Indiana Code 22-14-7-13. Cigarette testing
(b) Testing must be conducted on ten (10) layers of filter paper.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 22-14-7-13
- cigarette: has the meaning set forth in IC 6-7-1-2. See Indiana Code 22-14-7-3
- quality control and quality assurance program: means the laboratory procedures implemented to ensure that:
Indiana Code 22-14-7-5
- repeatability: means the range of values within which the repeat results of cigarette test trials from a single laboratory will fall ninety-five percent (95%) of the time. See Indiana Code 22-14-7-6
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
(d) The performance standard required by this section may be applied only to a complete test trial.
(e) Written certifications must be based upon testing conducted by a laboratory that has been accredited under standard ISO/IEC 17025 of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) or other comparable accreditation standard required by the state fire marshal.
(f) Laboratories conducting testing under this section must implement a quality control and quality assurance program that includes a procedure that will determine the repeatability of the testing results. The repeatability value may not be greater than nineteen hundredths (0.19).
(g) This section does not require additional testing if cigarettes are tested consistent with this chapter for any other purpose.
(h) Testing performed or sponsored by the state fire marshal to determine a cigarette’s compliance with the required performance standard must be conducted according to this section.
As added by P.L.82-2008, SEC.1.