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Oklahoma Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 11, 2021) |
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TITLE 310. Oklahoma State Department of Health |
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Chapter 257. Food Establishments |
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Subchapter 3. Management and Personnel |
SECTION 310:257-3-4. Responsibility of the person in charge to require reporting by food employees and applicants
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- (a) Employee reporting. The license holder shall require food employees and conditional employees to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities as they relate to diseases that are transmissible through food. A food employee or conditional employee shall report the information in a manner that allows the person in charge to reduce the risk of foodborne disease transmission, including providing necessary additional information, such as the date of onset of symptoms and an illness, or of a diagnosis without symptoms, if the food employee or conditional employee:(1) Reportable symptoms. Has any of the following symptoms:(A) Vomiting,(B) Diarrhea,(C) Jaundice,(D) Sore throat with fever; or(E) A lesion containing pus such as a boil or infected wound that is open or draining on any part of the body;(2) Reportable diagnosis. Has an infection diagnosed by a health practitioner or identified by the Department due to:(A) Norovirus,(B) Hepatitis A virus,(C) Shigella species,(D) Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli,(E) Salmonella Typhi, or(F) Salmonella species, non-typhodial;(3) Reportable past illness. Has been ill within the past three months due to diagnosed Salmonella Typhi but did not receive antibiotic therapy; or(4) Reportable history of exposure. Has been exposed to or is the suspected source of a recent confirmed disease outbreak related to an infection listed in (a)(2) of this Section.(b) Availability of educational materials. The Department shall make available educational materials, employee interview forms, and employee reporting agreements to assist license holders, persons in charge, and employees in complying with the requirements in (a) of this Section. The materials and forms shall include guidance in gathering and reporting exposure-related information as necessary to assess the employee's level of risk for transmitting disease as a result of illness under (a)(3) of this Section or exposure under (a)(4) of this Section.(c) Responsibility of person in charge to notify the Department. The person in charge shall notify the Department within twenty-four (24) hours or the next business day, if the facility or Department is not open the following day, when a food employee is diagnosed with an illness due to a pathogen as specified under (a)(2) of this Section.(d) Responsibility of the person in charge to prohibit a conditional employee from becoming a food employee. The person in charge shall ensure that a conditional employee:(1) Has symptoms or diagnosis. Who exhibits or reports a symptom, or who reports a diagnosed illness as specified under (a)(1) through (a)(3) of this Section, is prohibited from becoming a food employee until the conditional employee meets the criteria as specified under OAC 310:257-3-6; and(2) Had exposure. Who will work as a food employee in a food establishment that serves a highly susceptible population and reports a history of exposure as specified under (a)(4) of this Section, is prohibited from becoming a food employee until the conditional employee meets the criteria as specified under OAC 310:257-3-6.(e) Responsibility of the person in charge to exclude or restrict. The person in charge shall ensure that a food employee who exhibits or reports a symptom, or who reports a diagnosed illness or a history of exposure as specified under (a) of this Section is:(1) Exclusions. Excluded as specified under OAC 310:257-3-5 (relating to exclusions and restrictions) and in compliance with OAC 310:257-3-6 (relating to removal, adjustment, or retention of exclusions and restrictions); or(2) Restrictions. Restricted as specified under OAC 310:257-3-5 and in compliance with the provisions specified under OAC 310:257-3-6.(f) Responsibility of food employees and conditional employees to report. A food employee or conditional employee shall report to the person in charge, prior to beginning duties in the food establishment, the information as specified under (a) of this Section.(g) Responsibility of food employees to comply. A food employee shall:(1) Comply with exclusion. Comply with the exclusion as specified under OAC 310:257-3-5 and with the provisions specified under OAC 310:257-3-6.(2) Comply with restrictions. Comply with the restrictions as specified under OAC 310:257-3-5 and comply with the provisions specified under OAC 310:257-3-6.