WEST virginia Legislature
2017 regular session
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to the Committee on Health and Human Resources then Finance
A BILL to amend the Code
of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated
§16-1-9f, relating to public health; requiring all public accessible restrooms
to provide hand sanitizers either in or at the exit from the restroom portion
of the public facility; and providing for rule-making authority.
Be it enacted by the
Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West
Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section,
designated §16-1-9f, to
read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. STATE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM.
§16-1-9f. Regulation of public facility restrooms.
(a) The commissioner shall regulate public facility restrooms
as prescribed in this section.
(b) The commissioner shall propose rules for legislative
approval in accordance with article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code
to effect the purposes of this section:
(1) To inspect and enforce rules to control the sanitary
conditions of and license all public facilities and health care facilities as
set forth in this chapter, whether public or private open to the general
public, including all schools, colleges or universities, and inviting public
patronage or public assembly including a requirement that all public facility
restrooms provide hand sanitizers either inside the restroom facility or at the
exit from the public restroom; and
(2) To make inspections of these public facilities regarding
the sanitary conditions without regard to whether they are publicly or
privately owned as long as there is public access.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require all
public accessible restrooms, including all schools, to provide hand sanitizers
either in or at the exit from the restroom facility. The bill provides for
rule-making authority.
Strike-throughs indicate language
that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring
indicates new language that would be added.