Illinois Statutes Chapter 410. Public Health § 180/10. Use of latex gloves prohibited

(a) On and after January 1, 2023, a food service establishment may not permit employees to use latex gloves in the preparation and handling of food. If latex gloves must be used in the preparation of food due to a crisis that interrupts a food service establishment's ability to source nonlatex gloves, a sign shall be prominently placed at the point of order or point of purchase clearly notifying the public of the temporary change. To encourage compliance with this subsection, the Department shall send a notice of warning to a food service establishment for its first violation of this subsection.

(b) Except as provided under Section 15, on and after January 1, 2023, the use of latex gloves by EMS personnel is prohibited.

(c) Except as provided under Section 15, on and after January 1, 2024, the use of latex gloves by health care facility personnel is prohibited if the patient upon whom the latex gloves are to be used is unconscious or otherwise physically unable to communicate and whose medical history lacks sufficient information to indicate whether or not the patient has a latex allergy.