Section 246-215-02205. Employee health—Reportable history of illness.

(1) FOOD EMPLOYEES and CONDITIONAL EMPLOYEES shall report to the PERSON IN CHARGE if they:

(a) Have diarrhea, vomiting, sore throat with fever, or jaundice (yellow skin or eyes), except as specified under WAC 246-215-02235;

(b) Have a lesion containing pus such as a boil or infected wound that is open or draining and is:

(i) On the hands or wrist;

(ii) On exposed portions of the arms; or

(iii) On other parts of the body, unless the lesion is covered by a dry, durable, tight-fitting bandage; or

(c) Have an illness diagnosed by a HEALTH PRACTITIONER as due to an infection with:

(i) Hepatitis A virus;

(ii) Salmonella Typhi (Typhoid Fever);

(iii) Shigella; or

(iv) Enterohemorrhagic or SHIGA TOXIN-PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI

(2) In addition to the reporting in subsection (1) of this section, FOOD EMPLOYEES and CONDITIONAL EMPLOYEES in a FOOD ESTABLISHMENT serving a HIGHLY SUSCEPTIBLE POPULATION shall report to the PERSON IN CHARGE if they:

(a) Have an illness diagnosed by a HEALTH PRACTITIONER as due to an infection with Norovirus or Salmonella other than Salmonella Typhi;

(b) Have consumed or prepared FOOD implicated in a CONFIRMED DISEASE OUTBREAK;

(c) Have attended or worked in a setting where there is a CONFIRMED DISEASE OUTBREAK;

(d) Live in the same household as someone who works at or attended a setting where there is a CONFIRMED DISEASE OUTBREAK; or

(e) Live in the same household as or have consumed FOOD prepared by a PERSON who is infected or ill with:

(i) Enterohemorrhagic or SHIGA TOXIN-PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

(ii) Shigella;

(iii) Salmonella Typhi; or

(iv) Hepatitis A virus or jaundice.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20.050 and 43.20.145. WSR 13-03-109, § 246-215-02205, filed 1/17/13, effective 5/1/13.]

RCW 43.20.050 and 43.20.145. WSR 13-03-109, § 246-215-02205, filed 1/17/13, effective 5/1/13.

Rules

246-215-02235,