Public Health Law § 1346 · Title 7. Hotel Sanitation
Hotel sanitation; bedding; sheets, towels, drinking glasses, silverware and flatware
Text — Law content up to date as of October 9, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
§ 1346. Hotel sanitation; bedding; sheets, towels, drinking glasses, silverware and flatware. 1. Every hotel shall furnish each guest with clean linen or cotton individual towels in each room occupied by such guest, and also in the public lavatories and washrooms of such hotel, and with clean sheets and pillow slips for the bed, bunk, or cot to be occupied by such guest.
2. Every hotel that furnishes drinking glasses, silverware or flatware in individual rooms shall provide that such items are fully sanitized using proper techniques as provided for by the department.
3. Each sheet shall be ninety-one inches long, minimum length after being hemmed and laundered, and of sufficient width to completely cover the mattress and springs, and all sheets and pillow slips after being used by one guest must be washed, ironed and dried before being furnished to another guest.
4. Nothing in this section shall prevent local municipalities from enacting stricter laws, rules or regulations.
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