Legal basis: Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Regulations on Hygiene Management in Public Places Article 10 Operators of public places shall organize employees to have an annual health check-up, and employees shall not take up their posts until they have obtained valid health certificates. Persons suffering from digestive tract infectious diseases such as dysentery, typhoid fever, viral hepatitis A and viral hepatitis E, as well as persons suffering from active pulmonary tuberculosis, suppurative or exudative skin diseases, shall not engage in the work of directly serving customers before being cured.
Article 45 of the Food Safety Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) shall establish and implement the health management system for employees. Persons suffering from diseases that hinder food safety as stipulated by the administrative department of health of the State Council shall not engage in direct contact with imported food. Food production and marketing personnel engaged in direct contact with imported food shall undergo annual health examination and obtain health certificates before taking up their posts.
Detailed Rules for the Implementation of Regulations on Hygiene Management in Public Places Article 7 Personnel who directly serve customers in public places can only engage in their own jobs with a Health Certificate. Persons suffering from dysentery, typhoid fever, viral hepatitis, active tuberculosis, purulent or exudative skin diseases and other diseases that hinder public health shall not engage in direct customer service before they are cured.