No certificate to operate such place of business shall be issued until all of the provisions of this chapter and of the California Retail Food Code and all applicable rules and regulations of the State Board of Public Health have been complied with. Further, no certificate to operate shall be issued until there is presented to the Health Officer satisfactory evidence that each and every employee of the establishment has had, within the preceding twelve (12) months, an appropriate test indicating freedom from tuberculosis in a communicable stage. Such test shall be a negative minifilm or other X-ray of the chest or a negative tuberculin skin test. If the test done to satisfy this requirement does not definitely indicate freedom from contagious tuberculosis and further medical investigation of the food handler is necessary in order to reach a definite conclusion, the food handler may, at the discretion of the Health Officer, continue to work pending completion of necessary medical studies, if, in the opinion of the Health Officer, no public health hazard will arise as a result of the individual’s continued employment as a food handler. If a food facility has in its employ one or more persons who are being allowed by the Health Officer to continue to work pending completion of tests to determine the presence or absence of contagious tuberculosis, such establishment shall be issued a certificate that shall expire at a date determined by the Health Officer, but no later than three (3) months from date of issuance. When all employees of a food facility have been proven free of tuberculosis in a communicable stage and all other requirements of this chapter have been met, a regular certificate to operate shall be issued that shall be valid for six (6) months from date of issuance. If contagious tuberculosis is proven in any of the employees of a food facility, such employees shall be immediately excluded from the food facility; if such employees are not excluded, the certificate to operate shall be immediately suspended by the Health Officer for the protection of the public health. A certificate is not transferable upon change of ownership of a food facility. (Ord. 1030 § 2(5), 2018; Ord. 289 § 2 (part), 1962)