H. B. 2534

(By Delegate Prunty)
[Introduced March 13, 1997; referred to the
Committee on Health and Human Resources.]

A BILL to amend article six, chapter sixteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty- five, relating to requiring food handlers in restaurants to wear protective gloves.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article six, chapter sixteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty-five, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 6. HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS.

§16-6-25. Food handlers to wear protective gloves.

All employees of any establishment regulated pursuant to this article are required to wear protective gloves while handling food on the premises of the establishment. For the purposes of this section, the word "establishment" includes those establishments commonly referred to as "fast food" restaurants.
The state health department shall publish standards for the types of protective gloves.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require food handlers in all restaurants to wear protective gloves.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.