PTLA Now Offering RAMP Certification Classes
Cost is $30 per participant
Taught by a PLCB approved trainer
Legislation enacted June 18 of 2001 established a voluntary Responsible Alcohol Management Program certification that provides incentives for licensees who participate. Act 26 of 2006 mandates RAMP for any licensee found guilty of sales to minors or visibly intoxicated persons. Completion of the program provides certification for two years. In order to comply, you must complete all parts of the program, which include: Owner/Manager Training, Server/Seller Training, New Employee Orientation, Signage and Certification Compliance Visit.
Selling alcohol today is a lot more complicated than just knowing how to mix a good kamikaze or remembering which beers are on special. If you or your employee serve alcohol to a minor or visibly intoxicated patron, the results could be serious. Not only could you face administrative and criminal fines and penalties, but you could also be sued in civil court for damages that person might cause after leaving your establishment.
RAMP explains how to:
- Detect signs of impairment and intoxication, and effectively cut off service to a customer who has had too much to drink
- Identify underage individuals, and deter minors from coming into your establishment in the first place
- Detect altered, counterfeit, and borrowed identification
- Avoid unnecessary liability
- Help reduce alcohol-related problems (underage drinking, vehicle crashes, fights, etc) in your community
Benefits to the licensee include:
- Possible reduction in the fines and penalties issued by the Administrative Law Judge to the licensee for serving a minor or a visibly intoxicated patron, so long as the licensee was in compliance with all parts of ACT 141 at the time of the violation and had no citations in the previous four years.
- Possible liquor liability insurance discount.
- Knowledgeable, responsible, well trained alcohol service staff and management.
- Recognition as a responsible licensee in your community.
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