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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0298_296296 L SECTION IV. TUBERCULOSIS EXAMINATIONs In addition to the foregoing, each such applicant shall be required once each year to be further examined for tuberculosis by tuberculin skin test and/or x-ray examination of the lungs, and in the event the applicant takes the tuberculin skin test and it shows a positive reaction, such applicant shall be required to have an x-ray examination of the lungs by a licensed physician in Williamson County, Texas, or by the Williamson County ffealth Department. In the event the tuberculin skin test and/or x- ray examination of the lungs show the applicant to be free of tuberculosis, the Y+illiamson County Health Department or physician making the test br the examination, as the case may be, shall issue to the applicant a certificate showing the applicant to be free of tuberculosis. The applicant shall then present his physical examination certificate and his tuberculosis examination certificate to the Williamson County health Department and shall thereupon be issued s food handler's registration certificate by said Williamson County Health Department , which shall be valid twelve (12) months from the time of the taking of said physical -examination. Fach such certificate must be renewed by each such applicant *&oh twelve(12)months by the same procedure as out- lined above. ARTICLE III ENFORCF2TE'4,PENALTIES, REPEAL, ETC. SECTION I. 11AKING IT UNLAWFUL FOR FOOD HANDLERS TO WORK AS STICH WITHOUTGIS RA ION CERTIFICA11 s It shall hereafter be unlawful fbr any food handler, as defined in this ordinance, to work for any person, firm, borporation or association as a food handler in the City of Geor etown , Texas, without having in his or her possession a food handler's registration certificate issued to him or her by the Williamson County Health Department, which is valid at the time of such employment. SECTION II. C01,9 UNICABLE DISEASE CONTROLS When the City health Officer, the Director of the Williamson County health Department or a representative os said department has reason to believe that there exists a possibility of transmission of infection from a food handler, he shall be authorized to require any or all Of the followings (a) The immediate exclusion of the employee, as an employee, from all food establishments. (b) The immediate closing of the food establishment concerned until no further danger of disease outbreak exists. (c) Adequate medical examinations of the employee and of his associates, with such laboratory examinations as may be indicated, the expense of such examinations shall be the responsibility of the employer. SECTION III. PENALTYs Any person who shall violate any of the provisions hereof shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be fined in any sum not less than Ten Dollars ( $10.00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars(t200.00) and each day that a violation hereof continues shall constitute a separate offense. SECTION IV. REPEALING CLAUSES All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby expressly repealed insofar as the same are in conflict with this ordinance.