(1) Any person desiring to do business as a shellfish dealer in Colorado shall apply for and obtain a valid shellfish dealer certification issued by the department pursuant to this part 18 and any rules adopted pursuant thereto. Any such application shall be accompanied by the appropriate fee, if any, set by the department.
Each shellfish dealer certification shall expire on June 30 in the year following theyear of issuance.
Each certificated shellfish dealer shall report to the department, in the form and manner required by the department, any change in the information provided in the dealer's application or in such reports previously submitted, within thirty days of such change.
Certifications issued pursuant to this part 18 are not transferable.
An application for renewal of a shellfish dealer certification shall be in the form andmanner prescribed by the department.
The department shall issue only one certification number to any dealer for any location. A dealer may maintain more than one certification if each business is operated as a separate entity and is not found at the same location.
The certification number issued to any dealer by the department shall be unique.Each certification number shall consist of a one- to five-digit Arabic number preceded by the two-letter state postal abbreviation ("CO") and followed by a two-letter abbreviation for the type of activity or activities the dealer is qualified to perform in accordance with the following terms as defined in section 25-4-1802:
Shell stock shipper (SS);
Shucker-packer (SP);
Repacker (RP);
Reshipper (RS);
Depuration processor (DP); or(f) Wet storage (WS).
(8) All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the wholesale food manufacturing and storage protection cash fund created in section 25-5-426.
Source: L. 97: Entire part added, p. 84, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2003: (8) amended, p. 1462, § 2, effective May 1.