As you may be aware, Act 39 of 2016 (\u201cAct 39\u201d) took effect on August 8, 2016, and it brought with it much confusion with regard to the many aspects of the Liquor Code.\u00a0 One area that has brought the most confusion is with Act 39\u2019s new Responsible Alcohol Management Program (\u201cRAMP\u201d) requirements for licensees, specifically for the servers\/sellers of said licensees.\u00a0<\/p>\n
One of the new requirements in Act 39 with regard to RAMP compliance read that \u201cUnless successfully completed prior to being hired, all<\/strong> alcohol service personnel shall be required to complete the training for alcohol service personnel under subsection (b) within six months of being hired by a licensed establishment.\u201d \u00a0The highlighted language \u201call\u201d is what caused confusion among licensees. \u00a0The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (\u201cPLCB\u201d) recently released an Advisory Opinion regarding Act 39\u2019s RAMP requirements for newly-hired and current servers\/sellers.\u00a0 The question posed to the PLCB was whether the new RAMP requirement applied to just new server\/sellers as of August 8, 2016, or did it apply to current server\/sellers and all new server\/sellers after August 8, 2016.\u00a0 The PLCB\u2019s response can be highlighted in the following bullet points:<\/p>\n Stay tuned to the NMM Liquor Law Blog for continued updates on Act 39, where we will be posting updates on the interpretations of Act 39 and the practical implications and issues that Act 39 has on licensees.<\/p>\n For information regarding national and state liquor law matters or general manufacturing and distribution advice, please contact our\u00a0Liquor Law, Licensing, Manufacturing, and Distribution Practice Group<\/a>: Liquor Law Department Chair\u00a0Theodore J. Zeller III, Esquire <\/a>(tzeller@norris-law.com<\/a>); David C. Berger, Esquire<\/a>\u00a0(dberger@norris-law.com<\/a>) for Pennsylvania and New Jersey retail and manufacturing licensing; or contact our offices at 610-391-1800.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As you may be aware, Act 39 of 2016 (\u201cAct 39\u201d) took effect on August 8, 2016, and it brought with it much confusion with regard to the many aspects of the Liquor Code.\u00a0 One area that has brought the most confusion is with Act 39\u2019s new Responsible Alcohol Management Program (\u201cRAMP\u201d) requirements for licensees, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":378,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[41,13,42,15,43,44],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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