LATEX GLOVE BAN ACT

Session: 102nd General Assembly
Year: 2021
Bill #: HB0209
Category: Public Health, Hospital Facilities and Nursing Homes
Position: No position
Mandate?
Revenue Loss?
Authority Preemption?

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Creates the Latex Glove Ban Act. Prohibits the use of latex gloves by (1) EMS personnel on and after January 1, 2023, and (2) health care facility personnel on and after January 1, 2024. Provides that, 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, but shall prioritize, to the extent possible, using nonlatex gloves for the treatment of specified patients.



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