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Upon approval of such process by the Commissioner and payment of the current annual permit fee by the applicant, a numbered permit for use of such process shall be issued. Such permit shall expire one year from the date of issue. Nothing herein shall prevent any person from having any sanitizing or sterilization required by this article performed by any person who has a valid permit for such purposes, provided the number of such permit appears on the tag attached to each article as required by \u00a7 32.1-219.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":307274,"text":"Any person applying for approval of a process by which filling materials, bedding or upholstered furniture are sanitized or sterilized shall submit to the Commissioner a description of the process and any apparatus and method to be used in such process. Upon approval of such process by the Commissioner and payment of the current annual permit fee by the applicant, a numbered permit for use of such process shall be issued. Such permit shall expire one year from the date of issue. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1976, chapter 317; in 1979, chapter 711.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":58745,"section_number":"32.1-219","catch_line":"Tags required","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-219\/"}],"permalink":{"id":203987,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85803,"identifier":"32.1-216","token":"32.1\/6\/7\/32.1-216","url":"\/32.1-216\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-216\/","token":"32.1\/6\/7\/32.1-216","dublin_core":{"Title":"Permit for use of process to sanitize or sterilize","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-216","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person<\/span> applying for approval of a process by which filling materials<\/span>, bedding<\/span> or upholstered furniture<\/span> are sanitized or sterilized shall submit to the Commissioner<\/span> a description of the process and any apparatus and method to be used in such process. Upon approval of such process by the Commissioner<\/span> and payment of the current annual permit fee by the applicant, a numbered permit for use of such process shall be issued. Such permit shall expire one year from the date of issue<\/span>. Nothing herein shall prevent any person<\/span> from having any sanitizing or sterilization required by this article performed by any person<\/span> who has a valid permit for such purposes, provided the number of such permit appears on the tag attached to each article as required by \u00a7 32.1-219<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPERMIT FOR USE OF PROCESS TO SANITIZE OR STERILIZE (\u00a7 32.1-216)\n\nAny person applying for approval of a process by which filling materials,\nbedding or upholstered furniture are sanitized or sterilized shall submit to the\nCommissioner a description of the process and any apparatus and method to be\nused in such process. Upon approval of such process by the Commissioner and\npayment of the current annual permit fee by the applicant, a numbered permit for\nuse of such process shall be issued. Such permit shall expire one year from the\ndate of issue. Nothing herein shall prevent any person from having any\nsanitizing or sterilization required by this article performed by any person who\nhas a valid permit for such purposes, provided the number of such permit appears\non the tag attached to each article as required by \u00a7 32.1-219.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 32-120; 1976, c. 317; 1979, c. 711.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}