Working With Alcohol and Tobacco Retailers
Strategy #1: Responsible Beverage Server Training For On- and Off-Premise Alcohol Retailers:
A four hour state certified training is offered periodically in southern
Kennebec County to managers and clerks of local businesses that addresses the
following topics:
Intervention
to prevent a visibly intoxicated patron from driving
How
alcohol is ingested and metabolized by the body
Identifying
minors and VIPs
What
alcoholism is and how alcohol affects the body
False ID
detection and carding policy
The
importance of good written policies
The Liquor
Liability Act
HCCA staff people schedule, register participants for, and provide on-site support for these Responsible Beverage Server trainings.
THANK YOU To:
Hallowell Area Board of Trade
Gardiner Main Street
Augusta Police Department
Gardiner Police Department
Hallowell Police Department
Kennebec Sheriff's Office
Monmoth Police Department
Winthrop Police Department
For co-sponsoring and supporting these training opportunities!
For more information, or the schedule of upcoming trainings, contact Neill Miner.
Strategy #2: Resources For Retailers Who Want To Strengthen Their Business Practices
The CARD ME Program: A self guided assessment and action-planning manual for store managers who want to identify ways to strengthen policies and practices that support legal sales of alcohol. Managers are provided, face-to-face, a brief overview of the manual and the self-assessment process. Managers then, on their own, determine the areas of policy and practice that they want to change. In a follow-up conversation with the CARD ME representative, the manager identifies any ways in which they used the manual and the process to change policy and/or practice.
More information and materials available for downloard can be found on the Office of Substance Abuse (OSA) website.
The NO BUTS! Program: A comprehensive approach to avoiding the sale of tobacco products to minors, including model policies, staff training materials, signs and handouts to educate the public about the law and store practices. Instructional materials provide a clear, step by step process for establishing, and documenting compliance with the program.
Retailers that participate in the NO-BUTS! program can earn compliance credits that can reduce the severity of penalties assessed for violations of state law related to tobacco sales. This is an important incentive to participate in this program, since there is regular, state-wide assessment of store compliance. To order materials and get started using the No BUTS! Program, click here.
Our local service area includes: Augusta, Chelsea, Farmingdale, Fayette, Gardiner, Hallowell, Litchfield, Manchester, Monmouth, Mount Vernon, Pittston, Randolph, Readfield, Richmond, Vienna, Wayne, West Gardiner, Windsor, Winthrop.
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