Document Citation: 35 P.S. § 1275.5

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PENNSYLVANIA STATUTES
TITLE 35. HEALTH AND SAFETY
CHAPTER 13A. FIREWORKS AND EXPLOSIVES

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08/31/2009

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§ 1275.5. Operation of consumer fireworks facilities

A facility licensed by the Department of Agriculture shall be exclusively dedicated to the storage and sale of consumer fireworks and related items, and the facility shall operate in accordance with the following rules:

(1) There shall be security personnel on the premises for the seven (7) days preceding and including July 4 and for the three (3) days preceding and including January 2.

(2) No smoking shall be permitted in the facility.

(3) No cigarettes or tobacco products, matches, lighters, or any other flame-producing devices shall be permitted to be taken into the facility.

(4) No minors shall be permitted in the facility unless accompanied by an adult, and each minor shall stay with the adult in the facility.

(5) All facilities shall carry at least two million dollars ($ 2,000,000) in public and product liability insurance.

(6) A licensee shall provide its employes with documented training in the area of operational safety of a facility. The licensee shall provide to the Department of Agriculture written documentation that each employe has received such training.

(7) No display fireworks shall be stored or located at a facility.

(8) No person who appears to be under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs shall be admitted to the facility, and no liquor, beer, or wine shall be permitted in the facility.

(9) No consumer fireworks or display fireworks shall be ignited within three hundred (300) feet of a facility.

(10) Emergency evacuation plans shall be conspicuously posted in appropriate locations within the facility.