Article 5. Prevention of Foodborne Disease Transmission by Employees
2VAC5-585-4040. Investigation and control, obtaining information: personal history of illness, medical examination, and specimen analysis.
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.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 24, Issue 2, eff. October 16, 2007; amended, Virginia Register Volume 26, Issue 7, eff. January 1, 2010; Volume 32, Issue 22, eff. July 12, 2016.
2VAC5-585-4050. Restriction or exclusion of food employee or closure of food establishment.
Based on the findings of an investigation related to a food employee or conditional employee who is suspected of being infected or diseased, the department may issue an order to the suspected food employee, conditional employee, or operator instituting one or more of the following control measures:
1. Restricting the food employee or conditional employee;
2. Excluding the food employee or conditional employee; or
3. Closing the food establishment in accordance with law.
Statutory Authority
§ 3.2-5121 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 24, Issue 2, eff. October 16, 2007; amended, Virginia Register Volume 26, Issue 7, eff. January 1, 2010; Volume 32, Issue 22, eff. July 12, 2016.
2VAC5-585-4060. Restriction or exclusion order: warning or hearing not required, information required in order.
Based on the findings of the investigation as specified in 2VAC5-585-4040 and to control disease transmission, the department may issue an order of restriction or exclusion to the suspected food employee or the operator without prior warning, notice of hearing, or a hearing if the order:
1. States the reasons for the restriction or exclusion that is ordered;
2. States the evidence that the food employee or operator shall provide in order to demonstrate that the reasons for the restriction or exclusion are eliminated;
3. States that the suspected food employee or the operator may request an appeal hearing by submitting a timely request as provided in law; and
4. Provides the name and address of the authorized representative of the commissioner to whom a request for appeal hearing be made.
Statutory Authority
§ 3.2-5121 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 24, Issue 2, eff. October 16, 2007; amended, Virginia Register Volume 32, Issue 22, eff. July 12, 2016.
2VAC5-585-4070. Release of food employee from restriction or exclusion.
The department shall release a food employee or conditional employee from restriction or exclusion according to law and the conditions specified under 2VAC5-585-100.
Statutory Authority
§ 3.2-5121 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 24, Issue 2, eff. October 16, 2007; amended, Virginia Register Volume 26, Issue 7, eff. January 1, 2010.