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 A supervisor shall exclude a food employee from a food processing operation if the food employee is: (a) Symptomatic with vomiting or diarrhea; or (b) Symptomatic with vomiting or diarrhea and diagnosed with an infection from Norovirus, Shigella spp., or Enterohemorrhagic or Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli. 305.2 A supervisor 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 his or her supervisor with written medical documentation from a licensed physician specifying that the jaundice is not caused by hepatitis A virus or other fecal-orally transmitted infection; (b) Diagnosed with an infection from hepatits 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; or (c) Diagnosed with an infection from hepatitis A virus without developing symptoms. 305.3 A supervisor 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. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 5245 (July 3, 2009).