California Health and Safety Code

§ 113949.1

HSC § 113949.1 Effective Oct 11, 2009Div. 104 · Part 7 · Ch. 3 · Art. 3

Statute text

(a)When a local health officer is notified of an illness that can be transmitted by food in a food facility or by an employee of a food facility, the local health officer shall inform the local enforcement agency. The local health officer or the local enforcement agency, or both, shall notify the person in charge of the food facility and shall investigate conditions and may, after the investigation, take appropriate action, and for reasonable cause, require any or all of the following measures to be taken:

(1)The immediate restriction or exclusion of any food employee from the affected food facility.

(2)The immediate closing of the food facility until, in the opinion of the local enforcement agency, the identified danger of disease outbreak has been addressed. Any appeal of the closure shall be made in writing within five days to the applicable local enforcement agency.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 571, Sec. 21. (SB 241) Effective October 11, 2009.