§ 59a.306. Personnel health.
A person affected with any disease in a communicable form or while a carrier of the disease may not be permitted in any room or compartment where milk and dairy products are prepared, manufactured or otherwise handled. A person who has a discharging or infected wound, sore or lesion on hands, arms or other exposed portion of the body may not work in any dairy processing rooms or in any capacity resulting in contact with milk or dairy products. Each employee whose work brings him in contact with the processing or handling of dairy products, containers or equipment shall have a medical and physical examination by a registered physician or by the local department of health at the time of employment. In addition, an employee returning to work following illness from a communicable disease shall have a certificate from the attending physician to establish proof of complete recovery. Medical certificates attesting the fact that the employee when last examined was free from communicable disease shall be kept on file at the plant office.
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