Sec. 345.024. GERMICIDAL TREATMENT OF BEDDING AND MATERIALS

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person may not sell secondhand bedding or bedding manufactured in whole or in part from secondhand or recycled material unless the bedding has been germicidally treated and cleaned by a method approved by the department.

(b) An upholstered sofa bed, reclining chair, or studio couch shall be germicidally treated and cleaned only when required by department rules.

(c) A person may not use in the manufacture, repair, or renovation of bedding a material that has not been cleaned and germicidally treated by a process or treatment approved by the department if the material:

(1) has been used by a person with a communicable disease; or

(2) is filthy, oily, stained, or harbors loathsome insects or pathogenic organisms.

(d) A person may not sell material or bedding requiring germicidal treatment under this section unless the person applying the germicidal treatment securely attaches by a method approved by the department a label that is at least 12 square inches and contains, plainly printed in ink:

(1) a statement that the article or material has been germicidally treated by a method approved by the department;

(2) a statement of the method of germicidal treatment applied;

(3) the date the article was germicidally treated;

(4) the name and address of the person for whom the article was germicidally treated; and

(5) the permit number of the person applying the germicidal treatment.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1055, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.