American Samoa § 25.0304 - Prohibition on employees having communicable disease.
Full text of American Samoa American Samoa Code Annotated § 25.0304 — Prohibition on employees having communicable disease., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 25.0304. Prohibition on employees having communicable disease.
(a) No owner, employer, manager, or person in charge or control may permit any person to work in a restaurant or food establishment knowing, or having reasonable grounds to know, that such person has a disease in communicable form, or is a carrier of such disease; and no person shall work in a restaurant, whether in his own or another’s employ, knowing himself to have, or having reason to believe that he has, any such disease. If an owner, employer, manager or person in charge or control suspects that any employee has any such disease in a communicable form, or is a carrier of such disease, he shall notify the director immediately. (b) Persons with cuts or sores shall not be allowed to handle food that may be contaminated by such handling.
Source: official American Samoa text · Last verified 2026-08-27
Frequently Asked Questions About American Samoa § 25.0304
What does American Samoa Code Annotated § 25.0304 cover?
Section 25.0304 ("Prohibition on employees having communicable disease.") is part of the American Samoa Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of American Samoa. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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