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| Public Act 102-1095 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning health.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Latex | ||||
Glove Ban Act.
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Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: | ||||
"Department" means the Department of Public Health. | ||||
"EMS personnel" has the same meaning as provided in | ||||
Section 3.5 of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems | ||||
Act. | ||||
"Food service establishment" means a food service | ||||
establishment as that term is used in the Food Handling | ||||
Regulation Enforcement Act. | ||||
"Health care facility personnel" means personnel of a | ||||
health care facility, as that term is defined under Section 3 | ||||
of the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. | ||||
Section 10. Use of latex gloves prohibited. | ||||
(a) On and after January 1, 2023, a food service | ||||
establishment may not permit employees to use latex gloves in | ||||
the preparation and handling of food. If latex gloves must be | ||||
used in the preparation of food due to a crisis that interrupts | ||||
a food service establishment's ability to source nonlatex | ||||
gloves, a sign shall be prominently placed at the point of | ||
order or point of purchase clearly notifying the public of the | ||
temporary change. To encourage compliance with this | ||
subsection, the Department shall send a notice of warning to a | ||
food service establishment for its first violation of this | ||
subsection. | ||
(b) Except as provided under Section 15, on and after | ||
January 1, 2023, the use of latex gloves by EMS personnel is | ||
prohibited. | ||
(c) Except as provided under Section 15, on and after | ||
January 1, 2024, the use of latex gloves by health care | ||
facility personnel is prohibited if the patient upon whom the | ||
latex gloves are to be used is unconscious or otherwise | ||
physically unable to communicate and whose medical history | ||
lacks sufficient information to indicate whether or not the | ||
patient has a latex allergy. | ||
Section 15. Exception; crisis situation. Notwithstanding | ||
subsections (b) and (c) of Section 10, if a crisis exists that | ||
interrupts their ability to reliably source nonlatex gloves, | ||
EMS personnel and health care facility personnel may use latex | ||
gloves upon a patient. However, during the crisis, EMS | ||
personnel and health care facility personnel shall prioritize, | ||
to the extent possible, using nonlatex gloves for the | ||
treatment of: | ||
(1) any patient with a self-identified allergy to | ||
latex; and | ||
(2) any patient upon whom the latex gloves are to be | ||
used who is unconscious or otherwise physically unable to | ||
communicate and whose medical history lacks sufficient | ||
information to indicate whether or not the patient has a | ||
latex allergy. | ||