Section 25214.2 Of Article 10.1.1. Metal-containing Jewelry From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 20. >> Chapter 6.5. >> Article 10.1.1.
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. (a) A person shall not manufacture, ship, sell, offer for
sale, or offer for promotional purposes jewelry for retail sale or
promotional purposes in the state, unless the jewelry is made
entirely from a class 1, class 2, or class 3 material, or any
combination of those materials.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a person shall not
manufacture, ship, sell, offer for sale, or offer for promotional
purposes children's jewelry for retail sale or promotional purposes
in the state, unless the children's jewelry is made entirely from one
or more of the following materials:
(1) A nonmetallic material that is a class 1 material and that
does not otherwise violate the requirements of paragraph (4).
(2) A nonmetallic material that is a class 2 material.
(3) A metallic material that is either a class 1 material or
contains less than 0.06 percent (600 parts per million) lead by
weight.
(4) Glass or crystal decorative components that weigh in total no
more than one gram, excluding any glass or crystal decorative
component that contains less than 0.02 percent (200 parts per
million) lead by weight and has no intentionally added lead.
(5) Printing ink or ceramic glaze that contains less than 0.06
percent (600 parts per million) lead by weight.
(6) Class 3 material that contains less than 0.02 percent (200
parts per million) lead by weight.
(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a person shall not
manufacture, ship, sell, offer for sale, or offer for promotional
purposes body piercing jewelry for retail sale or promotional
purposes in the state, unless the body piercing jewelry is made of
one or more of the following materials:
(1) Surgical implant stainless steel.
(2) Surgical implant grade of titanium.
(3) Niobium (Nb).
(4) Solid 14 karat or higher white or yellow nickel-free gold.
(5) Solid platinum.
(6) A dense low-porosity plastic, including, but not limited to,
Tygon or Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), if the plastic contains no
intentionally added lead.
(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (d) of Section 25214.3, as of
January 1, 2012, a person shall not manufacture, ship, sell, offer
for sale, or offer for promotional purposes children's jewelry that
contains any component or is made of any material that is more than
0.03 percent cadmium (300 parts per million) by weight. This
subdivision shall not apply to any toy regulated for cadmium exposure
under the federal Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008
(P.L. 110-314).
(e) The department may establish a standard for children's jewelry
or for a component of children's jewelry that is more protective of
public health, of sensitive subpopulations, or of the environment
than the standard established pursuant to subdivision (d).