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2022 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 597 - Miscellaneous Trade Regulations and Prohibited Acts
NRS 597.7139 - Manufacture, sale, offer for sale or distribution of certain products containing flame-retardant organohalogenated chemicals prohibited; exceptions. [Effective July 1, 2022.]

Universal Citation: NV Rev Stat § 597.7139 (2022)
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1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a manufacturer or wholesaler shall not knowingly manufacture, sell, offer for sale, distribute for sale or distribute for use in this State a children’s product, upholstered residential furniture, a residential textile, a business textile or a mattress that contains any flame-retardant organohalogenated chemical in any product component in amounts greater than 1,000 parts per million.

2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a retailer shall not sell or offer for sale or use in this State, a children’s product, upholstered residential furniture, a residential textile, a business textile or a mattress that contains any flame-retardant organohalogenated chemical in any product component in amounts greater than 1,000 parts per million.

3. The provisions of this section do not apply to:

(a) The extent preempted by federal law;

(b) Any flame-retardant organohalogenated chemical that:

(1) Is a polymeric substance in accordance with the criteria set forth in 40 C.F.R. § 723.250, or is chemically reacted to form a polymer with the materials it is intended to protect; or

(2) Has a determination of safety pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 2604(a)(3)(C) or 15 U.S.C. § 2605(b)(4);

(c) The sale or offer for sale of any previously owned product containing a flame-retardant organohalogenated chemical;

(d) An electronic component of a children’s product, a mattress, upholstered residential furniture or a residential textile or any associated casing;

(e) A children’s product, a mattress, upholstered residential furniture or a residential textile for which there is a federal or national flammability standard;

(f) Thread or fiber for stitching mattress components together; or

(g) Components of an adult mattress other than foam.

(Added to NRS by 2021, 482, effective July 1, 2022)

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