Sec. 13. (a) For the purpose of enforcing this chapter, the local health officers are food environmental health specialists subordinate to the state department.

     (b) To ensure that enforcement of the state laws and rules is uniform throughout the state, the state department shall provide to the local health officers who are food environmental health specialists guidelines concerning the interpretation and of the state department’s rules concerning home based vendors. A food environmental health specialist may not enforce the state department’s rules concerning home based vendors in a manner that is more strict than the state department’s guidelines.

As added by P.L.49-2022, SEC.4.