# Health - General (GHG)

## Title 21. Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics

### Subtitle 3. Food Establishments

#### Section 21-328

(a) A person may not knowingly employ any individual to work in any area or capacity in a food establishment in which there is a likelihood of transmission of disease to patrons or other employees of the food establishment if the individual employed:

  (1) Has a communicable disease that may be transmitted by food; or

  (2) Is a carrier of a communicable disease that may be transmitted by food.

(b) An individual may not knowingly work in any area or capacity in a food establishment in which there is a likelihood of transmission of disease to patrons or other employees of the food establishment if the individual:

  (1) Has a communicable disease that may be transmitted by food; or

  (2) Is a carrier of a communicable disease that may be transmitted by food.

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Md. Code Ann., Health-Gen. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)