§ 63-1-1413. Regulations - Hearings - Notice.

(a) The authority to promulgate regulations for the efficient enforcement of this article is hereby vested in the State Board of Health, which is hereby authorized to make regulations promulgated under this article conform, insofar as practicable, with those promulgated under the Federal Act.

(b) Hearings authorized or required by this article shall be conducted by the State Commissioner of Health or such officer, agent, or employee as the Commissioner may designate for the purpose.

(c) Before promulgating any regulations contemplated by Section 1409(d), (e), (f), (g), (h), and (k) or 1412(b), the Board shall give appropriate notice of the proposal and of the time and place for a hearing.  The regulation so promulgated shall become effective on a date fixed by the Board (which date shall not be prior to twenty (20) days after its promulgation).  Such regulation may be amended or repealed in the same manner as is provided for its adoption, except that in the case of a regulation amending or repealing such regulation the Board, to such extent as it deems necessary in order to prevent undue hardship, may disregard the foregoing provisions regarding notice, hearing or effective date.

Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 14, § 1413.