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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="24-304" title_number="24" title_name="Miscellaneous Provisions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Limitations on Manufacture or Sale">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section, “child care article” means an empty bottle or cup to be filled with food or liquid that is designed or intended by a manufacturer to be used by a child under the age of 4 years.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a federal law regulating the use of bisphenol–A in child care articles is enacted, “child care article” shall be defined as specified in the federal law.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>On or after January 1, 2012, a person may not manufacture, knowingly sell, or distribute in commerce any child care article containing bisphenol–A.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (g) of this section, on or after July 1, 2014:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The State may not purchase infant formula in containers containing more than 0.5 parts per billion of bisphenol–A; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person may not manufacture, knowingly sell, or distribute in commerce a container of infant formula containing more than 0.5 parts per billion of bisphenol–A.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>In complying with subsections (b) and (c) of this section, a person:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Shall use a safe and legal alternative when replacing bisphenol–A; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>May not replace bisphenol–A with:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Carcinogens rated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as Group A, B, or C carcinogens; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Reproductive toxicants that cause birth defects, reproductive harm, or developmental harm as identified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A person that violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $10,000 for each violation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>On or before January 1, 2012, the Department shall adopt regulations to carry out subsection (b) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>If the Secretary certifies that the safety concerns for bisphenol–A are resolved by additional research or if implementation of subsection (c) of this section would adversely affect the health or well–being of children or adults, the Secretary may suspend implementation of subsection (c) of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
