§ 35193 Public Health Record Inspection

Food and Agricultural Code·California

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•Businesses must keep certain records and show them to health officers or police if asked during work hours.
•If a business doesn’t keep the records or won’t let them be checked, they can get in trouble (misdemeanor).
•This rule is for records mentioned in Sections 35191 and 35192.

Example

A restaurant must keep records of food inspections. If a health officer comes during work hours and the restaurant refuses to show the records, they can get fined or arrested.

The restaurant broke the law by not letting the health officer check the records.

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§ 35193 Public Health Record Inspection

All records which are required to be kept by Sections 35191 and 35192 shall, at all times during business hours, be open to the inspection of the director, any officer of any city or county board of health, and any peace officer of any city or county of the state. A failure to keep any of the records which are required to be kept or a failure to permit any authorized inspection of such records is a misdemeanor. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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records inspection misdemeanor

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Food and Agricultural Code. Section 35193.

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