(A) No employee of a lodging establishment, while infected with a contagious disease that can be transmitted to other employees or the guests, or who is a carrier of organisms that cause such a disease, or who is affected with a boil, an infected wound or acute respiratory infection shall work in a lodging establishment in any capacity in which there is a likelihood of such an employee contaminating ice, clean linens, or single service articles with pathogenic organisms or transmitting the disease to other persons.
(B) Employees working with and handling single service items, such as clean laundry, ice or beverages or performing tasks that would contaminate their hands shall thoroughly wash their hands and exposed areas of their arms before starting work, after smoking, after taking out the trash, after handling dirty linens, after eating or using the toilet. Employees shall keep their fingernails trimmed evenly and clean.
(C) Employees involved in guest services and housekeeping functions shall wear clean clothing, which is in good repair. When performing cleaning functions that could bring the employee into contact with guest's bodily fluids, the employee shall be provided protective gloves for optional use.
(Ord. 782, passed 7-19-10; Am. Ord. 1029, passed 10-17-22)