{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-47-2885.11","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 47-2885.11","heading":"Pharmacy personnel.","body":"(a)\n(1)\nNo personnel working in any capacity, the activities of which include contact with any merchandise or drugs in a pharmacy or the care of dispensing, manufacturing, or storage facilities, who is affected by, or believed by the Mayor, upon reasonable grounds to be affected by, a communicable disease and no person who is or is believed by the Mayor, upon reasonable grounds, to be a carrier of a communicable disease shall actively engage in any work in a pharmacy.\n(2)\nNo proprietor of any pharmacy or manager of any pharmacy shall intentionally permit any person who is, or is believed by the Mayor, upon reasonable grounds, to be, a carrier of a communicable disease to engage or continue to be engaged in any work in the pharmacy.\n\n(b)\nNo person shall work in any capacity in a pharmacy if he or she:\n(1)\nHas the following conditions: boils, infectious wounds, sores, or an acute respiratory infection;\n(2)\nIs wearing unclean garments;\n(3)\nIs a chronic alcoholic as that term is defined in § 24-602; or\n(4)\nDoes not follow hygienic work practices, including the washing of hands thoroughly before commencing work and as often as is necessary thereafter to remove soil and contamination.","path":["Title 47. Taxation, Licensing, Permits, Assessments, and Fees. [Enacted title]","Chapter 28. General License Law.","Subchapter IV. Other Licenses.","Part C. Pharmacy."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/47-2885.11","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"5ae0a8f94fdad9d216887b58d5dc1577e8ff05d22b78e316085acc69a3caa346","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-47-2885.10","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-47-2885.12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}