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Assembly Bill A10216

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires that sanitary gloves be changed after performing certain tasks

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2015-A10216 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1352, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A3544

2015-A10216 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that sanitary gloves be changed after handling raw foods, performing tasks that do not involve food preparation or processing, handling garbage and after performing any other work where gloves may have become soiled or contaminated.

2015-A10216 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  10216

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 17, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. OTIS -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring sanitary
  gloves to be changed after performing certain tasks

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Subdivision 3 of section 1352 of the public health law, as
added by chapter 529 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows:
  3. The commissioner shall require in food service  establishments,  as
defined  in  the  state  sanitary  code, for foods to be conveyed to the
consumer uncooked and for foods handled after being cooked but prior  to
being  conveyed  to  the  consumer,  that such food not come into direct
manual contact with persons responsible for  preparing  or  serving  the
food.  Sanitary  gloves,  sanitary  utensils or other effective barriers
shall be utilized to avoid manual contact in the preparation and convey-
ance of these foods to the consumer. SANITARY GLOVES  SHALL  BE  CHANGED
AFTER  HANDLING  RAW  FOODS,  PERFORMING  TASKS THAT DO NOT INVOLVE FOOD
PREPARATION OR PROCESSING, HANDLING GARBAGE, AND  AFTER  PERFORMING  ANY
OTHER  WORK  WHERE  GLOVES  MAY  HAVE  BECOME SOILED OR CONTAMINATED. In
preparing regulations pursuant to this subdivision, the commissioner may
provide for an alternate  standard  that  would  permit  minimal  manual
contact  based  upon  finding that such alternate standard would protect
worker safety and not compromise consumer  health.  In  preparing  regu-
lations  the commissioner shall consult with representatives of the food
service industry, including workers in the industry.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15261-02-6

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