(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, the administrator, as defined in § 21a-335, may adopt, within available appropriations, regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to require certain consumer products determined by the administrator that bear lead-containing paint or that have lead in any part of the product and that a child may reasonably or foreseeably come into contact with, to carry a warning label described in this section. If the administrator adopts such regulations, no person, firm or corporation engaged in commerce shall have, offer for sale, sell or give away any consumer product, identified in such regulations, that may be used by the general public unless it bears a warning statement prescribed by federal regulations or, if no warning statement is prescribed by federal regulations, bears a warning statement that meets the requirements of subdivision (1) or (2) of this subsection, as appropriate. (1) The warning statement shall be as follows when the consumer product bears lead-containing paint: “WARNING-CONTAINS LEAD. DRIED FILM OF THIS SUBSTANCE MAY BE HARMFUL IF EATEN OR CHEWED. See Other Cautions on (Side or Back) Panel. Do not apply on toys, or other children’s articles, furniture, or interior or exterior exposed surfaces of any residential building or facility that may be occupied or used by children. KEEP OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDREN.”. (2) The warning statement shall be as follows when the consumer product bears a form of lead other than lead-containing paint: “WARNING–CONTAINS LEAD. MAY BE HARMFUL IF EATEN OR CHEWED. MAY GENERATE DUST CONTAINING LEAD. KEEP OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDREN.”. The placement, conspicuousness and contrast of such labeling shall be in accordance with 16 C.F.R. § 1500.121.

(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to children’s products, and those consumer products with lead-containing components, but whose lead-containing components are not accessible to a child because they are not physically exposed by reason of a covering or casing and they will not become physically exposed through normal and reasonably foreseeable use and abuse of the product.