§ 6694.
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§ 6694. Single-use plastic straws
(a)A food service establishment shall not provide a single-use plastic straw to a customer, except that a food service establishment may provide a straw to a person upon request.
(b)The prohibition on sale or provision of a single-use plastic straw under subsection
(a)of this section shall not apply to:
(1)a hospital licensed under 18 V.S.A. chapter 43;
(2)a nursing home, residential care home, assisted living residence, home for the terminally ill, or therapeutic community, as those terms are defined in 33 V.S.A. chapter 71; or
(3)an independent living facility as that term is defined in 32 V.S.A. chapter 225.
(c)This section shall not alter the requirements of 9 V.S.A. chapter 139 regarding the provision of services by a place of public accommodation. (Added 2019, No. 69, § 2, eff. July 1, 2020.)