Health & Saf. Code, § 113953.1 · Article 4. Handwashing
Health & Saf. Code, § 113953.1
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) A handwashing facility shall be clean, unobstructed, and accessible at all times for employee use.
(b) A handwashing facility shall not be used for purposes other than handwashing.
(c) Employees shall not clean their hands in a sink used for food preparation, warewashing, or in a service sink or a curbed cleaning facility used for the disposal of mop water and similar liquid waste.
(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (c), a warewashing sink may be used for handwashing as specified in Section 114125.
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History
Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 23, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007. Operative July 1, 2007, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 23.
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