(a) When meals are provided by a food service, a written contract shall require the food service to:
  (1) comply with the rules in §148.1102 of this title (relating to Meals in Residential Programs); and
  (2) pass an annual kitchen health inspection as required by law.
(b) The facility shall ensure the meals are transported to the facility in temperature controlled containers to ensure the food remains at the temperature at which it was prepared.
(c) The facility shall ensure that at least one staff, at a minimum, maintains a current food handler's permit.

Source Note: The provisions of this §564.1104 adopted to be effective September 1, 2004, 29 TexReg 2020; transferred effective September 1, 2004, as published in the Texas Register September 10, 2004, 29 TexReg 8842; transferred effective April 30, 2024, as published in the Texas Register April 5, 2024, 49 TexReg 2197