Minnesota Administrative Rules

4626.0040 2-201.11 RESPONSIBILITY OF PERSON IN CHARGE TO REQUIRE REPORTING BY FOOD EMPLOYEES AND APPLICANTS.*

A.

The licensee shall require food employees and food employee applicants to whom a conditional offer of employment is made to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities as they relate to diseases transmissible through food.

B.

A food employee or applicant shall report to the person in charge if the food employee or applicant has a symptom caused by illness, infection, or other source that is:

(1)

associated with diarrhea, vomiting, or other acute gastrointestinal illness;

(2)

jaundice; or

(3)

a boil, infected wound, or other lesion containing pus that is open or draining and is:

(a)

on the hands or wrists, unless a finger cot, stall, or other impermeable cover protects the lesion and a single-use glove is worn over the impermeable cover;

(b)

on exposed portions of the arms, unless the lesion is protected by an impermeable cover; or

(c)

on other parts of the body, unless the lesion is covered by a dry, durable, tight-fitting bandage.

C.

The food employee or applicant shall report to the person in charge if the food employee or applicant is known to be infected with:

(1)

Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Escherichia coli 0157:H7, or other enteric bacterial pathogen; or

(2)

the hepatitis A virus.

D.

A food employee or applicant shall report the date of onset of any of the symptoms or illness specified in this part.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 31.101; 31.11; 144.05; 144.08; 144.12; 157.011

History:

23 SR 519

Published Electronically:

October 11, 2007