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(a) The authority to promulgate rules for the efficient enforcement of this subchapter is vested in the State Board of Health.
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(b) Before the rules or amendments thereto shall become effective, the board shall publish notice two (2) times weekly for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in this state, setting forth in the newspaper notice a concise summary of the proposed rule or amendment thereto and setting forth, in addition, the time and place at which open public hearings are to be held on the rules.
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(c) The hearing shall be held not earlier than ten (10) days nor later than fifteen (15) days following the last published notice thereon.
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(d) The board is authorized to make the rules promulgated under this subchapter conform, insofar as practicable, with those regulations promulgated under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
