Which CPSC rules apply to which product?

Name: Which CPSC rules apply to which product?
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CPC or GCC, and the citation codes CPSC lists for each rule, for common product types.

Last checked: 2026-09-22 · Source: our mapping of CPSC's citation code list CPSC · Licence: CC BY 4.0

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This table maps 62 common product types to the CPSC rules most likely to apply, using only the citation codes in CPSC's own eFiling list. Children's products need a CPC and third-party testing; general-use products under a rule need a GCC. It is our editorial mapping of CPSC's codes, not a CPSC publication: confirm against the rules and with your lab. CPSC

Product type	Group	Certificate	Core rules	Also, when…	Note
Toy for children 12 or under	Toys	CPC	ASTM F963 ASTM F963 toy standard (16 CFR 1250)	1278a always for children's products: total lead content 1303 if the product has paint or a surface coating 1307 if it is a toy or a child care article (sleep, feeding, sucking, teething) 1501 if intended for children under 3 (small parts) 1505 if electrically operated 1262 if it contains magnets 1263.3 if it contains button or coin batteries	ASTM F963 is certified section by section: every applicable section is its own citation code.
Water beads (children's)	Toys	CPC	1250.4 16 CFR 1250.4: Safety Standard for Water Beads	1278a always for children's products: total lead content 1303 if the product has paint or a surface coating 1307 if it is a toy or a child care article (sleep, feeding, sucking, teething)
Rattle	Toys	CPC	1510 16 CFR 1510: Safety Standards for Rattles ASTM F963 ASTM F963 toy standard (16 CFR 1250)	1278a always for children's products: total lead content 1303 if the product has paint or a surface coating 1307 if it is a toy or a child care article (sleep, feeding, sucking, teething)
Pacifier	Baby and nursery	CPC	1511 16 CFR 1511: Requirements for Pacifiers	1278a always for children's products: total lead content 1303 if the product has paint or a surface coating 1307 if it is a toy or a child care article (sleep, feeding, sucking, teething)
Full-size crib	Baby and nursery	CPC	1219 16 CFR 1219: Safety Standard for Full-Size Cribs	1278a always for children's products: total lead content 1303 if the product has paint or a surface coating 1307 if it is a toy or a child care article (sleep, feeding, sucking, teething)
Non-full-size crib	Baby and nursery	CPC	1220 16 CFR 1220: Safety Standard for Non-Full-Size Cribs	1278a always for children's products: total lead content 1303 if the product has paint or a surface coating 1307 if it is a toy or a child care article (sleep, feeding, sucking, teething)
Play yard	Baby and nursery	CPC	1221 16 CFR 1221: Safety Standard for Play Yards	1278a always for children's products: total lead content 1303 if the product has paint or a surface coating 1307 if it is a toy or a child care article (sleep, feeding, sucking, teething)
Bassinet or cradle	Baby and nursery	CPC	1218 16 CFR 1218: Safety Standard for Bassinets and Cradles	1278a always for children's products: total lead content 1303 if the product has paint or a surface coating 1307 if it is a toy or a child care article (sleep, feeding, sucking, teething)
Bedside sleeper	Baby and nursery	CPC	1222 16 CFR 1222: Safety Standard for Bedside Sleepers	1278a always for children's products: total lead content 1303 if the product has paint or a surface coating 1307 if it is a toy or a child care article (sleep, feeding, sucking, teething)
Other infant sleep product	Baby and nursery	CPC	1236 16 CFR 1236: Safety Standard for Infant Sleep Products	1278a always for children's products: total lead content 1303 if the product has paint or a surface coating 1307 if it is a toy or a child care article (sleep, feeding, sucking, teething)
Crib mattress	Baby and nursery	CPC	1241 16 CFR 1241: Safety Standard for Crib Mattresses	1278a always for children's products: total lead content 1303 if the product has paint or a surface coating 1307 if it is a toy or a child care article (sleep, feeding, sucking, teething) 1632 mattress flammability 1633 mattress flammability (open flame)
Toddler bed	Baby and nursery	CPC	1217 16 CFR 1217: Safety Standard for Toddler Beds	1278a always for children's products: total lead content 1303 if the product has paint or a surface coating 1307 if it is a toy or a child care article (sleep, feeding, sucking, teething)
High chair	Baby and nursery	CPC	1231 16 CFR 1231: Safety Standard for High Chairs	1278a always for children's products: total lead content 1303 if the product has paint or a surface coating 1307 if it is a toy or a child care article (sleep, feeding, sucking, teething)
Booster seat	Baby and nursery	CPC	1237 16 CFR 1237: Safety Standard for Booster Seats	1278a always for children's products: total lead content 1303 if the product has paint or a surface coating 1307 if it is a toy or a child care article (sleep, feeding, sucking, teething)
Portable hook-on chair	Baby and nursery	CPC	1233 16 CFR 1233: Safety Standard for Portable Hook-On Chairs	1278a always for children's products: total lead content 1303 if the product has paint or a surface coating 1307 if it is a toy or a child care article (sleep, feeding, sucking, teething)
Stroller or carriage	Baby and nursery	CPC	1227 16 CFR 1227: Safety Standard for Carriages and Strollers	1278a always for children's products: total lead content 1303 if the product has paint or a surface coating 1307 if it is a toy or a child care article (sleep, feeding, sucking, teething)
Soft infant and toddler carrier	Baby and nursery	CPC	1226 16 CFR 1226: Safety Standard for Soft Infant and Toddler Carriers	1278a always for children's products: total lead content 1303 if the product has paint or a surface coating 1307 if it is a toy or a child care article (sleep, feeding, sucking, teething)
Sling carrier	Baby and nursery	CPC	1228 16 CFR 1228: Safety Standard for Sling Carriers	1278a always for children's products: total lead content 1303 if the product has paint or a surface coating 1307 if it is a toy or a child care article (sleep, feeding, sucking, teething)
Frame child carrier	Baby and nursery	CPC	1230 16 CFR 1230: Safety Standard for Frame Child Carriers	1278a always for children's products: total lead content 1303 if the product has paint or a surface coating 1307 if it is a toy or a child care article (sleep, feeding, sucking, teething)
Hand-held infant carrier	Baby and nursery	CPC	1225 16 CFR 1225: Safety Standard for Hand-Held Infant Carriers	1278a always for children's products: total lead content 1303 if the product has paint or a surface coating 1307 if it is a toy or a child care article (sleep, feeding, sucking, teething)
Infant bouncer seat	Baby and nursery	CPC	1229 16 CFR 1229: Safety Standard for Infant Bouncer Seats	1278a always for children's products: total lead content 1303 if the product has paint or a surface coating 1307 if it is a toy or a child care article (sleep, feeding, sucking, teething)
Infant or cradle swing	Baby and nursery	CPC	1223 16 CFR 1223: Safety Standard for Infant and Cradle Swings	1278a always for children's products: total lead content 1303 if the product has paint or a surface coating 1307 if it is a toy or a child care article (sleep, feeding, sucking, teething)
Infant walker	Baby and nursery	CPC	1216 16 CFR 1216: Safety Standard for Infant Walkers	1278a always for children's products: total lead content 1303 if the product has paint or a surface coating 1307 if it is a toy or a child care article (sleep, feeding, sucking, teething)
Stationary activity center	Baby and nursery	CPC	1238 16 CFR 1238: Safety Standard for Stationary Activity Centers	1278a always for children's products: total lead content 1303 if the product has paint or a surface coating 1307 if it is a toy or a child care article (sleep, feeding, sucking, teething)
Infant bath seat	Baby and nursery	CPC	1215 16 CFR 1215: Safety Standard for Infant Bath Seats	1278a always for children's products: total lead content 1303 if the product has paint or a surface coating 1307 if it is a toy or a child care article (sleep, feeding, sucking, teething)
Infant bath tub	Baby and nursery	CPC	1234 16 CFR 1234: Safety Standard for Infant Bath Tubs	1278a always for children's products: total lead content 1303 if the product has paint or a surface coating 1307 if it is a toy or a child care article (sleep, feeding, sucking, teething)
Baby changing product	Baby and nursery	CPC	1235 16 CFR 1235: Safety Standard for Baby Changing Products	1278a always for children's products: total lead content 1303 if the product has paint or a surface coating 1307 if it is a toy or a child care article (sleep, feeding, sucking, teething)
Baby gate or enclosure	Baby and nursery	CPC	1239 16 CFR 1239: Safety Standard for Gates and Enclosures	1278a always for children's products: total lead content 1303 if the product has paint or a surface coating 1307 if it is a toy or a child care article (sleep, feeding, sucking, teething)
Portable bedrail (children's)	Baby and nursery	CPC	1224 16 CFR 1224: Safety Standard for Portable Bedrails	1278a always for children's products: total lead content 1303 if the product has paint or a surface coating 1307 if it is a toy or a child care article (sleep, feeding, sucking, teething)
Nursing pillow	Baby and nursery	CPC	1242 16 CFR 1242: Safety Standard for Nursing Pillows	1278a always for children's products: total lead content 1303 if the product has paint or a surface coating 1307 if it is a toy or a child care article (sleep, feeding, sucking, teething)
Infant support cushion	Baby and nursery	CPC	1243 16 CFR 1243: Safety Standard for Infant Support Cushions	1278a always for children's products: total lead content 1303 if the product has paint or a surface coating 1307 if it is a toy or a child care article (sleep, feeding, sucking, teething)
Infant neck float	Baby and nursery	CPC	1250.5 16 CFR 1250.5: Safety Standard for Neck Floats	1278a always for children's products: total lead content 1303 if the product has paint or a surface coating 1307 if it is a toy or a child care article (sleep, feeding, sucking, teething)
Children's clothing (not sleepwear)	Apparel	CPC	1610 Adult Wearing Apparel	1278a always for children's products: total lead content 1303 if the product has paint or a surface coating	Apparel of the same material in several styles, sizes and colours counts as one product if manufactured and tested together (Product Registry FAQ 12).
Children's sleepwear, sizes 0 to 6X	Apparel	CPC	1615 16 CFR 1615: Safety Standard for the Flammability of Children’s Sleepwear: Sizes 0 through 6X	1278a always for children's products: total lead content 1303 if the product has paint or a surface coating
Children's sleepwear, sizes 7 to 14	Apparel	CPC	1616 16 CFR 1616: Safety Standard for the Flammability of Children’s Sleepwear: Sizes 7 through 14	1278a always for children's products: total lead content 1303 if the product has paint or a surface coating
Adult clothing	Apparel	GCC	—	1610 unless an exemption in 16 CFR 1610.1(d) applies	Adult apparel claiming the 1610.1(d)(1) or (d)(2) exemption is filed as Disclaim B with intended use code 130.006, per CPSC's disclaim guidance.
Children's furniture (chairs, tables, stools)	Furniture	CPC	—	1278a always for children's products: total lead content 1303 if the product has paint or a surface coating 1232 if it is a folding chair or stool
Bunk bed	Furniture	CPC or GCC	—	1513 children's bunk bed 1213 general-use bunk bed
Dresser or other clothing storage unit	Furniture	CPC or GCC	1261 16 CFR 1261: Safety Standard for Clothing Storage Units	1278a if a children's product 1303 if painted or coated
Mattress or mattress pad	Furniture	CPC or GCC	1632 16 CFR 1632: Standard for the Flammability of Mattresses and Mattress Pads 1633 16 CFR 1633: Standard for the Flammability (Open Flame)of Mattress Sets	—
Upholstered furniture	Furniture	GCC	—	—	CPSC's citation list puts 16 CFR 1640 (upholstered furniture) under 'No Certificate Required': compliance is required but a certificate is not.
Carpet or rug	Home	CPC or GCC	—	1630 large carpets and rugs 1631 small carpets and rugs
Bicycle	Sport and ride-on	CPC or GCC	1512 16 CFR 1512: Requirements for Bicycles	1278a if a children's bicycle
Bicycle helmet	Sport and ride-on	CPC or GCC	1203 16 CFR 1203: Safety Standard for Bicycle Helmets	1278a if a children's helmet
All-terrain vehicle (ATV)	Sport and ride-on	CPC or GCC	1420 16 CFR 1420: Requirements for All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs)	—
Product with button or coin batteries	Electrical and batteries	CPC or GCC	1263.3 16 CFR 1263.3: Requirements for Button Cell or Coin Batteries and Consumer Products Containing Such Batteries	1263.4 labeling of the battery packaging 2056e special packaging for the batteries
Product with small magnets	Home	CPC or GCC	1262 16 CFR 1262: Safety Standard for Magnets	—
Cigarette or multipurpose lighter	Home	GCC	—	1210 cigarette lighters 1212 multipurpose lighters
Candle	Home	GCC	—	1500.17(a)(13) the ban on candles with metal-cored wicks
Portable gas or fuel container	Home	GCC	1460 16 CFR 1460: Safety Standard for Child-Resistance for Closures on Portable Gas Containers 1461 16 CFR 1461: Portable Fuel Container Safety Act Regulation	—
Liquid nicotine container	Home	GCC	1472a 15 USC 1472a: Special Packaging for Liquid Nicotine (CNPPA)	1700 poison prevention packaging
Walk-behind power lawn mower	Home	GCC	1205 16 CFR 1205: Safety Standard for Walk-Behind Power Lawn Mowers	—
Residential garage door opener	Home	GCC	1211 16 CFR 1211: Safety Standard for Automatic Residential Garage Door Operators	—
Pool or spa drain cover	Home	GCC	1450 16 CFR 1450: Safety Standard for Swimming Pool and Spa Drain Covers	—
Consumer fireworks	Home	GCC	1507 16 CFR 1507: Fireworks Devices	—
Drywall	Home	GCC	2056c 15 USC 2056c: Requirements for Sulfur Content in Drywall	—
Adult portable bedrail	Home	GCC	1270 16 CFR 1270: Safety Standard for Adult Portable Bedrails	—
Children's shoes	Apparel	CPC	—	1278a always for children's products: total lead content 1303 if the product has paint or a surface coating
Children's jewelry	Toys	CPC	—	1278a always for children's products: total lead content 1303 if the product has paint or a surface coating
Matchbooks	Home	GCC	1202 16 CFR 1202: Safety Standard for Matchbooks	—
CB base station antenna	Electrical and batteries	GCC	1204 16 CFR 1204: Safety Standard for Omnidirectional Citizens Band Base Station Antennas	—
Toy or look-alike firearm	Toys	CPC or GCC	1272 16 CFR 1272: Marking of Toy, Look-Alike, and Imitation Firearms	—

Limits

The mapping lists the rules most likely to apply, not every rule that could. Materials, age grading and features change the answer.
Tracking labels (CPSA section 14(a)(5)) apply to children's products but are a statutory marking duty, not a citation code.
A product outside CPSC's jurisdiction, or under no certificate rule, may use a Disclaim message instead.

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