Employees don’t have “health permits”… the business gets checked by local health inspectors and are graded, not the people who work at the restaurant…
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In my state, in order to work in food service, you must get a permit from the health dept. You have to take a training class and pass a test. They used to screen you for hepatitis also, but apparently that’s no longer done.
[ETA] I’m sure this is remnant from when Texas was still blue.
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Really? Not in mine… at least not when I worked in food service. I did have to get a permit to serve alcohol, but that’s it. 
TIL, I guess. So, your state might, but not all states do.
Probably a racist byproduct, of keeping out POC, actually. Much like today, there is a focus on immigrants and any POC as being vectors for carrying diseases.
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