In accordance with Health-General Article, §§18-102, 21-253, 21-254, and 21-435, Annotated Code of Maryland, when an individual working at a plant has a communicable disease or is a carrier of a communicable disease the Department:

1. A. Shall immediately exclude the:

   1. (1) Individual from handling milk, milk products, milk containers, and milk equipment; and
   2. (2) Milk supply that is handled by the infected individual from distribution and use; and
2. B. May require medical and biological examination of the individual and the individual’s bodily discharges.

Authority: Health-General Article, §§21-211, 21-234, 21-406, 21-416.1, 21-417, 21-418, 21-419,
21-428, 21-434, 21-252—21-256, 21-1202, 21-1203, and 21-1215, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: May 4, 2009 (36:9 Md. R. 651)

Regulation .01A amended effective December 28, 2009 (36:25 Md. R. 1954)

Regulation .04 amended effective December 28, 2009 (36:25 Md. R. 1954)

Chapter revised effective March 28, 2016 (43:6 Md. R. 407)

Regulation .02B amended effective February 27, 2017 (44:4 Md. R. 254)

Regulation .03H amended effective February 27, 2017 (44:4 Md. R. 254); May 18, 2020 (47:10 Md. R. 517)