Article 3. Employees of California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 15. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 3.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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