No proprietor shall allow any food employee to be in a retail food facility if that person has an infectious or communicable disease, as prohibited under the act of April 23, 1956 (1955 P.L.1510, No.500), known as the Disease Prevention and Control Law of 1955, and its attendant regulations related to restrictions on food handlers. In consultation with the Department of Health, the department may promulgate regulations with respect to specific illnesses as related to operations in a retail food facility as it deems necessary for the protection of public health.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Section 5701 - Short title of subchapter
Section 5703 - License required
Section 5704 - Inspection, sampling and analysis
Section 5707 - Powers of department
Section 5708 - Infectious persons
Section 5709 - Linens, equipment and utensils
Section 5710 - Retail food facility and employee cleanliness
Section 5711 - Toilets, sinks and drains
Section 5713 - School cafeterias and organized camps
Section 5721 - Short title of subchapter
Section 5723 - Prohibited acts
Section 5724 - Temporary or permanent injunctions
Section 5726 - Detention and condemnation
Section 5727 - Temporary permits
Section 5728 - Adulteration of food
Section 5729 - Misbranding of food
Section 5730 - Regulations to exempt certain labeling requirements
Section 5731 - Poisonous or deleterious substances and tolerances
Section 5732 - Inspection, sampling and analysis
Section 5733 - Rules and regulations
Section 5734 - Registration of food establishments
Section 5735 - Product registration
Section 5736 - Construction of subchapter
Section 5737 - Acts not affected
Section 5741 - Scope of subchapter
Section 5743 - Label requirement
Section 5744 - Sell-by date or best-by date of greater than 17 days from pasteurization