2013 New York Consolidated Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 13 - NUISANCES AND SANITATION
Title 10 - (1370 - 1376-A) CONTROL OF LEAD POISONING
1376-A - Sale of consumer products containing lead or cadmium.

 
    § 1376-a. Sale of consumer products containing lead or cadmium.  1. In
  the  absence  of  a federal standard for a specific type of product, the
  commissioner shall establish the maximum quantity  of  lead  or  cadmium
  (and  the  manner of testing therefor) which may be released from glazed
  ceramic tableware, crystal, china and other  consumer  products.    Such
  maximum  quantity  shall  be based on the best available scientific data
  and shall insure the safety of the public by reducing  its  exposure  to
  lead  and  cadmium to the lowest practicable level. The commissioner may
  amend such maximum quantity (and the manner of testing  therefor)  where
  necessary  or  appropriate  for  the  safety  of  the public. Until such
  maximum quantity of lead or cadmium established by the  commissioner  is
  effective,  no  glazed ceramic tableware shall be offered for sale which
  releases lead in excess of 7 parts per million, or cadmium in excess  of
  .5 parts per million.
    2.  The  commissioner  is  hereby  empowered to order the recall of or
  confiscation of  glazed  ceramic  tableware,  crystal,  china  or  other
  consumer  products  offered for sale which do not meet the standards set
  forth in or pursuant to this section.
    3. 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.