S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5499
2005-2006 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 23, 2005
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Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring food
service establishments to post notice relating to the use of latex
gloves
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Section 1352 of the public health law is amended by adding
2 a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
3 4. ANY FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT, AS DEFINED IN THE STATE SANITARY
4 CODE, WHERE NATURAL RUBBER LATEX GLOVES ARE USED FOR THE PREPARATION OR
5 CONVEYANCE OF FOODS FOR CONSUMERS, SHALL PROVIDE NOTICE TO PATRONS BY
6 MEANS OF SIGNS, PRINTED MATERIALS OR OTHER WRITTEN COMMUNICATION, TO
7 READ AS FOLLOWS: "LATEX GLOVES ARE USED BY STAFF IN THE PREPARATION AND
8 CONVEYANCE OF FOOD IN THIS ESTABLISHMENT. IF YOU ARE ALLERGIC TO LATEX
9 PRODUCTS, PLEASE TAKE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS."
10 S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
11 have become a law.