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Originally Posted by myjah
READ THE BILL
If you read Measure B in its entirety, you will find the following language:
"Whenever the department determines that a permittee has failed to comply with the requirements of this chapter, any other violation of law creating a risk of exposing performers to sexually transmitted infections, including any violation of applicable provisions of the Los Angeles County Code, the California Health and Safety Code, the blood borne pathogen standard, California Code of Regulations Title 8 Section 5193 or the exposure control plan of the producer of adult films, or any combination thereof," that permit may be revoked.
If you then follow up and look at Title 8 Section 5193, you will find the following language:
"Where occupational exposure remains after institution of engineering and work practice controls, the employer shall provide, at no cost to the employee, appropriate personal protective equipment such as, but not limited to, gloves, gowns, laboratory coats, face shields or masks and eye protection, and mouthpieces, resuscitation bags, pocket masks, or other ventilation devices. Personal protective equipment will be considered 'appropriate' only if it does not permit blood or OPIM to pass through to or reach the employee's work clothes, street clothes, undergarments, skin, eyes, mouth, or other mucous membranes under normal conditions of use and for the duration of time which the protective equipment will be used." [OPIM is "other potentially infectious material"]
Therefore, masks, goggles, rubber gloves, dental dams and, yes, hazmat suits WILL BE required by Measure B.
True, most people believe the measure is just about condoms. It isn't.
Title 8 Section 5193 - http://www.dir.ca.gov/title8/5193.HTML
That is what is passing in the fine print of the measure and what we are fighting for...it's not about condoms...this a measurement to stamp out porn productions
A porn shoot will be under the same rules and regulations as a hospital and failure to have proper equipment to protect everyone on the set from Hazardous Substances will be subject to incarceration of 6 months in jail. This will be a criminal act. |
You see there ya go repeating what clearly isnt true....yes repeat offenders can be held to stricter controls but the law only calls for condoms for vaginal and anal intercourse
The proposed amendment would require producers of adult films to obtain a public health permit from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (the "Department") in order to engage in the production of adult films for commercial purposes, and to pay a permit fee set by the Department to offset the cost of enforcement.
The measure would require the use of condoms for all acts of anal or vaginal sex during the production of adult films, as well as the posting of both the public health permit and a notice to performers regarding condom use. Producers are required to provide a written exposure control plan describing how the ordinance will be implemented. A "producer" means any person or entity that produces, finances or directs adult films for commercial purposes.
Violation of the ordinance would be subject to both civil fines and criminal misdemeanor charges. The Department would be authorized to enforce the provisions of the ordinance, including suspending or revoking the public health permit due to violations of the ordinance, or any other law including applicable provisions of the Health and Safety Code, blood borne pathogen standard, California Code of Regulations, or the exposure plan of the producer. Suspension or revocation of the public health permit requires notice and an opportunity for an administrative review, unless the Department found or reasonably suspected immediate danger to the public health and safety, in which case the Department could immediately suspend or revoke the public health permit, initiate a criminal complaint, or issue a fine, pending an administrative hearing. "
So long as you you dont violate the law you ahve nothing to worry about....now while I admit its a bad law nitpicking here isnt going to solve the problem that it IS going to pass most likely and if you want to have a prayer of being condom optional youd better start doing better than what you are.
We can discuss it here till we are all outta breath but I bet there arent a dozen people here who are voting on it one way or the other, according to the polls you have to change 1.55 Million votes
You aint gonna do it preaching to the choir.
Use common sense NOBODY including you really believes that dental damns, goggles and lab coats would be forced on the industry only an idiot prosecutor would try that because it would fail causing unintended consequences.
What you had better prepare for is mandatory condom use because THAT is a real potential outcome, the BEST you can hope for is condom optional, but if you want that you damn well better start acting like it.