Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 446 - Food Establishments
MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL
Section 446.054 - Person in charge: Duties regarding conditional employees
Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 446.054
Current through September 16, 2024
1. The person in charge shall ensure that a conditional employee:
(a) Who exhibits or
reports a symptom or who reports a diagnosed illness as provided in this
chapter is prohibited from becoming a food employee until the conditional
employee meets the relevant criteria for the specific symptoms or diagnosed
illness as provided in this chapter.
(b) Who will work as a food employee in a
food establishment that serves a highly susceptible population and who reports
a history of exposure as provided in this chapter is prohibited from becoming a
food employee until the conditional employee meets the relevant criteria
provided in this chapter.
(c) Who
has been exposed by attending or working in a setting where there is a
confirmed disease outbreak or who is living in the same household as, and has
knowledge about, a person who works in or attends a setting where there is a
confirmed disease outbreak, or who is living in the same household as, and has
knowledge about, a person diagnosed with an illness caused by:
(1) Norovirus within 48 hours after the last
exposure;
(2) Enterohemorrhagic
Escherichia coli, Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia
coli or Shigella species within 3 days after the last
exposure;
(3)
Salmonella
typhi within 14 days after the last exposure; or
(4) The hepatitis A virus within 30 days
after the last exposure, is prohibited from becoming a food employee until the
conditional employee meets the relevant criteria provided in this chapter.
2. As used in this section:
(a) "Confirmed disease
outbreak" means a foodborne disease outbreak in which laboratory analysis of
appropriate specimens identifies a causative agent and an epidemiological
analysis implicates the food as the source of the illness.
(b) "Foodborne disease outbreak" means the
occurrence of two or more cases of a similar illness resulting from the
ingestion of a common food.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R069-10, eff. 12-18-2013
NRS 439.200, 446.940
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