A. No person shall apply lead paint to toys, furniture, kitchen utensils or the interior surfaces of any dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming house, rooming unit or facility where children live or enter. Such interior surfaces include, but are not limited to, windowsills, window frames, doors, door frames, walls, ceilings, stair rails and spindles or other appurtenances.
B. No person shall sell, transfer or deliver toys or furniture to which lead paint has been applied.
C. Use and distribution of cooking and drinking vessels or eating utensils containing extractable or leachable lead in excess of seven micrograms per millimeter is prohibited.
D. Labeling of substances having lead content.
(1) No person shall store, sell or transfer for retail purposes any lead-based paint unless the container used in retail trade bears a warning statement which shall be an integral part of the label, shall be placed in a conspicuous place on the immediate container of such paint and shall be printed in letters which are legible and in conspicuous contrast with other printing appearing on the container. The statement shall be in substantial conformance with state and federal laws and regulations and recommended standards of the Federal Hazardous Substances Labeling Act, and shall further conform in wording and type style and size as follows, or shall be an approved equivalent:
Type Size and Style | |
WARNING | (10 pt. caps) |
CONTAINS LEAD. HARMFUL IF EATEN. | (10 pt. caps) |
DO NOT APPLY ON TOYS, FURNITURE, WINDOW SILLS OR OTHER INTERIOR SURFACES OF ANY DWELLING OR FACILITY WHICH MAY BE OCCUPIED OR USED BY CHILDREN. KEEP AWAY FROM HEAT AND OPEN FLAME. AVOID PROLONGED CONTACT WITH SKIN AND BREATHING OF VAPOR OR SPRAY MIST. CLOSE CONTAINER AFTER EACH USE. | (10 pt. caps) |
USE WITH ADEQUATE VENTILATION. | (12 pt. type) |
KEEP OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDREN. | (12 pt. type) |
(2) This warning statement shall also be required on accompanying literature, including directions for use. Where tinting or coloring added to paint at the point of sale produces a final paint product with more than 0.01% lead content, the labeling requirements of this section shall apply.
(3) Labels on containers of lead paint manufactured prior to the effective date of this chapter shall be made to conform with the above labeling requirements by the application of a separate warning label which shall be affixed directly upon the existing label. However, after one year from the effective date of these regulations, the warning shall be an integral part of the label on the container.