ARTICLE 3. Common Towels [118425. - 118440.]

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC 3.

in effect

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 118425. Section 118425.

No person conducting, operating, or having charge or control of, any hotel, restaurant, factory, store, barber shop, office building, school, public hall, railroad train, railway station, boat, or any other public place, room, or conveyance, shall maintain or keep in or about any such place any towel for common use.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 118430. Section 118430.

For the purpose of this article the term “common use” when applied to a towel means its use by, or for, more than one person without its being laundered between consecutive uses of the towel by methods prescribed by or acceptable to the department.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 118435. Section 118435.

The department and all health officers of counties, cities, and health districts shall enforce this article.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 118440. Section 118440.

Violation of any provision of this article is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars ($50) for each offense.

Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026