321—24.33 (231D) Food service.
	 24.33(1) The program shall have the capacity to provide hot or other appropriate meals and snacks or coordinate with other community providers to make arrangements for the availability of meals and snacks. A period of no more than four hours shall lapse between the service of meals and of snacks.
	 24.33(2) Meals and snacks provided by the program but not prepared on site shall be obtained from or provided by an entity that meets the standards of state and local health laws and ordinances concerning the preparation and serving of food.
	 24.33(3) Menus shall be planned to provide the following percentage of the daily recommended dietary allowances as established by the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences based on the number of meals provided by the program:
	  a.   	 A minimum of 33 1/3 percent if the program provides one meal per day;
	  b.   	 A minimum of 66 2/3 percent if the program provides two meals per day; and
	  c.   	 One hundred percent if the program provides three meals per day.
	 24.33(4) Therapeutic diets are not required but may be provided by a program. If therapeutic diets are provided, they shall be prescribed by a physician, physician assistant, or advanced registered nurse practitioner. A current copy of the Iowa Simplified Diet Manual, Iowa State Press, shall be available and used in the planning and serving of therapeutic diets. A licensed dietitian shall be responsible for writing and approving the therapeutic menu and reviewing procedures for preparation and service of food for therapeutic diets.
	 24.33(5) Personnel who are employed by or contracting with the program and who are responsible for preparing or serving food, or both preparing and serving food, shall have an orientation on sanitation and safe food handling prior to handling food and annual in-service training on food protection. At a minimum, one person directly responsible for food preparation shall have successfully completed a state-approved food protection program.
	 24.33(6) Programs engaged in the preparation and serving of meals and snacks shall meet the standards of state and local health laws and ordinances pertaining to the preparation and serving of food, including the requirements imposed under Iowa Code chapter 137F.