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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="24-306.1" 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 the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Adult mattress” means any mattress other than a toddler mattress, a crib mattress, or any other infant sleep product.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Flame–retardant chemical” means a chemical that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Is used to resist or inhibit the spread of fire or act as a synergist to chemicals that resist or inhibit the spread of fire, including any chemical for which the term “flame retardant” appears on a safety data sheet developed in accordance with 29 C.F.R. 1910.1200(g); and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <level label="1">
          <text>Contains one or more halogen elements, including fluorine, chlorine, bromine, or iodine;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Contains one or more carbon elements and one or more phosphorus elements;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Contains one or more carbon elements and one or more nitrogen elements; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>Is a nanoscale chemical.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <level label="i">
        <text>“Juvenile product” means a consumer product intended for use by a child under the age of 12 years.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Juvenile product” includes a bassinet, a booster seat, a changing pad, a children’s nap mat, a floor playmat, a high chair, a high chair pad, an infant bouncer, an infant carrier, an infant seat, an infant swing, an infant walker, a nursing pad, a nursing pillow, a playpen side pad, a play yard, a portable hook–on chair, and a stroller.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>“Juvenile product” does not include:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>A product that is not primarily intended for use in the home, including a product that is, or is a component part of, a motor vehicle, a watercraft, an aircraft, or any other vehicle;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>A product regulated under 49 C.F.R. Part 571;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>A consumer electronic product; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>A product regulated under § 24–306 of this subtitle.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>“Mattress” has the meaning stated in 16 C.F.R. § 1632.1.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>“Reupholstered furniture” means furniture for which the original fabric, padding, decking, barrier material, foam, or other resilient filling has been replaced and that has not been sold since the time of replacement.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>“Upholstered furniture” means furniture that includes filling materials, barrier materials, decking materials, or cover fabrics.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section does not apply to the sale or distribution of a juvenile product, mattress, upholstered furniture, or reupholstered furniture that is resold, offered for resale, or distributed by a consumer for consumer use.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection does not apply to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>An electronic component, or the casing for an electronic component, of a juvenile product, mattress, upholstered furniture, or reupholstered furniture;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A component of upholstered or reupholstered furniture other than cover fabric, barrier material, resilient filling material, and decking material;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Thread or fiber when used for stitching mattress components together; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Except for foam, a component of an adult mattress.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person may not import, sell, or offer for sale any juvenile product, mattress, upholstered furniture, or reupholstered furniture that contains more than 0.1% of flame–retardant chemicals by mass.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, if a person willfully violates this section, the Secretary may assess a civil penalty:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>For a first violation, not exceeding $2,500;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>For a second violation, not exceeding $5,000;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>For a third violation, not exceeding $7,500; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>For any subsequent violation, not exceeding $10,000 for each violation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In determining the amount of a penalty under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Secretary shall consider:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The nature and severity of the violation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The good faith of the person;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The history of violations by the person; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>The extent to which the person cooperated with any investigation by the Department.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>On or before June 1, 2021, the Department shall adopt regulations to carry out this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
