PDFWAC 246-215-02235

Employee healthOther conditions.

A food employee with a symptom of gastrointestinal illness, such as vomiting, diarrhea, or jaundice, may work in a food establishment without special restriction, provided that the food employee furnishes written medical documentation from a health practitioner to the regulatory authority or person-in-charge that the symptom is due to a medical condition not transmissible through food, such as Crohn's disease, irritable bowel syndrome, ulcerative colitis, hepatitis C, cancer or pregnancy.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20.050 and 43.20.145. WSR 21-01-122, § 246-215-02235, filed 12/15/20, effective 3/1/22; WSR 13-03-109, § 246-215-02235, filed 1/17/13, effective 5/1/13.]