§47-1A-2. Definitions
As used in this article, unless the contents clearly require otherwise: "Commissioner" means commissioner of labor. "Department" means state department of labor. "Bedding" or "articles of bedding" includes upholstered furniture and filling material (as herein defined) and any mattress, pillow, cushion, quilt, bed pad, comforter, upholstered spring bed, headboard, box springs, davenport or day bed, […]
§47-1A-3. Sales of New or Secondhand Bedding Prohibited Unless Tagged; Sales of Secondhand Filling Material as New Prohibited; Presence of Secondhand Material or Bedding as Evidence of Sale or Use
No person shall sell as new any article of bedding unless it is made from all new material and shall be tagged as hereinafter provided. No person shall sell, representing it to be new material, any secondhand hair, down, feathers, wool, cotton, kapok or other material used for filling articles of bedding. No person shall […]
§47-1A-4. Bedding and Filling Material Exposed to Disease to Be Sterilized and Tagged Before Sale
No person shall sell any article of bedding, or any filling material used in the making thereof, which has been used by or about any person having an infectious or contagious disease unless such article or material shall have been sterilized and is tagged as hereinafter provided.
§47-1A-5. Filling Material From Any Animal or Fowl or Unsanitary Material to Be Sterilized
No person shall use any filling material to make any article of bedding for sale that is made from material (a) that comes from any animal or fowl, (b) that contains any bugs, vermin, insects or filth, (c) that is unsanitary, unless such material has been thoroughly sterilized by a process approved by the commissioner.
§47-1A-6. Secondhand Filling Material to Be Sterilized
No person shall use any filling material to make any article of bedding for sale that is made from material that is secondhand unless such material has been thoroughly sterilized by a process approved by the commissioner.
§47-1A-7. Registration by Sellers of Bedding or Filling Material Required
No person, firm or corporation shall sell or offer for sale any article of bedding or filling material, as defined in this article, in the State of West Virginia, unless the person, firm or corporation is registered and paid the registration fee as defined in section fourteen of this article.
§47-1A-8. Altering, Defacing or Removing Tag or Stamp
No person other than a purchaser at retail for his own use or benefit, except as herein otherwise provided, shall remove, deface, alter or cause to be removed, defaced or altered, any tag or inspection stamp attached to an article of bedding: Provided, however, That immediately after material used for filling has been removed from […]