Sec. 21a-144. (Formerly Sec. 19-278). Employment of persons suffering from communicable diseases.
Sec. 21a-144. (Formerly Sec. 19-278). Employment of persons suffering from
communicable diseases. No person suffering from any communicable disease shall be
employed in or about an establishment where beverages are manufactured or bottled.
No person shall be employed in such establishment during the time in which a case of
communicable disease exists in the house in which he resides nor until such house has
been disinfected, provided such person may be so employed if the local board of health
issues a certificate that no danger of public contagion or infection would result from the
employment of such person in such establishment. Persons actually employed in the
syrup room or in any capacity in which they come in direct contact with the beverage
during the manufacture or bottling of beverages as defined in this part shall be required
to file health certificates with the Commissioner of Consumer Protection in a manner
and form prescribed by said commissioner.
(1949 Rev., S. 3992; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 38, 42; P.A. 86-241, S. 15; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of food and drugs with commissioner of consumer protection; Sec. 19-278
transferred to Sec. 21a-144 in 1983; P.A. 86-241 required any person employed in the syrup room or who comes into direct
contact with the beverage during manufacture or bottling to file health certificate; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced
Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1,
2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of
Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.