(a) Every employee connected with a food service operation, as defined by Ohio R.C. 3732. 01, food establishment, milk plant or any other place where food and/or drink is prepared, handled, stored, transported or sold and whose work brings him in contact with the handling of food, drink, utensils, equipment or patrons, shall have an unrevoked food handler permit issued by the Health Commissioner. No food service operation, food establishment, milk plant or other place where food and/or drink is prepared, handled, stored, transported or sold may employ any person or retain in its employ any person whose work brings him in contact with the handling of food and/or drink, utensils, equipment or patrons unless such person possesses such permit.
(b) The Health Commissioner or a physician authorized by him shall examine, make an x-ray of the chest and take a careful morbidity history of every person connected with a food service operation, food establishment or milk plant and all other persons employed where food and/or drink is prepared, handled, stored, transported or sold whose work brings them in contact with the handling of food and/or drink, utensils, equipment or patrons. Such persons shall furnish such information, submit to such physical examinations and submit such laboratory specimens as the Commissioner may require for the purpose of determining freedom from infection.
If such examination, x-ray or history suggests that such person may be a carrier of or infected with the causative agent of tuberculosis, typhoid or paratyphoid fever or any other communicable disease likely to be transmitted through food, drink, utensils or equipment or by contact, the Health Commissioner shall secure appropriate specimens of body discharges and cause them to be examined in a laboratory approved by him or by the State health authorities, and if the results justify, such person shall be barred from such employment.
(c) At any time, upon receipt of authentic information, the Health Commissioner may notify a permit holder that his food handler permit has been suspended until he has been re-examined and determined to be a proper person to possess an unrevoked food handler permit.
(d) Every food handler permit issued in accordance with this section shall expire thirty days after the next birthday of the permit holder.
(e) Any person who possesses an unrevoked food handler permit from any other municipality in the County having an ordinance similar to this section shall be exempt from this section unless his permanent place of employment is located in this Municipality.
(Ord. 2-61. Passed 1-24-61.)