4407. REPORT OF FINDINGS - PUBLIC INFORMATION, RECORDS RETENTION

4407 REPORT OF FINDINGS ─ PUBLIC INFORMATION, RECORDS RETENTION 4407.1 The Department shall keep and maintain a record of each inspection report, complaint, inspector’s sample reports, license suspension, and other correspondence made of any food establishment within the District for a period of one (1) year as an active file. After one (1) year, records are deemed inactive for a period of two (2) additional years and shall be destroyed at the end of the two (2) year inactive period, except as specified in § 4407.2. 4407.2 In the case of an audit and or investigation, the Department shall keep all records until the audit and/or investigation has been completed. 4407.3 The Department shall treat the inspection report as a public document and shall make it available for disclosure to a person who requests it as provided in the District of Columbia Administrative Procedure Act, approved October 21, 1968 (82 Stat. 1204; D.C. Official Code §§ 2-501, et seq. (2011 Repl.)), except as provided in § 4206. 4407.4 The Department shall maintain the following information: (a) Total number of licensed food establishments by category; (b) Number of yearly inspections by category; (c) Number of reinspections by category; (d) Number of hearings; (e) Number of license suspensions; (f) Number of license revocations; (g) Number of foodborne illness complaints investigated (including the number of cases involving more than two (2) persons and the total number of persons involved); (h) Number of general complaints investigated; (i) Number and types of variances issued; (j) Total number of sanitarians; and (k) Other information the Department may deem necessary. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 4394 (June 6, 2003); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 13690 (November 30, 2012).