22-14-7-15. Alternative Test Methods and Performance Standards
Sec. 15. (a) A manufacturer of a cigarette that the state fire marshal determines cannot be tested by the test method in section 13(a) of this chapter shall propose a test method and performance standard for the cigarette to the state fire marshal. Upon approval of the proposed test method and a determination by the […]
22-14-7-0.5. Application Date
Sec. 0.5. Sections 1 through 28 of this chapter apply beginning July 1, 2009. As added by P.L.82-2008, SEC.1.
22-14-7-16. Retention of Records; Penalty
Sec. 16. Each manufacturer shall maintain copies of the reports of all tests conducted on all cigarettes offered for sale for a period of three (3) years and make copies of these reports available to the state fire marshal and the attorney general upon written request. Any manufacturer that fails to make copies of these […]
22-14-7-1. “Agent”
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, “agent” means a person authorized by the department of state revenue to purchase and affix stamps (as defined by IC 6-7-1-9) on packages of cigarettes. As added by P.L.82-2008, SEC.1.
22-14-7-17. Adoption of Subsequent Test Methods
Sec. 17. The commission may adopt a subsequent ASTM Standard Test Method for Measuring the Ignition Strength of Cigarettes upon a finding that the subsequent method does not result in a change in the percentage of full length burns exhibited by any tested cigarette when compared to the percentage of full length burns the same […]
22-14-7-2. “Brand Family”
Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, “brand family” has the meaning set forth in IC 24-3-5.4-1. As added by P.L.82-2008, SEC.1.
22-14-7-3. “Cigarette”
Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, “cigarette” has the meaning set forth in IC 6-7-1-2. As added by P.L.82-2008, SEC.1.
22-14-7-4. “Manufacturer”
Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, “manufacturer” means: (1) an entity that manufactures or produces cigarettes or causes cigarettes to be manufactured or produced that the manufacturer intends to be sold in Indiana, including cigarettes intended to be sold in the United States through an importer; (2) a first purchaser that intends to resell […]
22-14-7-5. “Quality Control and Quality Assurance Program”
Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, “quality control and quality assurance program” means the laboratory procedures implemented to ensure that: (1) operator bias, systematic and nonsystematic methodological errors, and equipment related problems do not affect the results of the testing; and (2) the testing repeatability remains within the required repeatability values in section 13(f) […]
22-14-7-6. “Repeatability”
Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, “repeatability” means the range of values within which the repeat results of cigarette test trials from a single laboratory will fall ninety-five percent (95%) of the time. As added by P.L.82-2008, SEC.1.