Sec. 2. (a) This section applies to the following laboratories:
(1) Analytical laboratories approved by the department under the alternative criteria established by the commission in its rules.
(2) Laboratories that are:
(A) operated by a college, university, school, or other educational entity for the purpose of instruction or research; and
(B) approved by the department under the alternative criteria established by the commission in the rules.
(b) The commission may:
(1) apply different rules to the manufacture of regulated explosives (as defined in IC 35-47.5-2-13) in a laboratory described in subsection (a) than apply to other places where regulated explosives (as defined in IC 35-47.5-2-13) are manufactured; and
(2) adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to exempt laboratories described in subsection (a) from the regulated explosive magazines permit requirement under IC 35-47.5-4.