I'd ask the daycare to quote the law.
And a ^5 to you my dear.
I had to have a TB test to work in Nursing in VA. After a few years a spunky woman challenged the law and to the surprise of all nurses working in hospitals nursing homes and state health care there was no such law. Everyone just assumed there was one.
Small town Newington NH had for years fined people for open container violations in their town. In past 50 years must have raked in mega bucks for the offence. Along comes some Kid going to Community College for Legal Aid and found the town had no such law. The courts, police, everyone just assumed they had that law.
Food handlers requiring that test, sounds like something out of the days of Typhoid Mary, Heck most places do not require their staff to wear gloves or hair nets.
Even the big pay government inspectors are not up on the laws. High up dude that could shut down a huge plant came in to inspect followed by his flunkies. He never spoke a word but to his entourage and they spoke to us.
I was told I needed gloves for my job and without question did so. Later I found that the job I was doing did not require gloves, it was his mistake. Naturally he just went off in a huff, [ new fangled Limo] like he was the Captain of the Pinafore.
If day care centers need a qualified Chief to make pasta then should not any establishmen require a qualified chef.??
Fast food restaurants, the guy selling icecream or hot dogs from a truck? How about the TeX Mex and Asian restaurants??? I wonder how many public and private schools that serve kids lunch have a qualified Chief in the kitchen with a certified food safety course under their belt.
Any one can take a 6 hour course in safe food handling but that does not mean they are a Chief, cook or bottle washer. BTW it drives me nuts to watch the cooking shows where the Celebrity Chiefs wear their jewelry and handle food. One big name had just made a meat loaf both hands in it wearing a ring the size of the Star of India wiped off their hands on a paper towel and went on to make a salad---------YUCK.
