{"code":"HSC","codeName":"Health and Safety Code","section":"113950","citation":"Health & Saf. Code, ยง 113950","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 104. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH [106500. - 119406.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-104"},{"name":"PART 7. CALIFORNIA RETAIL FOOD CODE [113700. - 114437.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-104/part-7"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3. Management and Personnel [113945. - 113978.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-104/part-7/chapter-3"},{"name":"ARTICLE 3. Employee Health [113949. - 113950.5.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-104/part-7/chapter-3/article-3"}],"history":"Repealed and added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 23, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007. Operative July 1, 2007, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 23.","effective":"2007-01-01","html":"

(a) The local health officer or, in consultation with the local health officer, the local enforcement agency shall do either of the following:

(1) Exclude a food employee from a food facility if the food employee is diagnosed with an infectious agent specified in subdivision (b) of Section 113949.1 and the food employee is symptomatic and still considered infectious.

(2) Restrict a food employee if the food employee is diagnosed with an infectious agent specified under subdivision (b) of Section 113949.1 and is not experiencing symptoms of the illness associated with that agent but is still considered infectious with an agent specified in subdivision (b) of Section 113949.1.

(b) The person in charge shall do either of the following:

(1) Exclude a food employee from a food facility if the food employee is diagnosed with an infectious agent specified under subdivision (b) of Section 113949.1.

(2) Restrict a food employee from working with exposed food; clean equipment, utensils, and linens; and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles in a food facility if the food employee is suffering from symptoms of an acute gastrointestinal illness.

","text":"(a) The local health officer or, in consultation with the local health officer, the local enforcement agency shall do either of the following: (1) Exclude a food employee from a food facility if the food employee is diagnosed with an infectious agent specified in subdivision (b) of Section 113949.1 and the food employee is symptomatic and still considered infectious. (2) Restrict a food employee if the food employee is diagnosed with an infectious agent specified under subdivision (b) of Section 113949.1 and is not experiencing symptoms of the illness associated with that agent but is still considered infectious with an agent specified in subdivision (b) of Section 113949.1. (b) The person in charge shall do either of the following: (1) Exclude a food employee from a food facility if the food employee is diagnosed with an infectious agent specified under subdivision (b) of Section 113949.1. (2) Restrict a food employee from working with exposed food; clean equipment, utensils, and linens; and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles in a food facility if the food employee is suffering from symptoms of an acute gastrointestinal illness.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/employee-health-113950","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}