Louisiana § RS 40:682 - Qualifications for license; sterilization process
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 40:682 — Qualifications for license; sterilization process, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 40:682. Qualifications for license; sterilization process
A. The department shall issue the license required in R.S. 40:681 to any applicant upon receipt of such evidence as it requires to show that the applicant is properly equipped and maintains and uses the method provided for in Subsection B of this Section in cleansing and sterilizing the containers.
B. All containers shall be cleansed, sterilized, and freed from rust and contamination by soaking them for a period of not less than five minutes in a hot caustic solution of not less than one hundred twenty degrees Fahrenheit, which shall be indicated by a thermometer. This solution shall contain not less than two and one-half percent of caustic soda expressed in terms of sodium hydrates. The containers shall then be thoroughly rinsed in pure water. The cleansing solution shall be changed frequently so as to prevent it from becoming foul and unsanitary.
Amended by Acts 1978, No. 786, §5, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 2018, No. 206, §4.
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Section RS 40:682 ("Qualifications for license; sterilization process") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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