Section 21-328 - Employees with communicable diseases. - Maryland Statutes

§ 21-328. Employees with communicable diseases.
 

(a)  Prohibited action - Employer.- A person may not knowingly employ any individual to work in any area or capacity in a food establishment in which there is a likelihood of transmission of disease to patrons or other employees of the food establishment if the individual employed: 

(1) Has a communicable disease that may be transmitted by food; or 

(2) Is a carrier of a communicable disease that may be transmitted by food. 

(b)  Prohibited action - Employee.- An individual may not knowingly work in any area or capacity in a food establishment in which there is a likelihood of transmission of disease to patrons or other employees of the food establishment if the individual: 

(1) Has a communicable disease that may be transmitted by food; or 

(2) Is a carrier of a communicable disease that may be transmitted by food. 
 

[1987, ch. 297; 1991, ch. 150; 1992, ch. 124.]