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Licensed child care centers in Utah currently have their kitchens regulated under the same food service establishment rules that apply to restaurants, but this bill would create a separate, tailored regulatory path for those kitchens. It would direct the Department of Health and Human Services, working with child care provider associations, to write new rules that let qualifying child care kitchens qualify for exemptions from standard food service regulations, with those exemptions based on the volume, type, and storage of food prepared rather than on how many children are served. For kitchens that qualify, the state could not require commercial-grade appliances, a floor sink (if dishes aren't stored in other sinks), a three-compartment sink (in kitchens that don't prepare raw meat, fish, or poultry and have a regularly sanitized two-compartment sink), a separate handwashing sink, or a certified food safety manager if all staff already hold food handler permits.