093_HB1229
LRB093 07991 BDD 08187 b
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
5 amended 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 mustshall 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
12 a health examination by a physician. No person suffering from
13 any communicable disease, including any communicable skin
14 disease, and no person with infected wounds, and no person
15 who is a "carrier" of a communicable disease shall work in
16 any capacity in an establishment. No person shall work or be
17 employed in or about any establishment during the time in
18 which a communicable disease exists in the home in which such
19 person resides unless such person has obtained a certificate
20 from the state or local health authority to the effect that
21 no danger of public contagion or infection or adulteration of
22 product will result from the employment of such person in
23 such establishment.
24 (Source: P.A. 91-170, eff. 1-1-00.)