Henderson, NV Public Health Rules: Food Handler Certification (2026)
Key Facts
- Applies to
- food pantries, mobile pantries, meal services
- Requirement
- 1+ onsite Food Handler Certificate
- Certifying agency
- Southern Nevada Health District
- Approval needed
- Design Review Application
- Citation
- Development Code § 19.9.5.D
Summary
Henderson's Development Code requires at least one onsite staff member to hold a Southern Nevada Health District Food Handler Certificate whenever a food bank, food pantry, congregate meal service, or mobile food pantry operates under a city land-use approval.
This use does not include food operations regulated by the Souther Nevada Health District as a Food Establishment pursuant to NRS Chapter 446. ... 2. Standards. A Design Review Application and approval is required. ... iii. Certification. (a) At least one person onsite must have a Food Handler Certificate as issued by the Southern Nevada Health District.
Full Breakdown
This is a zoning condition, not a citywide restaurant rule. Henderson's Community Food Services use category, food banks, pantries, congregate meal services, and mobile food pantries run by religious, charitable, or nonprofit groups, expressly excludes food operations already regulated by the Southern Nevada Health District as a Food Establishment under NRS Chapter 446. For these charitable operations, the city requires a Design Review Application, and its Operations/Certification standard mandates at least one onsite person hold an SNHD Food Handler Certificate. Ordinary restaurants get their food-handler requirements from SNHD permitting, not this section.
Violations & Fines
Operating a Community Food Services use (mobile food pantry, congregate meal service, etc.) without meeting the Design Review standards, including onsite Food Handler certification, puts the land-use approval and continued operation at risk of code enforcement action.
Frequently Asked Questions
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