32B-5-308. Requirements on staff or others on premises -- Employing a minor.
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Effective 5/7/2025
32B-5-308. Requirements on staff or others on premises -- Employing a minor.
(1)As used in this section, "straw test" means a technique used by staff of a retail licensee to taste liquor to ensure the quality, flavor, and alcohol content of the liquor by:
(a)dipping the straw into the liquor;
(b)removing the straw in a manner that a small amount of liquor remains in the straw; and
(c)tasting the small amount of liquor from the straw.
(2)Except as provided in Subsection
(5), staff of a retail licensee, while on duty, may not:
(a)consume an alcoholic product; or
(b)be intoxicated.
(a)A retail licensee may not employ a minor to sell, offer for sale, furnish, or dispense an alcoholic product.
(b)Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a), unless otherwise prohibited in the provisions related to the specific type of retail license, a retail licensee may employ a minor who is at least 16 years old to enter the sale at a cash register or other sales recording device.
(4)A full-service restaurant licensee, limited-service restaurant licensee, or beer-only restaurant licensee may employ a minor who is at least 16 years old to bus tables, including containers that contain an alcoholic product.
(5)A staff member of a retail licensee may conduct a straw test if the staff member is not a minor.
Amended by Chapter 162 , 2025 General Session