12VAC5-421-3580. Evaluation of a variance application.
A. The commissioner shall act on any variance request submitted pursuant to 12VAC5-421-3570 C within 60 days of receipt of the request.
B. In evaluating a variance application, the commissioner shall consider such factors as the following:
1. The effect that such a variance would have on the operation of the food establishment.
2. The cost and other economic considerations imposed by this requirement;
3. The effect that such a variance would have on protection of the public health, safety, welfare and the environment;
4. Such other factors as the commissioner, deputy commissioner, or director of the office of environmental health services may deem appropriate.
Statutory Authority
§§ 35.1-11 and 35.1-14 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 18, Issue 10, eff. March 1, 2002; amended, Virginia Register Volume 24, Issue 2, eff. October 16, 2007; Volume 37, Issue 18, eff. June 10, 2021.