Trade Regulation

ORS 646A.080
Sale of novelty item containing mercury

  • penalty


(1)

A person may not sell or offer for sale a novelty item that contains encapsulated liquid mercury.

(2)

Upon notification to the Department of Environmental Quality by any person that a novelty item for sale in the state contains encapsulated liquid mercury, the department shall notify persons identified as selling the novelty item of the prohibition on the sale of such items.

(3)

The department may impose a penalty as provided in ORS 459.995 (Civil penalties) if a person continues to sell a novelty item that contains encapsulated liquid mercury after notification of the prohibition on the sale of such items. [Formerly 646.845]

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May 26, 2023