§ 76.15. Suspension or revocation of certification.

 (a)  Basis for action. The Department may suspend or revoke the certification of a certificateholder if that person does one or more of the following:

   (1)  Violates a provision of this chapter.

   (2)  Violates another sanitation regulation.

   (3)  Violates the Public Eating and Drinking Place Law or its attendant regulations.

   (4)  Violates the Food Act or its attendant regulations.

 (b)  Notice. The Department will provide a certificateholder with written notice of its intention to suspend or revoke certification, which will apprise the certificateholder of the duration of the suspension or revocation and afford that person notice and opportunity for an administrative hearing before the Department prior to the effective date of the suspension or revocation.

 (c)  Delivery of notice. The Department will deliver the notice described in subsection (b) to the affected certificateholder by personal service or by regular mail to the address provided by the certificate holder on his application for certificate under §  76.10 (relating to applying for certification).

 (d)  Reinstatement. If a period of suspension ends before the expiration date of the suspended certificate, the certificate will be considered reinstated at the end of the suspension period. If a certificate is suspended and the period or suspension ends after the expiration date of the suspended certificate, the certificate is expired and the holder of the expired certificate may reapply for certification at the end of the suspension period in accordance with the act and this chapter.