22VAC45-20-70: Transfer and promotion of vendors

A. The department shall use as a basis for vendor upward mobility or transfer, the following criteria:

1. Sanitation inspections;

2. Business counselor evaluation for upward mobility;

3. Tenure in program;

4. Gross profit percentage;

5. Vendor attitude toward the program;

6. Appearance;

7. Attendance (Daily);

8. Building host-employee relations; and

9. Customer relations.

B. Each category shall be evaluated independently of the other with no single category outweighing the other. The total score of each vendor shall be the sum of scores in each category.

C. Vendors who apply for upward mobility or transfer and who are denied their request shall be entitled to review the evaluation. The state licensing agency shall show cause for the nonaward.