California Code
PART 3 - PRODUCT SAFETY
CHAPTER 4 - California Hazardous Substances Act

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions

Section 108100. - 108100. This chapter shall be known as the California Hazardous...

Section 108105. - 108105. Unless the provisions or the context otherwise requires, these...

Section 108110. - 108110. The term “art or craft material” means any raw...

Section 108115. - 108115. “Department” means the State Department of Health Services. (Added...

Section 108120. - 108120. As used in this chapter, “federal act” means the...

Section 108125. - 108125. The term “hazardous substance” means: (a) Any substance or...

Section 108130. - 108130. The term “hazardous substance” shall not apply to any...

Section 108135. - 108135. The term “hazardous substance” shall apply to any article...

Section 108140. - 108140. The term “human carcinogen” means any substance listed as...

Section 108145. - 108145. The term “toxic” shall apply to any substance, other...

Section 108150. - 108150. The term “toxic substance causing chronic illness” means any...

Section 108155. - 108155. “Highly toxic” means any substance that falls within any...

Section 108160. - 108160. If the department finds that available data on human...

Section 108165. - 108165. “Corrosive” means any substance which in contact with living...

Section 108170. - 108170. “Irritant” means any substance not corrosive within the meaning...

Section 108175. - 108175. “Strong sensitizer” means a substance that will cause on...

Section 108180. - 108180. The term “extremely flammable” shall apply to any substance...

Section 108185. - 108185. “Radioactive substance” means a substance that emits ionizing radiation....

Section 108190. - 108190. “Label” means a display of written, printed, or graphic...

Section 108195. - 108195. The term “immediate container” does not include package liners....

Section 108200. - 108200. The term “misbranded hazardous substance” means a hazardous substance...

Section 108205. - 108205. The term “banned hazardous substance” means either: (a) Any...

Section 108210. - 108210. (a) An article may be determined to present an...

Section 108215. - 108215. The department, by regulation, shall exempt from subdivision (a)...

Section 108220. - 108220. Proceedings for the issuance, amendment, or repeal of regulations...

Section 108225. - 108225. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, no substance...

ARTICLE 2 - Articles For Children

Section 108230. - 108230. A determination by the department that a toy or...

Section 108235. - 108235. If, before or during the making of a determination...

ARTICLE 3 - Prohibitions

Section 108240. - 108240. The manufacture, production, preparation, compounding, packing, selling, offering for...

Section 108245. - 108245. Any person who imports or receives from any other...

Section 108250. - 108250. The packing, selling, offering for sale, or keeping for...

Section 108255. - 108255. The department may by regulation prohibit the use of...

Section 108260. - 108260. The alteration, mutilation, destruction, obliteration, or removal of the...

Section 108265. - 108265. It shall be unlawful to refuse to permit entry...

Section 108270. - 108270. No person shall be prosecuted under this chapter if,...

Section 108275. - 108275. If the guarantee is to the effect that the...

Section 108280. - 108280. The giving of a guarantee referred to in Section...

Section 108285. - 108285. No person shall be prosecuted under this chapter if...

Section 108290. - 108290. The use by any person to his or her...

Section 108295. - 108295. Any person who violates any of the provisions of...

Section 108300. - 108300. For the purpose of enforcing this chapter, carriers engaged...

Section 108305. - 108305. Before any violation of this chapter is reported to...

ARTICLE 4 - Repurchase

Section 108310. - 108310. For the purposes of this article, the following terms...

Section 108315. - 108315. In the case of any article or substance sold...

ARTICLE 5 - Administration

Section 108320. - 108320. The department may adopt regulations regarding hazardous substances as...

Section 108325. - 108325. Whenever in the judgment of the department the action...

Section 108330. - 108330. If the department finds that the requirements of Section...

Section 108335. - 108335. The regulations shall be adopted by the department in...

Section 108340. - 108340. To the extent that the requirements of this chapter...

Section 108345. - 108345. A federal regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter takes...

Section 108350. - 108350. If substantial objections are made to a federal regulation...

Section 108355. - 108355. If the department finds that, because of the size...

Section 108360. - 108360. The department may exempt from the requirements established by,...

Section 108365. - 108365. The department may appoint agents as it may deem...

Section 108370. - 108370. The department or its duly authorized agent shall have...

Section 108375. - 108375. Whenever a duly authorized agent of the department finds,...

Section 108380. - 108380. Whenever the findings of the department show, after investigation...

Section 108385. - 108385. A hazardous substance found to be misbranded, or to...

Section 108390. - 108390. When a misbranded hazardous substance or a banned hazardous...

Section 108395. - 108395. If the court finds that a detained or quarantined...

Section 108400. - 108400. If the misbranding can be corrected by proper labeling...

Section 108405. - 108405. The bond shall be returned to the claimant of...

Section 108410. - 108410. The department shall cause to be published from time...

Section 108415. - 108415. In addition to the remedies heretofore provided, the department...

Section 108420. - 108420. If any provision of this chapter is declared unconstitutional,...

ARTICLE 6 - Art or Craft Materials

Section 108500. - 108500. For the purposes of this article, an art or...

Section 108505. - 108505. The Legislature finds and declares that there exists a...

Section 108510. - 108510. No person shall distribute, sell, offer for sale, or...

Section 108515. - 108515. (a) The manufacturer of any art or craft material...