New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Chapter I - State Sanitary Code
Part 14 - Food Service Establishments
Subpart 14-1 - Food Service Establishments
Plumbing
Section 14-1.142 - Toilet facilities
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a) Each food establishment is to have adequate, conveniently located, and properly installed toilet facilities for its employees. Such facilities are to be accessible at all times. Toilet fixtures are to be of sanitary design and readily cleanable. Toilet rooms are to be completely enclosed and to have tight-fitting, self-closing doors.
(b) Toilet facilities are to be kept clean, in good repair and free from objectionable odors. A supply of toilet tissue is to be provided at all times at each toilet. Easily cleanable receptacles for waste paper and other refuse are to be provided. One receptacle, in toilet rooms used for women, is to be covered. Employee handwashing signs are to be posted in each employee toilet room area.
(c) All food service establishments with a seating capacity of 20 or more, except those in operation on or before December 5, 1977, are to provide toilet facilities for their patrons as required by chapter 774 of the Laws of 1977.
