1715.07 HEALTH OF EMPLOYEES.

   (a)    Responsibility. No person affected with a disease in a communicable form, or who is a carrier of a communicable disease shall work in any food establishment.

   No operator shall employ any person knowing him to be suspected of having or knowing him to be a carrier of a communicable disease.

   The operator shall notify the Health Commissioner immediately, if he has reason to believe that an employee has a disease in a communicable form or has become a carrier of a communicable disease.

   (b)    Procedure When Infection is Suspected. When the Health Commissioner has reasonable cause to believe that a danger of transmission of infection from any food establishment employee exists, the Commissioner is authorized to require any or all of the following measures:

      (1)    The immediate exclusion of the employee from employment in all food establishments;

      (2)   The suspension of the food establishment permit in accordance with the provisions of Section 1715.03(f) until no further danger of disease outbreak exists, in the opinion of the Commissioner; or

      (3)   Adequate medical examination of the employee and of his associates, with such laboratory examinations as may be required by the Commissioner.

         (Ord. 96-29. Passed 1-31-96.)