# 12 Va. Admin. Code § 5-421-90: 12VAC5-421-90. Exclusions and restrictions

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## Section

- **Citation:** 12 Va. Admin. Code § 5-421-90
- **Heading:** 12VAC5-421-90. Exclusions and restrictions
- **Jurisdiction:** Virginia
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Virginia Administrative Code / Title 12 Health / Agency 5 Department of Health / Chapter 421 / 12VAC5-421-90

## Text

The person in charge shall exclude or restrict a food employee from a food establishment in accordance with the following:
1. Except when the symptom is from a noninfectious condition, exclude a food employee if the food employee is:
a. Symptomatic with vomiting or diarrhea; P or
b. Symptomatic with vomiting or diarrhea and diagnosed with an infection from Norovirus, Shigella spp., Salmonella (nontyphoidal), or Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli. P
2. Exclude a food employee who is:
a. Jaundiced and the onset of jaundice occurred within the last seven calendar days, unless the food employee provides to the person in charge written medical documentation from a health practitioner specifying that the jaundice is not caused by Hepatitis A virus or other fecal-orally transmitted infection; P
b. Diagnosed with an infection from Hepatitis A virus within 14 calendar days from the onset of any illness symptoms, or within seven calendar days of the onset of jaundice; P or
c. Diagnosed with an infection from Hepatitis A virus without developing symptoms. P
3. Exclude a food employee who is diagnosed with Typhoid fever, or reports having had Typhoid fever within the past three months as specified in 12VAC5-421-80 A 3. P
4. If a food employee is diagnosed with an infection from Norovirus and is asymptomatic:
a. Exclude the food employee who works in a food establishment serving a highly susceptible population; P or
b. Restrict the food employee who works in a food establishment not serving a highly susceptible population. P
5. If a food employee is diagnosed with an infection from Shigella spp. and is asymptomatic:
a. Exclude the food employee who works in a food establishment serving a highly susceptible population; P or
b. Restrict the food employee who works in a food establishment not serving a highly susceptible population. P
6. If a food employee is diagnosed with an infection from Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, and is asymptomatic:
a
d with an infection from Shigella spp. and is asymptomatic:
a. Exclude the food employee who works in a food establishment serving a highly susceptible population; P or
b. Restrict the food employee who works in a food establishment not serving a highly susceptible population. P
6. If a food employee is diagnosed with an infection from Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, and is asymptomatic:
a. Exclude the food employee who works in a food establishment serving a highly susceptible population; P or
b. Restrict the food employee who works in a food establishment not serving a highly susceptible population. P
7. If a food employee is diagnosed with an infection from Salmonella (nontyphoidal) and is asymptomatic, restrict the food employee who works in a food establishment:
a. Serving a highly susceptible population, P or
b. Not serving a highly susceptible population. P
8. If a food employee is ill with symptoms of acute onset of sore throat with fever:
a. Exclude the food employee who works in a food establishment serving a highly susceptible population; P or
b. Restrict the food employee who works in a food establishment not serving a highly susceptible population. P
9. If a food employee is infected with a skin lesion containing pus such as a boil or infected wound that is open or draining and not properly covered as specified under 12VAC5-421-80 A 1 e, restrict the food employee. P
10. If a food employee is exposed to a foodborne pathogen as specified under 12VAC5-421-80 A 4 or 5, restrict the food employee who works in a food establishment serving a highly susceptible population. P

## Nearby sections

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- [12 Va. Admin. Code § 5-421-100 12VAC5-421-100. Removal, adjustment, or retention of exclusions and restrictions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_VA_ADC_12_5_421_100.md)
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