61.364

Disclosure of records.

61.365 Penalties for offenses.

Subpart -Authority of Governor

61.381 Authority of Governor.

Subpart J-Hospitalization of the Mentally Ill 61.401 Performance of surgical operations on legally incompetent patients. AUTHORITY: The provisions of §§ 61.1 to 61.381 issued under C.Z.C. 911, 76A Stat. 36; §§ 61.1 to 61.5, §§ 61.121 to 61.302, and §§ 61.331 to 61.381 issued under authority delegated to Secretary of Army by §§3.1 (a) (3) and 3.1(c) of this chapter; §§ 61.31 to 61.96 and §§ 61.311 to 61.319 issued by Governor under authority redelegated to him by Secretary of Army under § 61.381 of this part under authority of §3.1(c) of this chapter unless otherwise noted.

SOURCE: The provisions of this Part 61 appear at 31 F.R. 12236, Sept. 16, 1966, unless otherwise noted.

Subpart A-Compulsory Vaccination § 61.1

Compulsory smallpox vaccination of persons residing or working in Canal Zone; notices.

(a) Every person residing or working in the Canal Zone shall present himself for smallpox vaccination at such times and places as shall be prescribed by authority of the Health Director of the Canal Zone Government; and every person residing in the Canal Zone having the care, custody or control of any child over three months of age shall likewise present such child for vaccination. Every person appearing for vaccination, as hereinbefore required, shall submit to vaccination to the satisfaction of the Health Director or his designee.

(b) Notices of the times and places prescribed for appearance for vaccination may be given either by personal service, or by mail, or by publication in such manner as the Health Director, with the approval of the Governor, prescribes. § 61.2 Persons exempt.

Persons who, in the judgment of the Health Director or his designee:

(a) Have been successfully vaccinated within three years prior to the time designated under § 61.1; or

(b) Have acquired immunity to smallpox; or

(c) Are found not to be fit subjects for vaccination

A person may not be employed as a barber, beautician, or manicurist in the Canal Zone, until he has presented himself at such place as the Health Director designates and submitted to a physical examination for (a) tuberculosis, (b) syphilis, (c) infectious skin disease, and (d) other communicable or contagious diseases. The examination may include X-ray and serologic tests and must meet generally accepted medical standards. § 61.32 Annual examination.

Every barber, beautician, and manicurist shall submit at least annually to a physical reexamination in the same manner as provided in § 61.31 for initial examination.

§ 61.33 Special examination.

Whenever he has reason to suspect that a barber, beautician, or manicurist has contracted a communicable or contagious disease, the Health Director or his designee may order the individual concerned to submit to a special examination.

As used in this subpart:

"Food handler" is a person engaged in the processing, manufacture, packaging, cooking, preparation, dispensing, serving, or selling of any foodstuffs, beverages, or other items intended for human consumption. The term does not include persons who handle only unprocessed fruits and vegetables or foodstuffs or beverages that are fully protected by sealed containers or packaging.

"Food-handling establishment” is any place where food handlers are employed. § 61.63 Initial examination.

Every person, upon being employed as a food handler in the Canal Zone, shall present himself at such place as the Health Director of the Canal Zone Government designates and submit to a physical examination for (a) tuberculosis, (b) syphilis, (c) infectious skin disease, and (d) other communicable or contagious diseases, which examination may include X-ray, serology, and tests for enteric diseases and must meet generally accepted medical standards. § 61.64 Annual examination.

At least once each year, every food handler shall submit to physical reexamination in the same manner as provided by § 61.63 for initial examination. The Governor may, in his discretion, prescribe a reasonable fee for the examinations required by this section and § 61.63.

§ 61.65 Special examination.

Whenever the Health Director or his designee has reason to suspect the presence of any of the diseases specified in § 61.63, he shall require a special examination of the food handler concerned. § 61.66

Certificate of examination.

(a) The Health Director or his designee shall issue to each person who satisfactorily passes an examination required by this subpart a certificate so stating. The certificate shall remain valid, unless sooner revoked, for a period of one year. A copy of the certificate shall be furnished to the establishment where the food handler is employed, where it shall be kept on file and be made available upon request of the sanitation inspector or other authorized representatives of the Canal Zone Government.

(b) Except as provided by paragraph (c) of this section, a person may not work as a food handler, nor may a foodhandling establishment employ him, unless a valid certificate of satisfactory examination has been issued in his case and remains in effect. Compliance with this paragraph shall be the joint responsibility of the food handler and the food-handling establishment.

(c) By authority of the Health Director, temporary clearance for initial employment may be given pending completion of the physical examination.

§ 61.67

Condition of food-handling establishments.

All food-handling establishments shall maintain their premises in a clean orderly and hygienic condition and at all times shall provide, for the use of food handlers, sanitary facilities and supplies which, in the opinion of the Health Director, meet generally accepted minimum standards. A person may not be retained as a food handler who repeatedly evidences unhygienic practices with respect to his person or dress.

§ 61.68 Supervision of food handlers.

(a) All food-handling establishments shall designate a sufficient number of responsible personnel to:

(1) Supervise their food handlers and enforce suitable standards of personal cleanliness;

(2) Note all instances when such standards are not maintained on an examination record for the individual food handler; and

(3) Discover disqualifying defects or other indications of illness or disease among their food handlers when they appear.

(b) The following shall be considered disqualifying defects and upon their discovery the food-handling establishment shall require the food handler concerned to report for examination and treatment at a hospital or clinic to be designated by the Health Director: lesions, rashes on exposed skin surfaces, coughing, fever, sore throat, nasal discharge, and diarrhea.

§ 61.69 Inspection of food-handling establishments.

At such intervals as the Health Director prescribes, all food-handling establishments shall be inspected by a sanitation inspector or other authorized

representative of the Canal Zone Government who shall inspect all foodhandling establishments. The inspection shall be conducted in company with the supervisor or person in charge of the establishment. It shall include (a) an examination of the premises to determine compliance with this subpart and (b) inspection of the file of certificates and examination records for the food handlers employed which the establishment must maintain.

§ 61.70 Penalties for violation.

As provided by 2 C.Z.C. 912, 76A Stat. 36, whoever violates a provision of this subpart shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both; and each day the violation continues constitutes a separate offense.

Subpart D-Foods and Beverages Definitions.

§ 61.91

As used in this subpart:

"Beverage" means any beverage intended for human consumption other than an alcoholic beverage as defined in § 53.1 of this chapter.

"Food" means meat, meat-food products, meat byproducts, poultry, poultry products, eggs, seafoods, milk, milk products, frozen desserts, bakery products, confections, edible oils, and fresh leafy vegetables.

"Food-handling establishment" means any establishment situated in the Canal Zone which is operated by or for any Government agency or public or private organization and which regularly serves or sells food or beverages. The term does not include any domestic establishment.

"Health Bureau" means the Health Bureau of the Canal Zone Government. "Health Director" means the Health Director of the Canal Zone Government. § 61.92 Listing of approved suppliers of food and beverages.

(a) The Health Director shall cause to be prepared, maintained and kept current at all times a list showing:

(1) The suppliers of food and beverages situated on the Isthmus of Panama who are approved by the Health Director or his designee as sources of supply for food-handling establishments in the Canal Zone; and

(2) The specific foods and beverages, or classes thereof, for which each such supplier is so approved.