305. DISEASE OR MEDICAL CONDITION - CONDITIONS REQUIRING EXCLUSION OF ILL FOOD EMPLOYEES

305 DISEASE OR MEDICAL CONDITION ─ CONDITIONS REQUIRING EXCLUSION OF ILL FOOD EMPLOYEES 305.1 Except when the symptom is from a noninfectious condition, the person in charge shall exclude a food employee from a food establishment, if the food employee is: (a) Symptomatic with vomiting or diarrhea; P or (b) Symptomatic with vomiting or diarrhea and diagnosed with an infection from Norovirus, Shigella spp., or Enterohemorrhagic or Shiga Toxin- Producing Escherichia coli. P 305.2 The person in charge shall exclude a food employee who is: (a) Jaundiced and the onset of jaundice occurred within the last seven (7) calendar days, unless the food employee provides the person in charge with written medical documentation from a licensed physician or physician’s assistant specifying that the jaundice is not caused by hepatitis A virus or other fecal-orally transmitted infection; P (b) Diagnosed with an infection from hepatitis A virus within fourteen (14) calendar days after the onset of any illness symptoms, or within seven (7) calendar days after the onset of jaundice; P or (c) Diagnosed with an infection from hepatitis A virus without developing symptoms. P 305.3 The person in charge shall exclude a food employee who is diagnosed with an infection from Salmonella Typhi, or reports a previous infection with Salmonella Typhi within the past three (3) months without having received antibiotic therapy. P SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 4394 (June 6, 2003); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 13690 (November 30, 2012).