California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 8 — Special Business RegulationsChapter 3 — Home FurnishingsArticle 7 — RegulationsSection 19165
Insulation material may only be sold or installed in the state which has been certified by the manufacturer to have been tested in accordance with standards adopted by the bureau and which bears a visible bureau approved statement by the manufacturer certifying that the insulation material meets those standards and has been tested and approved by an approved testing laboratory. The testing criteria shall be designed to determine whether insulation materials have met or exceeded minimum established standards. The bureau shall publish and periodically update a directory of certified insulation, including the R-value. The bureau shall charge a fee of fifty dollars ($50) annually, for each certified product listed in the directory up to a maximum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) per manufacturer.
Within 180 days after the date of adoption of those standards, each manufacturer of insulation material shall develop and implement a quality assurance program. Each manufacturer shall keep a record of any testing performed pursuant to the program for a period of three years after it is performed.
Notes
Requires insulation sold or installed in California to be manufacturer-certified, tested to bureau standards, and visibly labeled as meeting those standards through an approved laboratory. The bureau must maintain a directory and charge $50 annually per listed product, capped at $5,000 per manufacturer; manufacturers must implement quality assurance within 180 days and retain test records three years.
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