§ 113953.1

Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 23, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007. Operative July 1, 2007, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 23.
(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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