State Requirements for Alcohol Beverage Service Training

Alcohol beverage service training is designed for people who own, manage, or work in establishments that serve alcohol. Alcohol service training programs provide valuable information and teach students how to serve alcohol responsibly and fulfill the legal requirements of alcohol service.

Alcohol beverage server training general topics include:

  • Checking IDs to recognize minors;
  • Service practices that reduce the likelihood of excessive consumption;
  • Identifying and responding to early signs of excessive consumption (e.g., rapid consumption);
  • Identifying intoxicated patrons and refusing service to them;
  • Intervening to prevent intoxicated patrons from driving;
  • Protecting an establishment and self from liability.
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State Alcohol Beverage Service Training and Related Practices

Whether mandatory or voluntary, alcohol beverage training programs vary by state in curricula components; procedures for administering the program; certificate requirements servers and managers; penalties for violations; and enforcement practices.

National Institute of Health (NIH) – Alcohol Policy Information System (APIS)
Beverage Service Training and Related Practices
Alcohol Beverage Service Training and Related Practices as of January 1, 2019

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Jurisdiction

Training Type

AlabamaVoluntary Server Training
AlaskaMandatory Server Training
ArizonaVoluntary Server Training
ArkansasVoluntary Server Training
CaliforniaVoluntary Server Training
ColoradoMandatory and Voluntary Server Training
ConnecticutNo Server Training Law
DelawareMandatory Server Training
District of ColumbiaMandatory Server Training
FloridaVoluntary Server Training
GeorgiaNo Server Training Law
HawaiiNo Server Training Law
IdahoNo Server Training Law
IllinoisMandatory and Voluntary Server Training
IndianaMandatory Server Training
IowaVoluntary Server Training
KansasNo Server Training Law
KentuckyNo Server Training Law
LouisianaMandatory Server Training
MaineVoluntary Server Training
MarylandMandatory Server Training
MassachusettsNo Server Training Law
MichiganMandatory and Voluntary Server Training
MinnesotaVoluntary Server Training
MississippiNo Server Training Law
MissouriNo Server Training Law
MontanaMandatory Server Training
NebraskaVoluntary Server Training
NevadaMandatory Server Training
New HampshireMandatory and Voluntary Server Training
New JerseyMandatory Server Training
New MexicoMandatory Server Training
New YorkVoluntary Server Training
North CarolinaMandatory and Voluntary Server Training
North DakotaNo Server Training Law
OhioVoluntary Server Training
OklahomaMandatory Server Training
OregonMandatory and Voluntary Server Training
PennsylvaniaMandatory and Voluntary Server Training
Rhode IslandMandatory and Voluntary Server Training
South CarolinaNo Server Training Law
South DakotaVoluntary Server Training
TennesseeMandatory and Voluntary Server Training
TexasVoluntary Server Training
UtahMandatory Server Training
VermontMandatory Server Training
VirginiaVoluntary Server Training
WashingtonMandatory and Voluntary Server Training
West VirginiaNo Server Training Law
WisconsinMandatory Server Training
WyomingVoluntary Server Training

Data and Table Reference:

National Institute of Health (NIH) – Alcohol Policy Information System (APIS)
Beverage Service Training and Related Practices

https://alcoholpolicy.niaaa.nih.gov/apis-policy-topics/beverage-service-training-and-related-practices/26/maps-and-charts#page-content