Florida Senate - 2007 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
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11 The Committee on Regulated Industries (Fasano) recommended the
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
15 Delete everything after the enacting clause
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18 Section 1. Section 509.054, F.S., is created to read:
19 509.054 Restroom Inspections.--
20 (1) The division shall inspect each public food
21 service establishment and its toilet facilities pursuant to s.
22 509.032, as often as necessary to ensure compliance with
23 applicable laws and rules. A toilet facility in a public food
24 service establishment must meet the following minimum
25 sanitation standards:
26 (a) Each toilet facility located on the premises of
27 the public food service establishment must be completely
28 enclosed and provided with a tight-fitting, self-closing door
29 or have entrances and exits constructed in such a manner as to
30 ensure the privacy of occupants. Such door may not be left
31 open except during cleaning or maintenance.
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1 (b) Toilet facilities that are used by patrons must be
2 situated so that a patron does not pass through
3 food-preparation or utensil-washing areas.
4 (c) Toilet fixtures must be cleanable.
5 (d) Toilet facilities, including rooms and fixtures,
6 must be kept clean and in good repair.
7 (e) The floors must be made of a nonabsorbent material
8 and cleaned daily. The requirement that floors be made of a
9 nonabsorbent material applies only to public food service
10 establishments that are constructed or substantially remodeled
11 after July 1, 2007.
12 (f) Receptacles must be provided for waste material,
13 and such receptacles must contain a trash-can liner. These
14 receptacles in toilet facilities for women must be covered.
15 Receptacles must be emptied as necessary to prevent excessive
16 accumulation of waste material.
17 (g) A supply of hand-cleansing, antibacterial soap or
18 detergent must be available in each toilet facility, and
19 running water must be available at each hand-washing sink
20 within a toilet facility. A supply of sanitary towels or a
21 hand-drying device providing heated air must be located in
22 each toilet facility. Applicable to public food service
23 establishments that are constructed or substantially remodeled
24 after July 1, 2007, hot and cold running water must be
25 available at each hand-washing sink within a toilet facility,
26 and hand-washing sinks that have an automatic shut-off must
27 run for a minimum of 20 seconds. Hand-washing sinks, soap
28 dispensers, hand-drying devices, and all related fixtures must
29 be kept clean and in good repair.
30 (h) A supply of toilet tissue must be provided in each
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1 (i) Each toilet facility must be lighted and
2 ventilated. This requirement applies only to public food
3 service establishments that are constructed or substantially
4 remodeled after July 1, 2007.
5 (j) A sign or poster that notifies food service
6 employees to wash their hands must be provided at each
7 hand-washing sink used by public food service employees and
8 must be clearly visible to the food service employees.
9 (2) This section does not apply to restrooms in a
10 public airport as defined in ss. 320.27(2) and 330.27(6) which
11 are not located within a public food service establishment.
12 (3) If the director determines that a violation of the
13 minimum sanitation standards in this section represents a
14 severe and immediate public health or safety or welfare
15 threat, the division shall, upon proper finding, immediately
16 issue an emergency order to close an establishment licensed
17 under this chapter pursuant to the procedures for emergency
18 orders in s. 509.035.
19 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.
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23 And the title is amended as follows:
24 Delete everything before the enacting clause
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27 A bill to be entitled
28 An act relating to public food service
29 establishments; amending s.509.013, F.S.;
30 requiring the Division of Hotels and
31 Restaurants within the Department of Business
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1 and Professional Regulation to inspect toilet
2 facilities of public food service
3 establishments; providing the minimum
4 sanitation standards for toilet facilities in
5 food service establishments; providing certain
6 exemptions; providing for administrative
7 penalties; providing an exemption for a
8 restroom in a public airport; providing an
9 effective date.
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