Island County, WA Public Health Rules: Food Handler Certification (2026)

04, Tourist Accommodations and Sanitation Facilities, within Title VIII, Health, Welfare and Sanitation, and covers camps, tourist parks, and camping-vehicle accommodations operating under a health officer permit. Subsection H is the personnel requirement: cooks and foodhandlers must keep clean and wear clean clothing, and all persons handling or preparing foodstuffs or beverages shall have a current valid foodhandlers card and a physical examination by a doctor of medicine for the purpose of determining the presence of communicable disease whenever requested by the health officer. 100 sets the sanitation backdrop for that staffing rule: subsection A requires food to be protected from insects, rodents, and dust; subsection E requires perishable food to stay refrigerated at 45 degrees Fahrenheit or below and bans the use of tainted or spoiled food; subsection G sets out three approved methods for sanitizing dishes and utensils after washing, including a 170-degree-Fahrenheit hot-water immersion or a fifty-parts-per-million chlorine rinse; and subsection I requires tight metal containers for garbage so the premises do not become a fly-breeding nuisance.

04 requirement, including the foodhandlers card rule. These rules trace to Resolution 536(a), adopted April 15, 1968, and remain the operative text for accommodations and parks in unincorporated Island County today.