(1)
Issuance and Conditions.
(a) All applications for
any license required by this Title shall be made to the Department of Licenses
and Inspections.
(b) The Board shall set by regulation the requirements
and standards to be met by applicants for licenses and the Department shall
certify them to the Department of Licenses and Inspections.
(c) The
Department of Licenses and Inspections shall not issue any license
unless:
(.1) the fee prescribed by this Title is
paid;
(.2) such information or records as this Title may require are
furnished;
(.3) such inspections as may be required by this Title have
been made;
(.4) the person applying therefor and the establishment or
food for which such license is sought complies in every respect with this Title
and the requirements and standards required by the Board, as certified by the
Department.
(d) All licenses shall:
(.1) remain in force for
one year from the date of issuance, unless sooner revoked as hereafter
provided.
(.2) be publicly displayed in a conspicuous place within the
establishment where the activity or act licensed is principally
conducted.
(.3) be non-assignable and
non-transferable.
(.4) be conditioned upon continued compliance with
this Title and the Regulations of the Board issued under
it.
(2)
Suspension of License or
Permit.
[30] (a) Whenever
the Department finds any person holding any license or permit has violated any
of its condition, and that such violation is willful or constitutes a menace to
public health requiring immediate corrective action, it shall certify such
violation to the Department of Licenses and Inspections which shall forthwith
suspend such license or permit.
(b) The Department of Licenses and
Inspections may thereafter revoke such licenses or permit in accordance with the
procedures set forth in § 6-503(3).
(c) While an appeal from the
suspension of any license or permit is pending, such suspension shall
nevertheless become immediately effective.
(3)
Revocation of License
or Permit.
(a) Whenever the Department determines that any person
holding any license or permit has violated any of its conditions, it shall serve
written notice of the violations upon the holder of such license or permit
stating the nature of the violation and that compliance with all requirements of
the license or permit shall be achieved within thirty (30) days of receipt of
the notice. Such notice may also describe a course of remedial
action.
(b) If at the expiration of the time accorded for compliance
the violation has not been corrected, the Department may make an official
finding of violation and certify such finding to the Department of Licenses and
Inspections which shall forthwith revoke such license or
permit.
(c) Any person whose license or permit has been suspended or
revoked shall in addition thereto be liable to the penalties and/or other
remedial action prescribed by this Title.
(d) While an appeal from the
revocation of any license or permit as hereinafter provided is pending,
compliance with such revocation shall not be required.