Virginia Administrative Code
Title 2 - AGRICULTURE
Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES
Chapter 510 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF ICE CREAM, FROZEN DESSERTS, AND SIMILAR PRODUCTS
Part XIII - Personnel Cleanliness and Health
Section 2VAC5-510-620 - Health

A. No person afflicted with a communicable disease shall be permitted in any room or compartment where milk, dairy products, mix or frozen desserts are prepared, processed, or otherwise handled. No person who has a discharging or infected wound, sore, or lesion on hands, arms, or other exposed portions of the body shall work in any plant processing or packaging rooms or in any other capacity resulting in contact with milk, dairy products, mix or frozen dessert.

B. Each employee whose work brings him in contact with the processing or handling of milk, dairy products, mix or frozen desserts, containers or equipment shall have a medical and physical examination by a registered physician or by the local department of health, and shall furnish a satisfactory medical certificate prior to employment. An employee returning to work following illness from a communicable disease shall have a certificate from his attending physician to establish proof of complete recovery.