Virginia § 32.1-216 - Permit for use of process to sanitize or sterilize
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 32.1-216 — Permit for use of process to sanitize or sterilize, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 32.1-216. Permit for use of process to sanitize or sterilize
Any person applying for approval of a process by which filling materials, bedding or upholstered furniture are sanitized or sterilized shall submit to the Commissioner a description of the process and any apparatus and method to be used in such process. Upon approval of such process by the Commissioner and payment of the current annual permit fee by the applicant, a numbered permit for use of such process shall be issued. Such permit shall expire one year from the date of issue. Nothing herein shall prevent any person from having any sanitizing or sterilization required by this article performed by any person who has a valid permit for such purposes, provided the number of such permit appears on the tag attached to each article as required by § 32.1-219.
Code 1950, § 32-120; 1976, c. 317; 1979, c. 711.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 32.1-216 ("Permit for use of process to sanitize or sterilize") is part of the Code of Virginia, the codified statutory law of Virginia. 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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