Text of New York State Bill S04765
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4765
1999-2000 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 19, 1999
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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 POST A SIGN IN A CONSPICUOUS
6 PLACE TO READ AS FOLLOWS: "LATEX GLOVES ARE USED BY STAFF IN THE PREPA-
7 RATION AND CONVEYANCE OF FOOD IN THIS ESTABLISHMENT. IF YOU ARE ALLERGIC
8 TO LATEX PRODUCTS, PLEASE TAKE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS." SUCH SIGN
9 SHALL BE AT LEAST FIVE INCHES BY SEVEN INCHES IN SIZE AND SHALL BE WRIT-
10 TEN IN AT LEAST A TWENTY-FOUR-POINT FONT.
11 S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
12 have become a law.