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Code · Maryland · Health - General

§ 21-259.2

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§21–259.2.
(a)In this section:
(1)“Ingredient” means any single chemical entity or mixture used as a component in the manufacture of a cosmetic product; and
(2)“Ingredient” does not include an incidental ingredient, as described in 21 C.F.R. § 701.3(l).
(b)Except as provided in subsection
(c)of this section, a person may not knowingly manufacture, sell, deliver, hold, or offer for sale in the State a cosmetic product that contains any of the following intentionally added ingredients:
(1)Dibutyl phthalate (CAS no. 84–74–2);
(2)Diethylhexyl phthalate (CAS no. 117–81–7);
(3)Formaldehyde (CAS no. 50–00–0);
(4)Paraformaldehyde (CAS no. 30525–89–4);
(5)Methylene glycol (CAS no. 463–57–0);
(6)Quaternium–15 (CAS no. 51229–78–8);
(7)Mercury (CAS no. 7439–97–6);
(8)Isobutylparaben (CAS no. 4247–02–3);
(9)Isopropylparaben (CAS no. 4191–73–5);
(10)m–Phenylenediamine and its salts (CAS no. 108–45–2);
(11)o–Phenylenediamine and its salts (CAS no. 95–54–5); or
(12)The following per– and polyfluoroalkyl substances
(PFAS)and their salts:
(i)Perfluorooctane sulfonate
(PFOS)or heptadecafluorooctane–1–sulfonic acid (CAS no. 1763–23–1);
(ii)Potassium perfluorooctanesulfonate or potassium heptadecafluorooctane–1–sulfonate (CAS no. 2795–39–3);
(iii)Diethanolamine perfluorooctane sulfonate (CAS no. 70225–14–8);
(iv)Ammonium perfluorooctane sulfonate or ammonium heptadecafluorooctanesulfonate (CAS no. 29081–56–9);
(v)Lithium perfluorooctane sulfonate or lithium heptadecafluorooctanesulfonate (CAS no. 29457–72–5);
(vi)Perfluorooctanoic acid
(PFOA)(CAS no. 335–67–1);
(vii)Ammonium pentadecafluorooctanoate (CAS no. 3825–26–1);
(viii)Nonadecafluorodecanoic acid (CAS no. 335–76–2);
(ix)Ammonium nonadecafluorodecanoate (CAS no. 3108–42–7);
(x)Sodium nonadecafluorodecanoate (CAS no. 3830–45–3);
(xi)Perfluorononanoic acid
(PFNA)(CAS no. 375–95–1);
(xii)Sodium heptadecafluorononanoate (CAS no. 21049–39–8); or
(xiii)Ammonium perfluorononanoate (CAS no. 4149–60–4).
(c)A person is not in violation of this section if the person manufactures, sells, delivers, holds, or offers for sale in the State a cosmetic product that:
(1)Was manufactured through a process intended to comply with this section; and
(2)Contains a technically unavoidable trace quantity of an ingredient listed in subsection
(b)of this section due to:
(i)An impurity of a natural or synthetic ingredient;
(ii)The manufacturing process;
(iii)Storage; or
(iv)Packaging.
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