16 CFR § 1262.1 - Scope, purpose, application, and exemptions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t16/s1262.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "16 CFR § 1262.1 - Scope, purpose, application, and exemptions."
title_number: 16
title_name: "Commercial Practices"
section_number: "1262.1"
section_name: "Scope, purpose, application, and exemptions."
chapter_name: "CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY ACT REGULATIONS"
part_number: "1262"
part_name: "SAFETY STANDARD FOR MAGNETS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "15 U.S.C. 2056, 2058."
regulatory_source: "87 FR 57789, Sept. 21, 2022, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1262"
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# 1262.1 Scope, purpose, application, and exemptions.
(a) *Scope and purpose.* This part, a consumer product safety standard, prescribes the safety requirements for a *subject magnet product,* as defined in § 1262.2(b). These requirements are intended to reduce or eliminate an unreasonable risk of death or injury to consumers who ingest one or more *hazardous magnets* (as defined in § 1262.2(a)) from a *subject magnet product.*
(b) *Application.* Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, all *subject magnet products* that are manufactured after October 21, 2022, are subject to the requirements of this part.
(c) *Exemption.* The following consumer products are exempt from the requirements of this part: Toys that are subject to 16 CFR part 1250.