California Code of Regulations
Title 19 - Public Safety
Division 1 - State Fire Marshal
Chapter 8 - Regulations Relating to Flame Retardant Chemicals, Fabrics and Application Concerns
Article 4 - Registration of Flame-Retardant Fabric or Material
Section 1275 - Secondary Registrations

Universal Citation: 19 CA Code of Regs 1275

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

A concern desiring to register a flame-resistant fabric or material that is not a product of its own manufacture, which required tests prove meets the requirements of this article for approval and registration, may apply for approval and listing under the concern's own trade or brand name as follows:

(a) The manufacturer of the fabric or material shall certify his approval and give his consent in letter to the State Fire Marshal for the registration, sale, distribution, and use of his product under the proposed new name by the applicant concern and stipulate as follows in a letter to the State Fire Marshal:

(1) That all of the fabric or material supplied by him to the applicant concern for sale, distribution or use under the new name shall always be identical in all respects to the test sample and/or report last approved and registered by the State Fire Marshal, and

(2) That he will assign a production or lot control number to each specific unit of such production, and will submit to the State Fire Marshal a one-quarter yard test specimen of each lot sold to the applicant concern, and

(3) That he will maintain a record of the amount of fabric or material furnished to the applicant concern and submit this information to the State Fire Marshal upon his request, and

(4) That he will notify both the applicant concern and the State Fire Marshal, in writing, of any proposed change in formulation or fire-resistant quality not less than 30 days prior to making such change and obtain his approval of such change. New test samples shall be submitted of the changed product.

(b) The applicant concern shall furnish any additional test reports from the independent approved testing laboratories that may be required to substantiate claims made for approval of the fabric or material and shall pay all costs in connection therewith.

(c) The applicant concern shall certify, in a notarized letter accompanying its application form, that the fabric or material sold, distributed, or used under the new name shall always be identical in all respects to the test sample and/or report submitted by him and determined to be acceptable by the State Fire Marshal for approval and registration, and that it will be identified in all records by the same production or lot control number assigned by the manufacturer to a specific unit of production.

(d) The applicant concern shall pay to the Office of the State Fire Marshal the original and annual registration fee as prescribed by the statutes.

(e) Following registration, the concern shall furnish, in accordance with these regulations, test samples and an approved Certificate of Flame Resistance covering the registered fabric or material when the product is sold for use in occupancies governed by the statutes, or when such fabric or material is intended for use or may sometimes be used in the State of California.

1. New section filed 11-10-60; effective 30th day thereafter (Register 60, No. 23).

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