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Location Bill  Title  Date  Category
New York  NY AB 4735  Hand washing or hand cleansing facilities required for petting zoos  2/8/2013  Passed
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Bill Text
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4735

                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                   February 8, 2013
                                      ___________

       Introduced  by  M.  of  A. PERRY, GOTTFRIED, CLARK, GALEF, WEISENBERG --
         read once and referred to the Committee on Health

       AN ACT to amend the general business law and the public health  law,  in
         relation  to  requiring  operators  of  petting  zoos and other public
         establishments featuring animals to  maintain  hand  washing  or  hand
         cleansing facilities

         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  399-ff to read as follows:
    3    S 399-FF. PETTING ZOOS. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE TERMS:
    4    (A) "PETTING ZOO" SHALL MEAN A PLACE WHERE A COLLECTION OF ANIMALS ARE
    5  KEPT FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF VIEWING, TOUCHING, HOLDING  AND  PETTING
    6  BY PATRONS AND VISITORS TO THE ESTABLISHMENT; AND
    7    (B) "HAND WASHING OR HAND CLEANSING FACILITY" SHALL MEAN ANY METHOD OF
    8  CLEANSING  THE  HANDS  THAT  KILLS GERMS AND BACTERIA INCLUDING, BUT NOT
    9  LIMITED TO, SOAP AND RUNNING  WATER,  ANTI-BACTERIAL  FLUIDS,  FOAMS  OR
   10  GELS, AND ANTI-BACTERIAL OR ANTISEPTIC WIPES OR TOWELS.
   11    2.  ALL  PETTING ZOO OPERATORS SHALL PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AT LEAST ONE
   12  CLEARLY DESIGNATED HAND WASHING FACILITY FOR PATRONS AND VISITORS TO THE
   13  ESTABLISHMENT TO WASH OR CLEANSE THEIR HANDS UPON EXITING  SUCH  PETTING
   14  ZOO  AREA.   SUCH HAND WASHING OR HAND CLEANSING FACILITY SHALL BE MAIN-
   15  TAINED AT OR WITHIN NO MORE THAN  FIFTY  FEET  OF  THE  EXIT  FROM  SUCH
   16  PETTING ZOO AREA.
   17    3.  EVERY EXIT FROM A PETTING ZOO AREA SHALL HAVE A SIGN CONSPICUOUSLY
   18  POSTED THAT SHALL STATE, IN A CLEAR AND LEGIBLE TYPEFACE, THE FOLLOWING:
   19  "ANIMALS AT PETTING  ZOOS  MAY  CARRY  GERMS  AND  BACTERIA  THAT  CAUSE
   20  DISEASE.  IT  IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT PERSONS WASH THEIR HANDS UPON
   21  EXITING THE PETTING ZOO AREA". SUCH SIGN SHALL ALSO INDICATE THE  DIREC-
   22  TION IN WHICH SUCH HAND WASHING OR HAND CLEANSING FACILITY IS LOCATED.

        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00083-01-3
       A. 4735                             2

    1    4.  ANY OPERATOR OF A PETTING ZOO WHO FAILS TO MAINTAIN A HAND WASHING
    2  OR HAND CLEANSING FACILITY AND  PROPER  SIGNAGE  IN  VIOLATION  OF  THIS
    3  SECTION  SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL FINE IN THE AMOUNT OF NOT LESS THAN
    4  FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH DAY IN WHICH SUCH PETTING ZOO IS  OPERATED
    5  IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION.
    6    S  2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 1311 to
    7  read as follows:
    8    S 1311. HAND  WASHING  FACILITIES  AT  CERTAIN  PUBLIC  ESTABLISHMENTS
    9  FEATURING  ANIMALS.  1.  ALL  PUBLIC  ESTABLISHMENTS  INCLUDING, BUT NOT
   10  LIMITED TO, CARNIVALS, FAIRS AND AMUSEMENT  PARKS,  AS  SUCH  TERMS  ARE
   11  DEFINED  IN SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY-C OF THE LABOR LAW, FARMS, AND
   12  FARMERS' MARKETS, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO  HUNDRED  SIXTY
   13  OF  THE  AGRICULTURE  AND  MARKETS  LAW,  WHICH FEATURE DISPLAYS OF LIVE
   14  ANIMALS THAT PATRONS MAY REASONABLY BE EXPECTED TO  COME  INTO  PHYSICAL
   15  CONTACT  WITH  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  TOUCHING, HOLDING OR PETTING SHALL
   16  PROVIDE HAND WASHING OR HAND CLEANSING FACILITIES FOR SUCH PATRONS. HAND
   17  WASHING OR HAND CLEANSING  FACILITIES  MAY  BE  TEMPORARY  OR  PERMANENT
   18  FIXTURES  AND  SHALL  INCLUDE  ONE  OR  MORE  OF THE FOLLOWING: SOAP AND
   19  RUNNING WATER; ANTI-BACTERIAL FLUIDS, FOAMS OR GELS;  OR  ANTI-BACTERIAL
   20  OR ANTISEPTIC WIPES OR TOWELS.
   21    2.  SIGNS SHALL BE CONSPICUOUSLY POSTED AND SHALL STATE IN A CLEAR AND
   22  LEGIBLE TYPEFACE, THE FOLLOWING: "ANIMALS MAY CARRY GERMS  AND  BACTERIA
   23  THAT  CAN  CAUSE  DISEASE  TO  PEOPLE.  IT  IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT
   24  PERSONS WASH OR CLEANSE THEIR HANDS AFTER TOUCHING, HOLDING  OR  PETTING
   25  THE  ANIMALS."  SUCH SIGNS SHALL ALSO INDICATE WHERE THE HAND WASHING OR
   26  HAND CLEANSING FACILITY IS LOCATED.
   27    3. THE COMMISSIONER MAY MAKE RULES  GUARDING  AGAINST  THE  SPREAD  OF
   28  BACTERIA  AND  VIRUSES  AT PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS THAT FEATURE ANIMALS AS
   29  PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, TO PERSONS EMPLOYED  AT  OR
   30  TO  PATRONS OF SUCH ESTABLISHMENTS WHERE SUCH ESTABLISHMENTS ARE LOCATED
   31  OUTSIDE THE CITY OF NEW YORK, AND WHERE SUCH ESTABLISHMENTS ARE  LOCATED
   32  WITHIN  THE  CITY  OF NEW YORK, THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC HEALTH OF THE
   33  CITY OF NEW YORK MAY MAKE AND ENFORCE SUCH RULES.
   34    S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   35  it shall have become a law.

 

 


Details
Category   Date   Detail Ascending  
  Information 9/11/2014  Bill delivered to Governor. Enacted 9/23/14 (Chap.358) 
  Status 6/19/2014  Bill passed Assembly; passed Senate on same day 
  Status 4/16/2013  Committee meeting set for Assembly Health; Reported and referred to Assembly Codes 
  Status 2/8/2013  Introduced and referred to Assembly Committee on Health 
  Status 6/20/2013  Legislature adjourned for year; bills carry over to 2014. 
 


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