Section R70-101-2 - [Effective 1/28/2025] DefinitionsThis rule defines the following terms in addition to the terms in Section 4-10-102:
(1) "Clean" means free from stains, dirt, trash, filth, pulp, sludge, oil, grease, fat, skin, epidermis, excreta, vermin, insects, insect eggs, insect carcasses, contamination, hazardous materials, or residual or objectionable substances or odors.(2) "Department" means the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food.(3) "Digital Law Label "or "Digital Textile Label" means an electronic copy of the applicable law label or textile label that mirrors the label attached to the article.(4) "Law Label" means a label attached to new bedding or upholstered furniture that provides specific information about the product to the consumer and meets the requirements of this rule.(5) "Made to Order" or "MTO" means a manufacturing process of upholstered furniture in which the production of an item begins after a consumer or retailer places an order and includes articles with consumer options that could impact the final law label.(6) "Made to Stock" or "MTS" means a traditional production method used to produce articles either before or after the consumer places the order that the retailer may stock as inventory or display through an online retailer until the consumer purchases them and includes articles produced with consumer options that do not impact the final law or textile label.(7) "Manufacture" means the making, processing, or preparing of new or secondhand bedding, upholstered furniture, quilted clothing, or filling material.(8) "Manufacturer" means a person who makes or has employees make any bedding, upholstered furniture, quilted clothing, filling material, or any part.(9) "Non-resident" means a person permitted under this rule who does not have premises in Utah.(10) "Online Retailer" means a person or a company that sells articles to a consumer via the Internet or another electronic network.(11) "Online sales" means the process of selling articles through the Internet, where customers can browse products, make purchases, and complete transactions using digital platforms or an online marketplace.(12) "Person" means an individual, partnership, association, firm, auctioneer, trust, limited liability company, or corporation.(13) "Premises" means a place that sells bedding, upholstered furniture, quilted clothing, or filling material, or offers for sale, exposes for sale, stores, renovates, or manufactures, and includes the delivery vehicle used to transport articles.(14) "Supply dealer" means a person who manufactures, processes, or sells at wholesale any felt, batting, pads, or other fillings, loose in a bag, in a bale or a container, concealed or not concealed, intended for use in bedding, upholstered furniture, or quilted clothing.(15) "Second Hand Law Tag" or " Tag" means a tag attached to a product or filling material that has previously been used.(16) "Sterilization Permit Number" means the number a state may issue to identify the sterilizing facility, person, or company and certifies that the filling material is safe for consumer use.(17) "Sterilize" means a process used to make wool, feathers, down, shoddy, or hair free from bacteria or any other living microorganism.(18) "Sterilizer" means a person who sterilizes wool, feathers, down, shoddy, or hair.(19) "Textile Label" means a label attached to a new quilted clothing product that provides information required in 16 CFR Parts 300, 301, 303, and this rule.(20) "Uniform Registry Number" or "URN" means the number issued by a state to be used on the law label of bedding, upholstered furniture, or filling material to identify the manufacturing facility, person, or company.Utah Admin. Code R70-101-2
Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2015-16, effective 7/22/2015Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2017-4, effective 1/26/2017Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2020-12, effective 6/8/2020Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2022-08, effective 4/5/2022Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2023-08, effective 4/4/2023Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2024-05, effective 2/2/2024, exp. 6/1/2024 (Emergency)Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2024-12, effective 6/1/2024, exp. 9/29/2024 (Emergency)Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2024-20, effective 9/30/2024, exp. 1/28/2025 (Emergency)Adopted by Utah State Bulletin Number 2024-21, effective 10/23/2024