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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.

 
4. Rules. The commissioner may adopt or amend regulations
rules concerning:

 
A. The procedures for issuing certificates and the
required qualifications for each type of certificate;

 
B. The minimum sanitation standards for establishments
and vehicles;

 
C. The sanitation and quality control standards for
shellfish and whole scallops and their products;

 
D. The methods for taking, handling, shipping,
transporting and processing of shellfish and whole
scallops taken from closed areas;

 
E. The records and reports of takings, purchases,
processing, sales, shipping and transporting of shellfish
and whole scallops;

 
F. The labeling or marking of shipments of shellfish and
whole scallops; and

 
G. Other regulations rules necessary to the public
health.

 
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.

 
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.

 
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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