93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB3152

 

Introduced 2/6/2004, by Ira I. Silverstein

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 650/8   from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 308

    Amends the Meat and Poultry Inspection Act. Makes a technical change to the Section on medical certificates.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning inspections.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Meat and Poultry Inspection Act is amended
5 by changing Section 8 as follows:
 
6     (225 ILCS 650/8)  (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 308)
7     Sec. 8. Medical Certificate. The licensee of a Type I
8 establishment must shall require all employees in his
9 establishment to meet the health requirements established by
10 the Illinois Department of Public Health. The Director may at
11 any time require an employee of an establishment to submit to a
12 health examination by a physician. No person suffering from any
13 communicable disease, including any communicable skin disease,
14 and no person with infected wounds, and no person who is a
15 "carrier" of a communicable disease shall work in any capacity
16 in an establishment. No person shall work or be employed in or
17 about any establishment during the time in which a communicable
18 disease exists in the home in which such person resides unless
19 such person has obtained a certificate from the state or local
20 health authority to the effect that no danger of public
21 contagion or infection or adulteration of product will result
22 from the employment of such person in such establishment.
23 (Source: P.A. 91-170, eff. 1-1-00.)