Ohio Admin. Code 3717-1-02.3 - Management and personnel: hygienic practices
An employee shall eat, drink, or use tobacco only in designated
areas where the contamination of exposed food; clean equipment, utensils, or
linens; unwrapped single-service or single-use articles; or other items needing
protection can not
Food employees experiencing persistent sneezing, coughing, or a runny nose that causes discharges from the eyes, nose, or mouth may not work with exposed food; clean equipment, utensils, or linens; or unwrapped single-service or single-use articles.
Food employees shall effectively restrain hair
or wear
or
or
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Food employees may not care for or handle animals that may be present such as patrol dogs, service animals, or pets that are allowed as specified in paragraphs (O) (2) to (O)(5) of rule 3717-1-06.4 of the Administrative Code. If food employees wash their hands as specified under paragraphs (B) and (C)(3) of rule 3717-1-02.2 of the Administrative Code, they may handle or care for their own service animals; fish in aquariums; or molluscan shellfish or crustacea in display tanks.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3717.04, 3717.05
Rule Amplifies: 3717.04, 3717.05
Prior Effective Dates: 03/01/2001, 03/01/2005, 03/01/2009
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