2019 Tennessee Code
Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection
Health
Chapter 14 - Hotels, Food Service Establishments and Swimming Pools
Part 7 - Tennessee Food Safety Act
§ 68-14-719. Containment of disease transmission by employees.
(a) When the commissioner has reasonable cause to suspect possible disease transmission by an employee of the facility, the commissioner may obtain information about any recent illness of the employee or make other investigations as may be indicated. The commissioner may require any of the following:
(1) The immediate exclusion of the employee from employment in the food service establishment;
(2) The immediate closing of the facility until, in the commissioner's opinion, no further danger of disease outbreak exists;
(3) Restricting the employee's service to some area of the facility where there would be little likelihood of transmitting disease; or
(4) Adequate medical and laboratory examinations of the employee and of other employees.
(b) A person in charge, having been provided by the employee with written documentation from a person who practices in a medical profession in accordance with title 63 that the employee has been diagnosed with a condition set forth in chapter 2, § 2-201.11(B)(2) of the Food Code shall have an affirmative duty to notify the commissioner or the commissioner's designee. A person in charge shall not be required to obtain medical records from a prospective employee prior to hiring such individual as an employee.
