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Public Health Rules in Charlotte County, FL (2026)

1 rule for unincorporated Charlotte County, Florida.

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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Charlotte County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Food Handler Certification

Charlotte County requires every manager, supervisor, and other employee of a food service establishment, food processing plant, food outlet, or abattoir house to complete health-department food hygiene training and carry a food handler's card. Managers need 4 to 12 hours of initial training; other employees need at least 4 hours, with cards valid for two years.

Charlotte County Food Handler Certification Rule

Some Restrictions

Charlotte County Code § 2-3-28

In order to ensure that management and supervisors are of food service establishments, food processing plants, food outlets and abattoir houses are knowledgeable of proper and acceptable sanitary practices, and to minimize the possibility of foodborne disease outbreak ... all such management and supervisors shall be required to complete a course of not less than four (4) hours nor more than twe...

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