FAQs Regarding Texas Food Establishment Rules

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Table of Contents

  • 228.2 Definitions
  • Subchapter B. Management and Personnel
  • Subchapter C. Food
  • Subchapter D. Equipment, Utensils, and Linens
  • Subchapter E. Water, Plumbing, and Waste
  • Subchapter F. Physical Facilities
  • Subchapter G. Poisonous or Toxic Materials

§228.2 Definitions

Subchapter B. Management and Personnel

If a public health authority is notified by a clinic or physician that a food service worker has been diagnosed with Norovirus, hepatitis A virus, Salmonella typhi, Non-typhoidal Salmonella, Shigella, or Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, can the health authority reveal the person's identity to the food establishment owner or manager? What are the HIPPA restrictions, if any?
§228.35(a) – (b); §228.257

A public health authority can reveal the identity of a food service worker that has been diagnosed with Norovirus, hepatitis A virus, Salmonella typhi, Non-typhoidal SalmonellaShigella

Subchapter C. Food

Subchapter D. Equipment, Utensils, and Linens

Subchapter E. Water, Plumbing, and Waste

Subchapter F. Physical Facilities

Subchapter G. Poisonous or Toxic Materials