Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 010 - Agriculture, Dept. of
Sub-Agency 0003 - Medicine, Board of
Chapter 5 - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR THE LICENSURE OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS
Section 5-9 - Employee Practices

Universal Citation: WY Code of Rules 5-9

Current through September 21, 2024

(a) Except as specified in Chapter 5, Section 9(b), an employee shall eat, drink, or use any form of tobacco only in designated areas where the contamination of exposed food; clean equipment, utensils, and linens; unwrapped single-service and single-use articles; or other items needing protection cannot result.

(b) A food employee may drink from a closed beverage container if the container is handled to prevent contamination of:

(i) The employee's hands;

(ii) The container; and

(iii) Exposed food; clean equipment, utensils, and linens; and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles.

(c) While preparing food, food employees may not wear jewelry on their arms or hands. This Section does not apply to a plain ring such as a wedding band.

(d) Except as specified in Chapter 5, Section 9(e), food employees may not care for or handle animals that may be present such as patrol dogs, service animals, or pets that are allowed as specified in Chapter 9, Section 52(b)(ii)-(iv).

(e) Food employees with service animals may handle or care for their service animals and food employees may handle or care for fish in aquariums or molluscan shellfish or crustacea in display tanks if they wash their hands as specified under Chapter 5, Sections 3 and 4(a) (iii).

(f) Food employees shall keep their fingernails trimmed, filed, and maintained so the edges and surfaces are cleanable and not rough.

(g) Unless wearing intact gloves in good repair, a food employee may not wear fingernail polish or artificial fingernails when working with exposed food.

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