KRS 214.290: Materials used in mattresses -- Regulation of.

No person shall employ or use, in the making, remaking or renovating of any mattress,

any material that has been used in or has formed a part of any mattress used in or about

any public or private hospital, or any institution for the treatment of persons s uffering

from disease, or for or about any person having any infectious or contagious disease, or

any material of which prior use has been made, unless all of said material has been

thoroughly sterilized and disinfected by a reasonable process approved by the board of

health of the city where the mattress is made, remade or renovated. The use of shoddy

made from secondhand materials, jute, old comforts, pads or mattresses in the

manufacture of new mattresses to be offered for sale as new mattresses is prohibited.