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Assembly Bill A3544

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires that sanitary gloves be changed after performing certain tasks

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2017-A3544 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1352, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A10216

2017-A3544 (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.

2017-A3544 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3544
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. OTIS, McDONALD, ABINANTI, JOYNER -- Multi-Spon-
   sored by -- M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN, SIMON -- 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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00208-01-7

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