3717-1-02.1(E) / Removal of Exclusions and Restrictions
Critical A food employee's exclusion or restriction was removed without release from a health care provider or licensor approval. An Employee Health Policy is not provided for the food service operation. Food employees are not informed in a verifiable manner of their responsibility to report to the person in charge (PIC) information about their health as it relates to communicable disease and diseases that are transmissible through food. To prevent the spread of disease, the PIC must ensure that employees are aware of reporting requirements for COVID-19 symptoms, major symptoms of concern such as diarrhea and jaundice and the thirteen reportable diseases. The Inspector provided an updated health policy which includes COVID-19 symptoms to the PIC. The PIC secured signatures of employees on shift with a commitment to provide policy copies for all back-of-house (BOH) and front-of-house (FOH) employees.