OAR 333-008-2150: General Requirements for Medical Marijuana Processing Sites and Dispensaries: General Sanitary Requirements

(1) A registrant must: (a) Prohibit any individual working on the registered premises who has or appears to have a communicable disease, open or draining skin lesion infected with Staphylococcus aureus or Streptococcus pyogenes or any illness accompanied by diarrhea or vomiting for whom there is a reasonable possibility of contact with marijuana items from having contact with a marijuana item until the condition is corrected; (b) Require all persons who work in direct contact with marijuana items to conform to hygienic practices while on duty, including but not limited to: (A) Maintaining adequate personal cleanliness; and (B) Washing hands thoroughly in an adequate hand-washing area before starting work, prior to having contact with a marijuana item and at any other time when the hands may have become soiled or contaminated; (c) Provide hand-washing facilities adequate and convenient, furnished with running water at a suitable temperature and provided with effective hand-cleaning and sanitizing preparations and sanitary towel service or suitable drying device; (d) Properly remove all litter and waste from the registered premises and maintain the operating systems for waste disposal in an adequate manner so that they do not constitute a source of contamination in areas where marijuana items are exposed; (e) Provide employees with adequate and readily accessible toilet facilities that are maintained in a sanitary condition and good repair; and (f) Hold marijuana items that can support the rapid growth of undesirable microorganisms in a manner that prevents the growth of these microorganisms. (2) For purposes of this rule "communicable disease" includes but is not limited to: diphtheria, measles, Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi infection, shigellosis, Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) infection, hepatitis A, and tuberculosis.