The Clark County Board of Health approved the second and final reading of a policy to require food service establishments to post health inspection reports in its regular meeting Thursday.

The policy will go into effect in January 2020.

According to the policy, food service establishments required to post inspection  reports include restaurants, grocery stores, gas stations which serve prepared food, schools and care facilities.

Because of a lack of a structured operating time and often a lack of a physical structure, mobile food units, pushcarts, restricted concession food services, temporary food service and similar food service facilities will not be required to post inspection reports but will have to keep inspection reports on hand and make them available for viewing upon request.

According to the policy, food establishments must place the inspection report where it is visible upon entry into the establishment, as determined by the health department.

Establishments which continually violate the regulation may receive a fine, according to the draft.

The board also moved to get a more detailed analysis of its options in regards to House Bill 1 .

Rebecca Kissick, director of the Clark County Health Department, reminded the board of the various options the board will have to consider and decide upon by April 30, 2020. Kentucky legislators passed the bill, which presents a few options for quasi-governmental agencies in regards to opting out or staying in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System.

With the motion to receive a more detailed analysis of the options specific to how it would affect the department, Kissick said the board can then make a more informative decision when the time comes. The board will receive the detailed analysis, which cost $1,500,  in about two months.

“What they have promised with that is that for each individual health department that requests the evaluation, you will then receive a full analysis that outlines all of your options,” Kissick told the board. 

In other action, the board:

— re-elected Dr. Brian Andreas as chair and Kissick as secretary

— elected Ron Kibbey as vice chair

— discussed the Robert’s Rules of Order and parliamentary procedure

— approved the 096 evaluation process form

— approved the fiscal year 2019 Clark County Public Health Taxing District and Clark County Health Department audit 

Other health department updates include: 

— Breastfeeding 101 class, 11 a.m. Dec. 11 downstairs at the Clark County Health Department. The class is free. Call 859-749-9628 for more information. 

— The University of Kentucky and National Institutes of Health HEALing Communities grant’s Community Advisory Board will meet Dec. 13 at the Clark County Extension Office. The advisory board identified Clark County as a “Wave 1” community, which means it will begin the intervention phase of the study this month.