§332-2  Materials.  No person, byoneself or by the person’s agents, servants, or employees, shall employ or usein the making, remaking, or renovating of any mattress, any material of anykind that has been used in or has formed a part of, any mattress used in orabout any public or private hospital, or institution for the treatment ofpersons suffering from disease, or for or about any person having anyinfectious or contagious disease; any material known as “shoddy,” and made inwhole or in part from old worn clothing, carpets, or other fabrics, ormaterials previously used, or any other fabrics, or materials from which shoddyis constructed; or any material, not otherwise prohibited by this chapter, ofwhich prior use has been made, unless all of the materials have been thoroughlysterilized, and disinfected by a reasonable process, approved by the departmentof health. [L 1927, c 234, §2; RL 1935, §1191; RL 1945, §2472; RL 1955, §55-2;am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §19; HRS §332-2; gen ch 1985]