Virginia Administrative Code
Title 2 - AGRICULTURE
Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES
Chapter 585 - RETAIL FOOD ESTABLISHMENT REGULATIONS
Part VIII - Compliance and Enforcement
Article 5 - Prevention of Foodborne Disease Transmission by Employees
Section 2VAC5-585-4040 - Investigation and control, obtaining information: personal history of illness, medical examination, and specimen analysis
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
The department shall act when it has reasonable cause to believe that a food employee or conditional employee has possibly transmitted disease; may be infected with a disease in a communicable form that is transmissible through food; may be a carrier of infectious agents that cause a disease that is transmissible through food; or is affected with a boil, an infected wound, or acute respiratory infection, by:
1. Securing a confidential medical history of the food employee or conditional employee suspected of transmitting disease or making other investigations as deemed appropriate; and
2. Requiring appropriate medical examinations, including collection of specimens for laboratory analysis, of a suspected food employee or conditional employee.
Statutory Authority: § 3.2-5121 of the Code of Virginia.
