N.Y. Public Health Law § 1371: Manufacture and sale of lead painted toys and furniture

§ 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.