Infectious Disease Control

Infectious Disease Control. (a) No person managing an establishment identified in § 2122, that due to the nature of the services offered, poses a direct mode for disease transmission to the general public, shall permit an employee to work knowing or having reason to know that such employee has a communicable disease or is a carrier of such disease that would readily spread to the patrons of the establishment and the general public. (b) No person managing an establishment identified in § 2122 shall allow an employee or employee applicant with any form of head or body lice, scabies, or infected with an active viral disease, such as Chicken Pox, Measles, Mumps, or Tuberculosis, or afflicted with an unprotected pustular lesion on the hands, wrists, or exposed portions of the body, to work in their establishment. No employee or employee applicant shall work in such establishment knowing himself to have or having reason to believe that he has any of the diseases set forth above or is a carrier of any such disease. (c) No person managing any food or drink service, or handling, establishment shall permit an employee or employee applicant to work in an area of the establishment where there would be a danger of disease transmission, knowing or having reason to know that such employee has a food-borne or waterborne illness or is a carrier of such illness. No employee shall work in such an area of an establishment knowing him to have or having reason to believe that he has a food-borne or waterborne illness or is a carrier of any such illness. If the manager or a person in charge suspects that any employee has a food-borne or waterborne illness or is a carrier of such illness, he shall notify the Secretary immediately. (d) No person managing a tattoo and/or body piercing shop shall permit a tattoo or body piercing artist or applicant to work in an area of the establishment where there would be danger of disease transmission, knowing or having reason to know that such employee has a blood-borne illness or is a carrier of such illness. No tattoo or body piercing artist or applicant shall work in such an area of an establishment knowing himself to have or having reason to believe that he has a blood-borne illness or is a carrier of any such illness. If the manager or a person in charge suspects that any employee has a blood-borne illness or is a carrier of such illness, he shall notify the Secretary immediately. Source: PL 12-48, § 3 (2146).