Title 23
Health and Safety

Chapter 24.11
Comprehensive Children’s Jewelry Safety Act

R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-24.11-2

§ 23-24.11-2. Definitions.

(a) “Children’s jewelry” means jewelry designed or intended primarily for use by children twelve (12) years of age or younger to be worn as an item of personal ornamentation, and does not include:

(1) Toys or other products intended for use when a child plays;

(2) Accessories;

(3) Apparel;

(4) Footwear; or

(5) Any other product whose purpose is primarily functional and not ornamental.

(b) “ASTM F 2923-11” means the ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) International Standard Specification for Consumer Product Safety for Children’s Jewelry in effect on January 1, 2012.

History of Section.
P.L. 2012, ch. 377, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 393, § 1.