Communicable disease.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 20-206
in effectSec. 20-206. - Communicable disease.
(a) No person, while infected with a communicable disease that can be transmitted by foods or who is a carrier of organisms that cause such a disease, or while afflicted with a boil, an infected wound, or an acute respiratory infection, shall work in any area of a commissary or vending operation.
(b) When the health officer has reasonable cause to suspect the possibility of disease transmission from any employee, he may secure a morbidity history of the suspected employee or make any other investigation as may be indicated and shall take appropriate action. The health officer may require any or all of the following measures:
(1) The immediate exclusion of the employee from the commissary or vending operation.
(2) The immediate closing of the commissary and vending operations concerned, in accordance with the procedures set out in article II of this chapter, until, in the opinion of the health officer, no further danger of disease outbreak exists.
(3) Restriction of the employee's services to some area of the establishment where there would be no danger of transmitting disease.
(4) Adequate medical and laboratory examinations of the employee, of other employees and of such persons' body discharges.
(Code 1968, § 19-606; Ord. No. 83-744, § 1, 5-17-83; Ord. No. 07-1051, §§ 3, 6(Exh. B), 9-12-07)
Source: City of Houston, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/houston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH20FODR_ARTIVVEMA_S20-206CODIFetched: 10/26/2026