1. "Food handler" means any person employed in or operating a food establishment, whether that person is an employer, employee or other natural person, who handles, stores, transports, prepares, manufactures, serves or sells food, or who comes in contact with eating or cooking utensils or other equipment used in the handling, preparation, manufacture, service or sale of food.
2. The term does not include a person who:
(a) Only handles, stores, transports, sells or otherwise comes in contact with food that is sealed and packaged for sale directly to the consumer;
(b) If the food is potentially hazardous food, handles the food only occasionally and incidentally to his or her responsibilities or employment, and such handling is not part of his or her regularly scheduled responsibilities or employment; or
(c) Is providing services as a cashier, salesperson, stock clerk, warehouse or dockworker, delivery person or maintenance staff or providing services in a similar position with limited food-handling responsibility.
[Part 1:116:1943; 1943 NCL § 5319]—(NRS A 1969, 803; 2001, 1505; 2003, 595; 2007, 2175)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 446 - Food Establishments
NRS 446.0145 - "Farm-to-fork event" defined.
NRS 446.020 - "Food establishment" defined.
NRS 446.030 - "Food handler" defined.
NRS 446.035 - "Food processing establishment" defined.
NRS 446.050 - "Health authority" defined.
NRS 446.053 - "Misbranded" defined.
NRS 446.057 - Potentially hazardous food" defined.
NRS 446.067 - "Temporary food establishment" defined.
NRS 446.069 - "Wholesome" defined.
NRS 446.841 - Use of sawdust on floors in retail meat, poultry and fish markets.
NRS 446.865 - Compliance with chapter; powers of health authority.
NRS 446.868 - Exemption from certain requirements; notice to guests.
NRS 446.869 - Registration; fees; inspection.
NRS 446.875 - Issuance of permit.
NRS 446.880 - Suspension or revocation of permit; reinstatement of suspended permit; hearing.
NRS 446.885 - Inspection of food establishment.
NRS 446.890 - Access to food establishment; form for inspection report.
NRS 446.895 - Issuance of notice.
NRS 446.900 - Service of notice.
NRS 446.920 - Examination and condemnation of food.
NRS 446.925 - Food establishment outside jurisdiction of health authority.
NRS 446.930 - Review of plan for construction or remodeling of food establishment.
NRS 446.935 - Procedure if infection of food handler is suspected.
NRS 446.941 - Inapplicability of certain regulations to child care facilities with limited menus.