§ 16-41-32-21 — Sterilization and disinfection permits

(a) A person desiring to secure approval of
the process by which the articles of bedding or filling materials are
sterilized or disinfected, in accordance with sections 19 and 20 of this
chapter, shall submit to the state department a plan of the apparatus and
the process intended to be used for such sterilization or disinfection.
(b) After the state department inspects and approves the process and
equipment to be used, the state department shall issue a numbered
permit for use.
(c) A sterilization or disinfection permit issued under subsection (b)
must be conspicuously posted on the premises near the sterilizer.
(d) A person holding a sterilization or disinfection permit shall keep
an accurate written record of all articles of materials that are sterilized
or disinfected, including the following:
(1) The date the sterilization or disinfection was performed.
(2) In the case of articles of bedding, the name and address of the
buyer or owner of the articles.
This record shall be available for examination at any time by the state
department.
(e) An application for a permit for the approval of a sterilization or
disinfection process and equipment located outside Indiana may be
approved only after the state department conducts a personal inspection
of that process and equipment, unless the other state has an inspection
service that is acceptable to the state department. The applicant shall
pay the expenses for an inspection outside Indiana.
(f) The state department shall revoke the sterilization or disinfection
permit of a person who, after fair hearing or opportunity to be heard by
the state department, is found to be in noncompliance with the
sterilization or disinfection provisions of this chapter. The state
department may not issue a new permit to the person until the person
does the following:
(1) Satisfies the state department that the person will comply with
this chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter.
(2) Posts a five hundred dollar ($500) bond in favor of the state
department to guarantee compliance.
(g) This chapter does not prevent a person engaged in the making,
remaking, renovation, or sale of an article of bedding or material that
requires sterilization or disinfection under this chapter from having the
sterilization or disinfecting performed by a person who has a valid
permit for the purposes if the number of the permit appears on the tag
attached to each article of bedding or filling material as described in
section 22 of this chapter.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-9-4-5.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.142-1995, SEC.27.