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before taking action to open an area within that municipality | | for depuration digging. The commissioner may continue to issue | | controlled purification certificates for areas that were | | restricted to depuration digging on September 1, 1989, without | | consulting municipalities. |
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| | | 4. Rules. The commissioner may adopt or amend regulations | | rules concerning: |
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| | | A. The procedures for issuing certificates and the | | required qualifications for each type of certificate; |
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| | | B. The minimum sanitation standards for establishments | | and vehicles; |
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| | | C. The sanitation and quality control standards for | | shellfish and whole scallops and their products; |
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| | | D. The methods for taking, handling, shipping, | | transporting and processing of shellfish and whole | | scallops taken from closed areas; |
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| | | E. The records and reports of takings, purchases, | | processing, sales, shipping and transporting of shellfish | | and whole scallops; |
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| | | F. The labeling or marking of shipments of shellfish and | | whole scallops; and |
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| | G. Other regulations rules necessary to the public | | health. |
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| | The regulations rules must be based on the particular | | operational requirements of each activity, the most recently | | adopted federal sanitation standards and the most recent | | generally accepted research data, in a manner so as to protect | | the public health and safety while allowing reasonable use of | | the State's shellfish and whole scallops. |
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| | | 5. Right of entry. Whenever a certificate has been issued | under this section, the commissioner, or his the | commissioner's agent, shall must have access to any | | establishment or part thereof for the purpose of inspection or | collection of samples. Denial of access shall be is grounds | | for suspension or revocation of any certificate or license | | under the provisions of section 6373. |
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| | | 6. Products embargoed and condemned. The commissioner, or | | the commissioner's agent, shall indefinitely embargo, condemn | | or order to be destroyed any shellfish, shellfish product or | | whole scallop in any establishment whenever it is determined | | that the |
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