ECL 27-2113 · Title 21. Mercury-added Consumer Products
Exemptions
Text — Law content up to date as of October 30, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
§ 27-2113. Exemptions.
1. The provisions of this title shall not apply to photographic film and paper, pharmaceutical products, biological products or any substance that may be lawfully sold over the counter without a prescription under the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 USC 301 et seq. For the purposes of this subdivision, "biological product" means a virus, therapeutic serum, toxin, antitoxin, vaccine, blood, blood component or derivative, allergenic product or an analogous product, or arsphenamine, or any other trivalent organic arsenic compound used for the prevention, treatment or cure of a disease or condition of human beings.
2. The provisions of subdivision one of section 27-2105 of this title shall not apply to mercury-containing lamps discarded by households.
3. The provisions of subdivision one of section 27-2105 of this title shall not apply to mercury-containing lamps discarded by a small business if such small business discards no more than fifteen mercury-containing lamps per month. For the purposes of this subdivision "small business" means any business which is resident in this state, independently owned and operated, not dominant in its field, and employing not more than one hundred individuals.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Law content up to date as of October 30, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
- Official file
- https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/laws/ENV27-2113
- Text hash
- sha256 f38ac0f833b245495cb414b02b4a13f872849101d08589f483bf65d621330d7b
- Composed by
- gen_ny_statutes.py 2026-11-10: the Senate's Open Legislation law tree (GET /api/3/laws/<ID>?full=true) read in document order; the Senate's PDF of the whole law (GET /pdf/laws/<ID>?full=true), read with PDFium, prints the same words in the same order
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.