Can I work with hepatitis C? What are the country’s regulations?

Able to work.

Hepatitis C and hepatitis B are transmitted through the same route and are not transmitted through normal work. Therefore, people infected with hepatitis C virus can also engage in normal work and study like normal people.

However, because hepatitis C is contagious, hepatitis C patients are still restricted from finding jobs.

Article 10 of the "Implementation Rules of the Regulations on Health Management of Public Places" stipulates:

Public place operators shall organize annual health examinations for employees. You can only start work after obtaining a valid health certificate.

Persons suffering from dysentery, typhoid, hepatitis A virus, hepatitis E virus and other digestive tract infectious diseases, as well as people suffering from active tuberculosis, purulent or exudative skin disease and other diseases Personnel shall not engage in direct customer service work before recovery.

Therefore, hepatitis C patients should avoid finding jobs that directly serve customers until they are cured.

Extended information:

According to the "Employment Promotion Law of the People's Republic of China"

Article 30

Employers Recruitment personnel shall not be refused employment on the grounds that they are carriers of infectious diseases. However, carriers of infectious disease pathogens who have been medically identified must not engage in work that is likely to spread infectious diseases that are prohibited by laws, administrative regulations and the health administration department of the State Council before they are cured or suspected of being infected.

Article 62

If a worker violates the provisions of this Law and implements employment discrimination, he or she may file a lawsuit with the People's Court.

Article 68

Anyone who violates the provisions of this Law, infringes upon the legitimate rights and interests of workers, and causes property loss or other damage shall bear civil liability in accordance with the law; if a crime is constituted, criminal prosecution shall be pursued in accordance with the law. responsibility.

According to the "Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases"

Article 16

No unit or individual may discriminate against patients or pathogens of infectious diseases Carriers and patients with suspected infectious diseases.

Baidu Encyclopedia - Implementation Rules of the Regulations on Health Management in Public Places

China Court Network - Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases

Baidu Encyclopedia-Employment Promotion Law of the People's Republic of China