Section 19055.

Every bedding retailer, unless he or she holds an importer's license, an upholstered-furniture and bedding manufacturer's license, a wholesale upholstered-furniture and bedding dealer's license, or a retail furniture and bedding dealer's license, shall hold a retail bedding dealer's license.

(a) This section does not apply to a person whose sole business is designing and specifying for interior spaces, and who purchases specific amenable bedding items on behalf of a client, provided that the bedding is purchased from an appropriately licensed importer, wholesaler, or retailer.

(b) This section does not apply to a person who is licensed as a home medical device retail facility by the State Department of Health Services, provided that the bedding is purchased from an appropriately licensed importer, wholesaler, or retailer.

(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 837, Sec. 26. Effective January 1, 2001.)