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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 12. Health
Agency 5. Department of Health
Chapter 421. Food Regulations

11/21/2024

12VAC5-421-3030. Hand drying provision.

Each handwashing sink or group of adjacent handwashing sinks shall be provided with:

1. Individual, disposable towels;^Pf

2. A continuous towel system that supplies the user with a clean towel; ^Pf

3. A heated-air hand drying device;^Pfor

4. A hand drying device that employs an air-knife system that delivers high-velocity, pressurized air at ambient temperatures.^Pf

Statutory Authority

§§ 35.1-11 and 35.1-14 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 18, Issue 10, eff. March 1, 2002; amended, Virginia Register Volume 26, Issue 7, eff. January 1, 2010; Volume 32, Issue 22, eff. July 12, 2016.

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