# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 15 — Food

### Chapter 03 — Food Service Facilities

#### Regulation .36 Foodborne Disease Investigation and Control.

*COMAR 10.15.03.36*

The approving authority shall ensure that:

A. When there is reasonable cause to suspect foodborne disease transmission from a food service facility employee:

  (1) A morbidity history of the suspected employee is taken;

  (2) An investigation is conducted; and

  (3) The appropriate follow-up action is taken that may include:

    (a) Immediate exclusion of the employee from all food handling positions within the facility; and

    (b) Immediate closing of the food service facility until medical and epidemiological evidence shows that the likelihood of further foodborne disease transmission is low; and

B. An investigation, a report, and the control of a foodborne disease outbreak is conducted in accordance with the provisions of COMAR 10.06.01.