(a) A facility that prepares food on site shall maintain a valid permit and any required licenses issued by the local health department or the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS), unless one of the exceptions in subsection (b) or (c) of this section applies.     
      (b) A privately operated facility that is located in an area regulated by DSHS shall obtain a permit through the Food and Drug Group of DSHS and shall renew the permit on an annual basis.     
      (c) A county-operated facility that is located in an area without a local health department is exempt from the permit requirement in subsection (a) of this section. However, the facility shall maintain a current inspection by the Public Health Sanitation Group of DSHS.     
     Source Note:        The provisions of this §343.314 adopted to be effective January 1, 2010, 34 TexReg 7095; amended to be effective January 1, 2015, 39 TexReg 9243