Licenses

• Ice cream vendors are included among food providers that must be licensed. The vendor must fill out the "Ice Cream Truck Vendor License Application" and be fingerprinted by the local police department. Usually there is a charge for the fingerprinting services and applicants are advised to make out a cashier's check or money order. Some cities or counties may require other licenses such as business or occupational licenses.
  
  

Inspections

• County health officials in Arizona who inspect ice cream vendor premises and equipment must present photo identification prior to conducting the inspection. The inspector must state the purpose of the inspection and explain his legal authority. He must also give information about inspection fees. The person tending the premises must be given an opportunity to send for a representative of the person being regulated.
  
  

Rights

• According to the Arizona Legislature, the ice cream vendor being regulated has the right to copies of all original documents taken from the premises as well as a partial sample of anything taken as long as there is enough of the sample to conduct a conclusive test or analysis. The person regulated also has the right to a copy of the original results of anything analyzed. The inspector must warn all people interviewed that their statement can be included in the report.
  
  

Deficiency Corrections

• If an ice cream vendor in Arizona is allowed to correct the deficiencies found by the inspector, he must call the county when he has completed the corrections. Within 30 days of the time he has notified the county of the correction, the county is to determine whether the corrections are acceptable. If the regulated person does not make the corrections or call the county to inform the inspector that the corrections have been made, the county may take enforcement action, which may include revoking the vendor's license.
  
  

Corrections Disallowed

• The Arizona State Legislature allows county inspectors to revoke a license under some circumstances and not give the regulated person an opportunity to correct deficiencies. If the inspector feels that the violations were committed intentionally or if the regulated person has a pattern of noncompliance, the inspector may not allow corrections. If the corrections are determined to be not correctable within a reasonable amount of time or if the violations are a risk to public health, the inspector may refuse to allow corrections.