§ 4351 - License from department of health - Vermont Statutes

§ 4351. License from department of health

(a) A person shall not operate or maintain a hotel, inn, restaurant, tourist camp, or any other place in which food is prepared and served, or lodgings provided or furnished to the transient traveling or vacationing public, or a seafood vending facility, unless he shall have first obtained and holds from the department a license authorizing such operation. The secretary may prescribe rules or conditions within which he may issue a temporary license for a period not to exceed 60 days. The license shall state the rules or conditions under which it is issued. However, nothing herein shall apply to any person who occasionally prepares and serves meals or provides occasional lodgings. The license shall be displayed in such a way as to be easily viewed by the patrons.

(b) For purposes of this section, "seafood vending facility" includes a store, motor vehicle, stand or similar place from which a person sells seafood for consumption at another location. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 27, eff. March 1, 1961; 1969, No. 242 (Adj. Sess.), eff. April 2, 1970; 1973, No. 98, § 7, eff. July 1, 1973; 1989, No. 103, § 1.)