Text of New York State Bill A06662

                                                                               
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K                   
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                                         6662                                  
                                                                               
                              1999-2000 Regular Sessions                       
                                                                               
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y                          
                                                                               
                                     March 2, 1999                             
                                      ___________                              
                                                                               
       Introduced by M. of A. DiNAPOLI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee 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.