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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