Terms Used In Maryland Code, HEALTH - GENERAL 21-328

  • Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
(a) 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) 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.