D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 25, r. 25-B300

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 49, December 6, 2024

Rule 25-B300 - DISEASE OR MEDICAL CONDITION - RESPONSIBILITY OF FOOD EMPLOYEES AND CONDITIONAL EMPLOYEES TO REPORT SYMPTOMS AND DIAGNOSIS*

300.1

The licensee shall require food employees and conditional employees to report to their supervisors, in accordance with this section, information about their health and activities as they relate to diseases that are transmissible through food.

300.2

A food employee or conditional employee shall report the information in a manner that allows the supervisor to reduce the risk of foodborne disease transmission, including providing necessary additional information, such as the date of onset of symptoms of an illness or of a diagnosis without symptoms.

300.3

A food employee or conditional employee shall report to his or her supervisor when he or she has any of the following symptoms:

(a) Vomiting;

(b) Diarrhea;

(c) Jaundice;

(d) Sore throat with fever; or

(e) A lesion containing pus, such as a boil or infected wound that is open or draining and is:

(1) On the hands or wrists, unless an impermeable cover such as a finger cot or stall protects the lesion and a single-use glove is worn over the impermeable cover;

(2) On exposed portions of the arms, unless the lesion is protected by an impermeable cover; or

(3) On other parts of the body, unless the lesion is covered by a dry, durable, tight-fitting bandage.

300.4

A food employee or conditional employee shall report to his or her supervisor if he or she has an illness diagnosed by a licensed physician due to:

(a) Norovirus;

(b) Hepatitis A virus;

(c) Shigella spp.;

(d) Enterohemorrhagic or Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli; or

(e) Salmonella Typhi.

300.5

A food employee or conditional employee shall report to his or her supervisor if he or she had a previous illness, diagnosed by a licensed physician, within the past three (3) months due to Salmonella Typhi, without having received antibiotic therapy.

300.6

A food employee or conditional employee shall report to his or her supervisor if he or she has been exposed to, or is the suspected source of, a confirmed disease outbreak involving one of the diseases specified in section 300.4, because the food employee or conditional employee:

(a) Consumed or prepared food implicated in the outbreak;

(b) Consumed food at an event prepared by a person who is infected or ill with the disease;

(c) Was exposed by attending or working in a setting where there is a confirmed disease outbreak;

(d) Is living in the same household as an individual who works in or attends a setting where there is a confirmed disease outbreak, and the employee has knowledge of that person's exposure; or

(e) Is living in the same household as an individual diagnosed with an illness and has knowledge of the diagnosis.

300.7

A food employee or conditional employee shall make the report required under section 300.6 if the exposure was to:

(a) Norovirus and the most recent exposure occurred within the past forty- eight (48) hours;

(b) Enterohemorrhagic or Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli, or Shigella spp. and the most recent exposure occurred within the past three (3) days;

(c) Salmonella Typhi and the most recent exposure occurred within the past fourteen (14) days; or

(d) Hepatitis A virus and the most recent exposure occurred within thirty (30) days.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 25, r. 25-B300

Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 5245 (July 3, 2009)