18 AAC 31.300. Disease transmission

(a) A person with an infected wound or a disease communicable by food may not work in a food establishment in any capacity that might contaminate food or a food-contact surface of clean equipment or utensils with an infectious or toxigenic micro-organism, or that might transmit disease to others.

(b) An employee with persistent sneezing, coughing, or a runny nose may not work in any capacity that might contaminate food or food-contact surfaces of clean equipment or utensils.

(c) If the department believes a food establishment or an employee might be the source of a foodborne illness, the department will take action as recommended by the Department of Health and Social Services to control disease transmission, including

(1) suspend the food establishment's permit until the department finds that the danger of further disease transmission no longer exists;

(2) secure an illness history from each employee suspected of transmitting the illness;

(3) restrict a suspect employee's services to an area of the food establishment where there is no danger of transmitting disease;

(4) require medical or laboratory examination of a suspect employee;

(5) secure records or other information that might assist in the positive identification of persons potentially exposed to the disease; and

(6) obtain samples of food for laboratory analysis.

(d) The department may release to the public the name of a food establishment found to be the source of a foodborne illness if the release will assist in the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of the disease or if otherwise required by law.

History: Eff. 5/18/97, Register 142; readopt 12/19/99, Register 152; am 6/28/2001, Register 158

Authority: AS 17.20.005

Editor's note: Effective 12/19/99, Register 152, the Department of Environmental Conservation readopted 18 AAC 31.300, without change, to affirm the validity of that section following statutory amendments made in ch. 72, SLA 1998. Chapter 72, SLA 1998 relocated department authority to adopt regulations in 18 AAC 31 from AS 03.05 to AS 17.20.

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