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

306 DISEASE OR MEDICAL CONDITION ─ CONDITIONS REQUIRING EXCLUSION OR RESTRICTION OF ILL FOOD EMPLOYEES 306.1 If a food employee is diagnosed with an infection from Norovirus, Shigella spp., or Enterohemorrhagic or Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli, and is asymptomatic, the person in charge shall: (a) Exclude the food employee who works in a food establishment serving a highly susceptible population; P or (b) Restrict the food employee who works in a food establishment not serving a highly susceptible population. P 306.2 If a food employee is ill with symptoms of acute onset of sore throat with fever, the person in charge shall: (a) Exclude the food employee who works in a food establishment serving a highly susceptible population; P or (b) Restrict the food employee who works in a food establishment not serving a highly susceptible population. P 306.3 The person in charge shall restrict a food employee who is infected with a skin lesion containing pus, such as a boil or infected wound that is open or draining and not properly covered as specified in § 300.3(e). P 306.4 The person in charge shall restrict a food employee who has been exposed to a foodborne pathogen as specified in § 300.6 and 300.7, and who works in a food establishment serving a highly susceptible population. 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).