You just learned that BAC is the legal standard police and courts use to determine levels of intoxication. As a server, you are not expected to know a customer’s BAC as determined by a breathalyzer test, however, you are expected to recognize visible intoxication. “Visible intoxication” is a level of impairment that is evident upon common observation such as a person’s behavior or appearance. This is the standard servers should use to decide if a customer is intoxicated. It is illegal for a licensee or any employee, servant or agent of the licensee or any other person, to sell, furnish or give any alcoholic beverages or permit any alcohol to be sold, furnished or given, to any person visibly intoxicated. Once it is determined that a customer is visibly intoxicated, alcohol service must be stopped immediately.
