Text of New York State Bill S02518

                                                                               
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K                   
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                                         2518                                  
                                                                               
                              2001-2002 Regular Sessions                       
                                                                               
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                                   February 14, 2001                           
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed 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.