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Public Health Rules in Nash County, NC (2026)

1 rule for unincorporated Nash County, North Carolina.

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

Food Handler Certification

No one may operate or work in a food handling establishment in unincorporated Nash County without a food handler's certificate issued by the county health director, under Nash County Code Sec. 14-28. Certificates last three years and can be pulled if the establishment's sanitation grade falls to a C for more than 30 days.

Nash County Food Handler Certification

Some Restrictions

Nash County Code § 14-28

No person shall operate or be employed in a food handling establishment in the county who does not possess an unrevoked or unexpired food handler's certificate issued by the county health director. ... An establishment receiving a sanitation grade C for more than 30 days shall be sufficient cause to be in violation of this article. Any person who operates a food handling establishment after the...

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