California Adult Film Regulations Mandate 'Protective Eye Gear,' Vaccines

Chris | InformationLiberation
May. 29, 2015

From the filthy minds of government bureaucrats:
After five years of public hearings and heated debates, a proposed set of safety standards for all California porn production sets is edging closer to being finalized, but adult film performers say if passed, the new regulations would make sex scenes look like medical dramas.

The 21-page draft, proposed by the state’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health, blends thick regulatory definitions with graphic language as it outlines how adult film performers and others on set can protect themselves from bloodborne pathogens and other bodily fluids. It underscores the use of condoms as a way to protect against HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. It also calls for producers to pay for medical visits and hepatitis B vaccines.

During a hearing and public comment period that ended Thursday in San Diego, adult film performers and their supporters said the regulations — which include wearing protective eye gear — go too far.

“These are regulations designed for medical settings, and are unworkable on an adult film set — or even a Hollywood film set,” Diane Duke, CEO of the Canoga Park-based Free Speech Coalition, said in a statement.

The proposed regulations are the result of a letter filed to the Cal/OSHA standards board in late 2009 by Michael Weinstein, executive director of AIDS Healthcare Foundation. Condom use in adult film production in California has been required under Cal/OSHA as part of protecting against bloodborne pathogens, but Weinstein said the adult industry has largely skirted the law and has gotten away with it because of a lack of effective enforcement by the state agency. The new regulation would specifically refer to condoms as a way to prevent sexually transmitted diseases.













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