N.Y. Public Health Law § 1346: Hotel sanitation; bedding; sheets, towels, drinking glasses, silverware and flatware

§ 1346. Hotel sanitation; bedding; sheets, towels, drinking glasses,

silverware and flatware. 1. Every hotel shall furnish each guest with

clean linen or cotton individual towels in each room occupied by such

guest, and also in the public lavatories and washrooms of such hotel,

and with clean sheets and pillow slips for the bed, bunk, or cot to be

occupied by such guest.

2. Every hotel that furnishes drinking glasses, silverware or flatware

in individual rooms shall provide that such items are fully sanitized

using proper techniques as provided for by the department.

3. Each sheet shall be ninety-one inches long, minimum length after

being hemmed and laundered, and of sufficient width to completely cover

the mattress and springs, and all sheets and pillow slips after being

used by one guest must be washed, ironed and dried before being

furnished to another guest.

4. Nothing in this section shall prevent local municipalities from

enacting stricter laws, rules or regulations.