SECTIONS 33111-33121 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 33111-33121

33111. The State Personnel Board shall hold examinations in various
parts of the state for the purpose of determining the qualifications
of persons who desire to become employed by the department in the
enforcement of this division and the regulations of the director, and
shall establish an eligible list of persons who are qualified for
such employment.

33112. The director shall examine any interested person qualified
under Section 33113 for certification as a registered dairy
inspector. Such an examination shall be both written and oral. A
certificate as a registered dairy inspector shall be issued to any
person who passes the examination.
No person shall be eligible for the examination given under
Section 33111 or any employment as a dairy inspector by an approved
milk inspection service, unless he is certificated pursuant to the
provisions of this section. Such certification shall be valid for
four years after a person discontinues his employment as a registered
dairy inspector or a registered sanitarian.
The director may adopt such regulations as are necessary to carry
out the provisions of this article.

33112.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the
director shall issue a limited milk inspection certificate to any
registered sanitarian employed by any city or county health
department who will be employed in connection with an approved milk
inspection service. A person holding the certificate shall have full
authority to enforce all provisions of this code if this authority is
restricted to the inspection and sampling of market milk products in
retail outlets and in the inspection of retail establishments
licensed pursuant to Section 33704 where an approved milk inspection
service has entered into an agreement with the director pursuant to
Section 33704.
The limited milk inspection certificate shall be issued following
the completion of a certification course that has been approved by
the director. This limited milk inspection certificate shall expire
upon the termination of employment as a registered sanitarian by the
individual or at any time an approved milk inspection service has
been terminated.

33113. A person is not eligible to take the examination unless the
person possesses one of the following qualifications:
(a) Graduation from a four-year college with specialization in
studies which related to dairy farms, milk and milk products, the
food sciences, or animal science.
(b) Graduation from a veterinary college of recognized standing at
the time of graduation and at least one year of experience in the
production, processing, or inspection of milk or milk products.
(c) Employed as a registered sanitarian in the State of California
for at least two years immediately prior to applying for the
certification examination and possesses a bachelor's degree.

33114. The director shall establish and collect fees for the
application and for the examination of persons for the position of
registered dairy inspector to cover the cost of carrying out the
provisions of this article. The application fee shall not exceed ten
dollars ($10) and the examination fee shall not exceed thirty dollars
($30). Any fees collected pursuant to this section shall be
deposited in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund and be used
in carrying out this article.

33118. The director shall, from time to time, conduct special
refresher courses which shall not exceed five days, at various
convenient places in the state for the purpose of training persons
who are employed by the department and by each county in the
enforcement of this division, regulations of the director, or the
ordinances of any county which relate to the inspection of dairy
farms, milk products plants, or milk products, in all of the
following:
(a) Dairy science.
(b) Uniform methods of enforcement of this division.
(c) The regulations of the director.
(d) Ordinances of counties which concern dairy farms, milk
products plants, and milk products.
(e) Other pertinent information which concerns dairy farms, milk
products plants, and milk products.

33119. Attendance at such a refresher course shall be mandatory, in
the discretion of the director, upon any or all persons who are
employed by the department and each county and city in the inspection
of dairy farms, milk products plants, and milk products.

33120. Any person who is employed by the department or any county
or city shall be paid his salary or compensation while he is
attending such a special refresher course.

33121. This article does not apply to any clerical employee, or to
any person who is employed in a laboratory.