(1) The commissioner shall order off-sale, and may so tag, any article of bedding or material therefor, which is not tagged as hereinbefore required or which is tagged with a tag bearing a misleading term, description, designation or statement and no articles or materials placed off-sale or seized by the commissioner, or any duly authorized employee of the bedding division, shall be sold nor shall the contents thereof be altered, interfered with or removed in whole or in part, nor shall the articles or contents thereof be removed from the premises where placed off-sale or seized until such articles or materials are released by the commissioner. All articles or materials placed off-sale or seized shall be subject to frequent examination by the commissioner or his duly authorized inspector. Such articles or materials must be so placed or stored as to be readily accessible at all times and shall be produced for examination upon demand of the commissioner or any such employee made upon the person or persons in charge of the establishment or premises where such articles or materials are placed off-sale or were seized.
(2) If the commissioner or any duly authorized employee of the bedding division shall find any article of bedding or filling material which has been used by or about any person having an infectious or contagious disease, he shall tag such article of bedding or material with a tag bearing the word "unclean" in conspicuous letters. Such tag shall not be removed except by the commissioner or such duly authorized employee.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade
Article 1A. Regulation and Control of Bedding and Upholstery Businesses
§47-1A-4. Bedding and Filling Material Exposed to Disease to Be Sterilized and Tagged Before Sale
§47-1A-5. Filling Material From Any Animal or Fowl or Unsanitary Material to Be Sterilized
§47-1A-6. Secondhand Filling Material to Be Sterilized
§47-1A-7. Registration by Sellers of Bedding or Filling Material Required
§47-1A-8. Altering, Defacing or Removing Tag or Stamp
§47-1A-9. Counterfeiting Stamps or Permits
§47-1A-10. Sterilization Processes; Permits; Fees
§47-1A-11. Statements Required on Tags to Be Affixed to Bedding
§47-1A-12. Tags to Be Approved by Commissioner; Material, Color, Form and Size of Tags
§47-1A-14. Annual Registration and Permit Fees
§47-1A-15. Organization of Bedding Division; Rules and Regulations; Enforcement of Article
§47-1A-17. Power of Inspection and Seizure; Obstruction of Commissioner or Employees Prohibited