# Title 23 — Health and Safety

## Chapter 23-09.2 — Food Preparer Education

### § 23-09.2-01. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Department" means the department of health and human services.
2. "Food preparer" means any person who manufactures, processes, sells, handles, or
stores food and who is not required to obtain a license from the department under
chapter 19-02.1, 23-09, or 23-09.1.
3. Any term used in this chapter has the same meaning as when used in a comparable
context in chapters 19-02.1, 23-09, and 23-09.1.
### § 23-09.2-02. Rules.

The department may adopt rules regarding education of food preparers.
### § 23-09.2-03. Minor violations.

The department, local boards of health, and district health units shall attempt to resolve
minor violations of this chapter through education. The department, local boards of health, and
district health units are not required to report for prosecution minor violations of this chapter.
### § 23-09.2-04. Exclusions.

This chapter does not apply to private homes where food is prepared or stored for individual
family consumption and to the use of home-canned goods, nongrade A dairy products and food
prepared using nongrade A dairy products, and to meat not inspected under the Federal Meat
Inspection Act [34 Stat. 1260-1265; 21 U.S.C. 603 et seq.].
