Public Health Law § 1371 · Title 10. Control of Lead Poisoning
Manufacture and sale of lead painted toys and furniture
Text — Law content up to date as of October 9, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
§ 1371. Manufacture and sale of lead painted toys and furniture. 1. No person shall manufacture, sell or hold for sale a children's toy or children's furniture having paint or other similar surface-coating material thereon containing more than .06 of one per centum of metallic lead based on the total weight of the contained solids or dried paint film.
2. The commissioner of health may waive the provisions of this section in whole or in part upon a finding by the commissioner in a particular instance that there is no significant threat to the public health; with respect to miniatures the commissioner shall do so, on terms and conditions he or she shall establish, upon a final judicial or administrative finding that there is no immediate public health threat in that instance.
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