Bill Text | History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Food service employees; require physical exam and blood test and verifying health certificate every four years.
Bill Text: [Introduced]
| 1 | 02/20 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services | |
| 2 | 03/09 (H) Died In Committee |
| Effective date | July 1, 2004 | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| Vote type required | Three/Fifths |
House Committee:
Principal Author: Eaton
Code Section: A 041-0003-0015
Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-3-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DIRECT THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH TO REQUIRE THAT EACH FOOD SERVICE EMPLOYEE OF ANY COMMERCIAL FOOD ESTABLISHMENT SHALL RECEIVE A PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND A BLOOD TEST, AND OBTAIN A HEALTH CERTIFICATE VERIFYING THE PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND THE BLOOD TEST, BEFORE BEGINNING EMPLOYMENT AND ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS DURING HIS EMPLOYMENT; TO PROVIDE THAT THE BLOOD TEST SHALL BE TO DETECT THOSE COMMUNICABLE OR INFECTIOUS DISEASES THAT MAY BE SPREAD DURING THE PREPARATION, HANDLING OR SERVING OF FOOD OR DRINK; TO PROVIDE THAT THE HEALTH CERTIFICATE SHALL STATE THAT THE EMPLOYEE HAS RECEIVED A PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND A BLOOD TEST AND THAT THE EMPLOYEE IS NOT A CARRIER OF ANY SUCH COMMUNICABLE OR INFECTIOUS DISEASE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
End Of Document
2004/pdf/History/HB/HB1144.htm