Pennsylvania Code
Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY
Part III - Prevention of Diseases
Chapter 27 - COMMUNICABLE AND NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Subchapter E - SELECTED PROCEDURES FOR PREVENTING DISEASE TRANSMISSION
Section 27.156 - Special requirements for amebiasis

Universal Citation: 28 PA Code ยง 27.156
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

A household contact of a case of amebiasis who prepares or serves food for public consumption, who attends or works in a child care group setting in a capacity which requires contact with children, or who provides direct patient care shall be required to cease work until the contact has submitted two consecutive stool specimens, taken at least 24 hours apart and at least 48 hours after the last dose of any antiparasitic therapy, to an appropriate clinical laboratory for bacteriologic examination and those specimens are determined by the laboratory to be negative for Entamoeba histolytica.

This section cited in 28 Pa. Code § 27.153 (relating to restrictions on food handlers); 28 Pa. Code § 27.154 (relating to restrictions on caregivers in a child care group setting); and 28 Pa. Code § 27.155 (relating to restrictions on health care practitioners).

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