A 5909: Requires certain businesses licensed to practice appearance enhancement, cosmetology, and/or barbering provide adequate handwashing facilities and such facilities are used between clients; requires gloves be provided.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5909 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 24, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JACKSON -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Economic Development AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring certain businesses licensed to practice appearance enhancement, cosme- tology, and/or barbering provide adequate handwashing facilities and such facilities are used between clients The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 2 404-d to read as follows: 3 § 404-d. Sanitary rules. 1. All businesses licensed under this article 4 shall: 5 (a) be maintained and operated in accordance with the provisions of 6 the state sanitary code, except in the city of New York where the city 7 health code shall apply, and all licensees or persons employed or 8 engaged therein or in connection therewith shall comply with the 9 provisions of such rules. 10 (b) ensure adequate handwashing facilities are provided and maintained 11 and keep in good repair in or adjacent to toilet rooms. Such handwashing 12 facilities shall include: (i) running hot and cold or tempered potable 13 water; (ii) where self-closing or metering faucets are used, such 14 faucets provide a flow of water for at least fifteen seconds without 15 need to reactivate the faucet; (iii) steam mixing valves are prohib- 16 ited; (iv) in new construction or extensively altered installations, a 17 mixing valve or combination faucet with hot and cold or tempered water; 18 (v) hand cleaning soap or detergent with a sanitary storage receptacle; 19 (vi) individual single-service towels, warm air blowers or clean indi- 20 vidual sections of continuous cloth; (vii) waste receptacles; and (viii) 21 signage developed by the department in conjunction with the department 22 of health in English, Spanish, and Chinese which indicates that hand EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03424-01-5 
 A. 5909 2 1 washing is mandatory before returning to work. Such handwashing facili- 2 ties shall be used between clients. 3 (c) provide gloves approved by the department in conjunction with the 4 department of health to employees. Such gloves shall be discarded and 5 replaced when switching clients or when punctured, torn, or damaged. 6 2. No business licensed under this article shall have handwashing 7 facilities which use steam mixing valves or common towels. 8 § 2. Section 436 of the general business law, as amended by chapter 9 499 of the laws of 1961, is amended to read as follows: 10 § 436. Sanitary rules. 1. All barber shops shall: 11 (a) be maintained and operated in accordance with the provisions of 12 the state sanitary code, except in the city of New York where the city 13 health code shall apply, and all licensees or persons employed or 14 engaged therein or in connection therewith shall comply with the 15 provisions of such rules. 16 (b) ensure adequate handwashing facilities are provided and maintained 17 and keep in good repair in or adjacent to toilet rooms. Such handwashing 18 facilities shall include: (i) running hot and cold or tempered potable 19 water; (ii) where self-closing or metering faucets are used, such 20 faucets provide a flow of water for at least fifteen seconds without 21 need to reactivate the faucet; (iii) steam mixing valves are prohib- 22 ited; (iv) in new construction or extensively altered installations, a 23 mixing valve or combination faucet with hot and cold or tempered water; 24 (v) hand cleaning soap or detergent with a sanitary storage receptacle; 25 (vi) individual single-service towels, warm air blowers or clean indi- 26 vidual sections of continuous cloth; (vii) waste receptacles; and (viii) 27 signage developed by the department in conjunction with the department 28 of health in English, Spanish, and Chinese which indicates that hand 29 washing is mandatory before returning to work. Such handwashing facili- 30 ties shall be used between clients. 31 (c) provide gloves approved by the department in conjunction with the 32 department of health to employees. Such gloves shall be discarded and 33 replaced when switching clients or when punctured, torn, or damaged. 34 2. No barber shop shall have handwashing facilities which use steam 35 mixing valves or common towels. 36 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 37 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 38 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 39 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 40 completed on or before such effective date.