Section 25-A4501. INVESTIGATION AND CONTROL - RESTRICTION OR EXCLUSION OF FOOD EMPLOYEE OR SUMMARY SUSPENSION OF LICENSE

 

4501.1Based on the findings of an investigation related to a food employee or conditional employee who is suspected of being infected or diseased, or a carrier of an infectious agent that causes a disease that is transmissible through food, the Department may issue an order to the suspected food employee or conditional employee or licensee instituting one (1) or more of the following control measures: 

 

(a)Restricting the food employee or conditional employee;

 

(b)Excluding the food employee or conditional employee; or

 

(c)Closing the food establishment by summarily suspending a license to  operate in accordance with this Code.

 

authority

Sections 4 and 10 of An Act Relating to the adulteration of foods and drugs in the District of Columbia, approved February 17, 1898 (30 Stat. 246; D.C. Official Code §§ 48-104 and 48-110 (2009 Repl.)); Section 7 of An Act Making Appropriations to provide for the expenses for the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes (32 Stat.627; D.C. Official Code § 47-2834(a)(1), (a)(2), and (b) (2005 Repl.)); and Mayor’s Order 98-139, dated August 20, 1998, and Mayor’s Order 2002-103, dated June 18, 2002.

source

Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 4394 (June 6, 2003), incorporating by reference the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 6184, 6360 (July 5, 2002); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 13690 (November 30, 2012).