The commissioner of labor shall have the power and duty, to:
(1) Create and organize a division of the department of labor to be known as the "bedding division" for the purpose of administering and enforcing the provisions of this article; (2) appoint, remove and fix the compensation of the employees of the bedding division; (3) prescribe uniform rules pertaining to and not in conflict with the provisions of this article, to carry out the intent and purpose of this article; (4) invoke any legal, equitable or special remedy for the enforcement of orders or the provisions of this chapter; (5) cooperate with other agencies of the State of West Virginia for the purpose of securing laboratory analyses of the filling material used in articles of bedding; (6) exercise any other power necessary for the proper administration of the division of bedding, and the enforcement of the provisions contained in this article.
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