Section 1371. Manufacture and sale of lead painted toys and furniture  


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  • 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.