LAC 51:I.107. Delivery of the Notice of Violation [formerly paragraph 1:007-2]

A. In those cases in which the state health officer or his/her representative determines that a violation has occurred and a decision is made to issue a notice of violation, the notice of violation form or letter which list the violation(s) shall: 1. be left with the operator, owner, manager, lessee or their agent, or person in charge of the establishment, facility, or property at the time of such inspection or monitoring; 2. be hand-delivered or mailed to the person in charge of the establishment, facility, or property as soon as a determination is made that there is/are violation(s); or 3. be left with, hand-delivered, or mailed to any other person deemed to have violated the state sanitary code. B. Any notice of violation which has been left with the operator, owner, manager, lessee or their agent, or person in charge of the establishment, facility, or property at the time of inspection or monitoring shall have the date that the notice of violation was left with such person recorded on the notice of violation form or letter. C. Any notice of violation which is hand-delivered shall have the date of delivery recorded on the notice of violation form or letter or shall have the date of delivery of the notice of violation recorded on a service of process form. D. Any notice of violation which is issued by mailing shall be sent by United States Postal Service, via certified mail-return receipt requested, registered mail-return receipt requested, or express mail-return receipt requested.