§ 5.38.030. Materials used.  


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  • It is unlawful for any person to employ or use, or permit to be used, in the making, remaking or renovating of any mattresses, or to sell, offer to sell, deliver or consign, or have in his or her possession with the intent to sell, deliver or consign, any mattress in which there has been used in making, remaking, or renovating the same, any material of any kind that has been used in, or has formed a part of, any mattress used in or about any public or private hospital or institution for the treatment of persons suffering from disease, or for or about any person having any infectious or contagious disease, or any material known as "shoddy" and made in whole or in part from old or worn-out clothing, carpets or other fabric or material from which "shoddy" is constructed, or any material whatsoever of which prior use has been made, unless all of the said material has been thoroughly sterilized and disinfected by a process approved by the Health Department of the city.

(Prior code § 5-13.07)