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Section 68-14-516 - Containment of disease transmission by employees

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(a) When the commissioner has reasonable cause to suspect possible disease transmission by an employee of the facility, the commissioner may secure a morbidity history of the employee or make other investigations as may be indicated.(b) The commissioner may require any of the following:(1) The immediate exclusion of the employee from employment in the 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.Acts 1990, ch. 884, § 17.