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before taking action to open an area within that municipality | for depuration digging. The commissioner may continue to issue | controlled purification certificates for areas that were | restricted to depuration digging on September 1, 1989, without | consulting municipalities. |
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| | 4. Rules. The commissioner may adopt or amend regulations | rules concerning: |
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| A. The procedures for issuing certificates and the | required qualifications for each type of certificate; |
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| B. The minimum sanitation standards for establishments | and vehicles; |
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| C. The sanitation and quality control standards for | shellfish and whole scallops and their products; |
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| D. The methods for taking, handling, shipping, | transporting and processing of shellfish and whole | scallops taken from closed areas; |
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| E. The records and reports of takings, purchases, | processing, sales, shipping and transporting of shellfish | and whole scallops; |
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| F. The labeling or marking of shipments of shellfish and | whole scallops; and |
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| G. Other regulations rules necessary to the public | health. |
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| The regulations rules must be based on the particular | operational requirements of each activity, the most recently | adopted federal sanitation standards and the most recent | generally accepted research data, in a manner so as to protect | the public health and safety while allowing reasonable use of | the State's shellfish and whole scallops. |
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| | 5. Right of entry. Whenever a certificate has been issued | under this section, the commissioner, or his the | commissioner's agent, shall must have access to any | establishment or part thereof for the purpose of inspection or | collection of samples. Denial of access shall be is grounds | for suspension or revocation of any certificate or license | under the provisions of section 6373. |
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| | 6. Products embargoed and condemned. The commissioner, or | the commissioner's agent, shall indefinitely embargo, condemn | or order to be destroyed any shellfish, shellfish product or | whole scallop in any establishment whenever it is determined | that the |
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