Bill Text: NY S04363 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the department of health to establish and post signage outlining the importance of hand hygiene in the restrooms, gymnasiums and locker rooms in public and private schools.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S04363 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S04363-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4363
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 22, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- 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 the  New
         York state department of health to develop and post signage describing
         the importance of hand hygiene in all restrooms, gymnasiums and locker
         rooms located in public and private schools
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Article 13 of the public health law is amended by adding  a
    2  new title 8-A to read as follows:
    3                                 TITLE VIII-A
    4                 HAND HYGIENE IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS
    5  SECTION 1358. HAND HYGIENE IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
    6    S 1358. HAND HYGIENE IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS. 1. THE COMMISSION-
    7  ER  SHALL  PROMULGATE  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  (A) ESTABLISHING SIGNAGE
    8  OUTLINING THE IMPORTANCE OF HAND HYGIENE GUIDELINES FOR  THE  PREVENTION
    9  OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND (B) PROVIDING FOR SUCH SIGNAGE TO BE POSTED
   10  IN  A  CONSPICUOUS  PLACE OR PLACES INSIDE THE RESTROOMS, GYMNASIUMS AND
   11  LOCKER ROOMS OF ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
   12    2. SUCH REGULATIONS SHALL INCLUDE CLEAR AND  CONCISE  LANGUAGE  IN  AT
   13  LEAST TWELVE POINT BOLDFACE TYPE OUTLINING THE GUIDELINES FOR HAND SANI-
   14  TIZATION AND ITS IMPORTANCE IN REDUCING THE OUTBREAK AND TRANSMISSION OF
   15  COMMUNICABLE DISEASES.
   16    S  2.  This act shall take effect immediately.  Effective immediately,
   17  the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation  neces-
   18  sary  for  the  implementation  of  this  act  on its effective date are
   19  authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or  before  such
   20  effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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