal procedures in the Act, and this chapter; however,
the license will not be renewed until subsection (g) of this section
is met.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §229.178 adopted to be effective April 24, 2008, 33 TexReg 3278; amended to be effective February 18, 2018, 43 TexReg 578; amended to be effective December 1, 2023, 48 TexReg 6918 |
