2020 New York Laws
GBS - General Business
Article 28-F - Crohn's Colitis Fairness Act
492 - Access to Restroom Facilities.
§ 492. Access to restroom facilities. A place of business open to the general public for the sale of goods or services that has a toilet facility for its employees shall allow any individual who is lawfully on the premises of such place of business to use that toilet facility during normal business hours, even if the place of business does not normally make the employee toilet facility available to the public, provided that all of the following conditions are met:
1. the individual requesting the use of the employee toilet facility has an eligible medical condition or utilizes an ostomy device, provided that the place of business may require the individual to present reasonable evidence that the individual has an eligible medical condition or uses an ostomy device;
2. two or more employees of the place of business are working at the time the individual requests use of the employee toilet facility;
3. the employee toilet facility is not located in an area where providing access would create an obvious health or safety risk to the requesting individual or create an obvious security risk to the place of business;
4. use of the toilet facility would not create an obvious health or safety risk to the requesting individual; and
5. a public restroom is not immediately accessible to the requesting individual.
