ARTICLE 4. Employee Storage Areas [114256. - 114256.4.]

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC 4.

in effect

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 114256. Section 114256.

(a) Areas designated for employees to eat and drink shall be located so that food, equipment, linens, and single-use articles are protected from contamination. (b) Lockers or other suitable facilities shall be located in a designated room or area where contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens, and single-use articles cannot occur.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 114256.1. Section 114256.1.

(a) Lockers or other suitable facilities shall be provided and used for the orderly storage of employee clothing and other possessions. (b) Dressing rooms or dressing areas shall be provided and used by employees if the employees regularly change their clothes in the facility. (c) Restricted food service facilities and nonpermanent food facilities shall not be required to comply with subdivision (a), but no person shall store clothing or personal effects in any area used for the storage and preparation of food.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 114256.2. Section 114256.2.

Medicines that are in a food facility for the employees’ use shall be labeled and stored so as to prevent the contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens, and single-use articles. This section does not apply to medicines that are stored or displayed for retail sale.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 114256.4. Section 114256.4.

First aid supplies that are in a food facility for the employees’ use shall be labeled with a legible manufacturer’s label and stored in a kit or a container that is located to prevent the contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens, and single-use articles.

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