No operator shall hereafter engage nor shall
any operator employ or allow a person to work for him in the Borough
of Middlesex in the business of handling food which is suited for
human consumption or is intended for distribution or sale, unless
such person shall have available for inspection at his place of employment
a certificate issued by the Board of Health as proof that the said
person has complied with the rules and regulations adopted by the
Board for the purposes of this section. This shall apply to employers
and/or owners as well as to employees, whenever an employer or owner
himself engages in any of the operations of handling or preparing
food or drink for human consumption. The Board of Health shall preserve
a record of all such certificates issued, specifying dates and a summary
of information for the purpose of issuing the certificate.
The requirement upon which the certificate is
based shall include proof of a chest X-ray and a signed affidavit
for the purpose of preventing communicable diseases as the Board of
Health may prescribe. Whenever the Board shall deem it necessary to
establish the true nature of any disease which may be communicable,
the Board may require any person or persons suspected of being so
affected, or any person or persons who may have been exposed to a
communicable disease, to have a medical examination, and it shall
be the duty of such person or persons to submit to such examination.
The food handler's certificate shall not be
transferable and shall be operative for one year from date of issue
to March 1 of the following year unless extended by the Board. It
shall always be available at the place of employment and shall be
produced for inspection on demand of the Board of Health or its duly
authorized agents, and may be revoked for cause at any time by the
Health Officer.
