Section 21-328 - Employees with communicable diseases.
§ 21-328. Employees with communicable diseases.
(a) Prohibited action - Employer.- A person may not knowingly employ any individual to work in any area or capacity in a food establishment in which there is a likelihood of transmission of disease to patrons or other employees of the food establishment if the individual employed:
(1) Has a communicable disease that may be transmitted by food; or
(2) Is a carrier of a communicable disease that may be transmitted by food.
(b) Prohibited action - Employee.- An individual may not knowingly work in any area or capacity in a food establishment in which there is a likelihood of transmission of disease to patrons or other employees of the food establishment if the individual:
(1) Has a communicable disease that may be transmitted by food; or
(2) Is a carrier of a communicable disease that may be transmitted by food.
[1987, ch. 297; 1991, ch. 150; 1992, ch. 124.]