TITLE XII
PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELFARE

CHAPTER 155
FACTORIES, TENEMENTS, SCHOOLHOUSES, AND PLACES OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION, RESORT OR ASSEMBLY

Restroom Access for Drivers

Section 155:82-a

    155:82-a Restroom Access for Covered Drivers. –
I. As used in this section:
(a) "Covered driver" means any commercial driver as defined in RSA 259:12.
(b) "Covered establishment" means a place of business open to the general public for the sale of goods or services; or a shipper, receiver, manufacturer, warehouse, distribution center, or any other business entity that is receiving or sending goods by commercial motor vehicle. "Covered establishment" does not include any structure such as a filling station, service station, or restaurant of 800 square feet or less that has a restroom located within such structure that is only intended for use by employees.
(c) "Covered restroom facility" means a restroom located on the premises of a covered establishment that is intended for use by customers or employees of the establishment and that is located in an area where providing access would not create an obvious health or safety risk to a covered driver and would not pose an obvious security risk to the covered establishment.
II. A covered driver shall be granted access to any covered restroom facility at any covered establishment to which such employee delivers any goods or cargo or is waiting to be loaded to transport goods or cargo.
III. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a covered establishment to make any physical changes to a restroom to be in compliance with this section.

Source. 2026, 136:1, eff. Aug. 11, 2026.