{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-438.046","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 438.046","heading":"LIST OF ACCREDITED PROGRAMS.","body":"(a) The department shall maintain a registry of course programs accredited under this subchapter.\n(b) A food service worker trained in a course for the employees of a single entity is considered to have met a local health jurisdiction's training, testing, and permitting requirements only as to food service performed for that entity.\n(b-1) A food service worker trained in a food handler training course that is accredited by the American National Standards Institute or that is accredited by the department and listed with the registry is considered to have met a local health jurisdiction's training, testing, and permitting requirements. A local health jurisdiction may require a food establishment, as that term is defined by Section 438.101, to maintain on the premises of the food establishment a certificate of completion of the training course for employees of the food establishment.\n(c) A local health jurisdiction may not charge a fee or require or issue a local food handler card for a certificate issued to a food service worker who provides proof of completion of an accredited course described by Subsection (b-1).\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 539, Sec. 16, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 822, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 843 (S.B. 582), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2015.\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 728 (S.B. 1089), Sec. 1, eff. June 12, 2017.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 6. FOOD, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES","SUBTITLE A. FOOD AND DRUG HEALTH REGULATIONS","CHAPTER 438. PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES RELATING TO FOOD","SUBCHAPTER D. FOOD SERVICE PROGRAMS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.438.htm#438.046","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"702aec72912eb6540a747f342f70e91fbcb44c6c89fcced669e57e1721ffe649","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-438.045","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-438.047"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}