Document Citation: Md. HEALTH-GENERAL Code Ann. § 21-328

Header:
Annotated Code of Maryland
HEALTH - GENERAL
TITLE 21. FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS
SUBTITLE 3. FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS
PART IV. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS


Date:
08/31/2009

Document:

§ 21-328. Employees with communicable diseases

(a) Prohibited action -- Employer. -- A person may not knowingly employ any individual to work in any area or capacity in a food establishment in which there is a likelihood of transmission of disease to patrons or other employees of the food establishment if the individual employed:

(1) Has a communicable disease that may be transmitted by food; or

(2) Is a carrier of a communicable disease that may be transmitted by food.

(b) Prohibited action -- Employee. -- An individual may not knowingly work in any area or capacity in a food establishment in which there is a likelihood of transmission of disease to patrons or other employees of the food establishment if the individual:

(1) Has a communicable disease that may be transmitted by food; or

(2) Is a carrier of a communicable disease that may be transmitted by food.