Permit Application & Certification Statement: how to file the health permit to operate a food facility
Submit the permit application by email or in person at or before the final inspection; the operating fee is invoiced after the final.
- Agency
- County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
- Where it applies
- SCC
- How it's filed
- Paper form, mailed
- Fee
- VariesInvoiced under the county fee schedule.
- How long it takes
- The county's plan review can take up to 20 business days, and the invoice for the operating permit is sent after the final inspection passes.
- Renewal
- Every year.
Official links
Checked against the agency's own page.
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