California Code
DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
PART 3 - PRODUCT SAFETY

CHAPTER 2 - Product Recall Safety and Protection Act

Section 108040. - 108040. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited,...

Section 108042. - 108042. As used in this chapter, the following terms have...

Section 108044. - 108044. (a) No commercial dealer, manufacturer, importer, distributor, wholesaler, or...

Section 108046. - 108046. (a) A commercial dealer, manufacturer, importer, distributor, or wholesaler...

Section 108048. - 108048. Nothing in this chapter relieves a commercial dealer, manufacturer,...

Section 108050. - 108050. (a) Any violation of this chapter shall be subject...

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...

CHAPTER 5 - Consumer Products

ARTICLE 1 - Water Heater Warning Labels

Section 108525. - 108525. A warning label shall be affixed near the thermostat...

ARTICLE 2 - Toy Safety

Section 108550. - 108550. “Toy,” as used in this article, means an article...

Section 108555. - 108555. (a) No person shall manufacture, sell, or exchange, have...

Section 108560. - 108560. (a) All toys offered for sale or exchange, shall...

Section 108565. - 108565. (a) Whenever a duly authorized representative of the department...

Section 108570. - 108570. No person shall knowingly remove, sell, or dispose of...

Section 108575. - 108575. When an authorized agent of the department or the...

Section 108580. - 108580. When a toy is alleged to be in violation...

Section 108585. - 108585. (a) No person shall knowingly manufacture, sell, or offer...

ARTICLE 3 - Beer Dispensing Equipment Safety

Section 108600. - 108600. As used in this article, unless the context requires...

Section 108605. - 108605. On or after January 1, 1984, a visually inspectable...

Section 108610. - 108610. Any commercial establishment or retail distributor that violates the...

ARTICLE 4 - Bucket Labeling

Section 108625. - 108625. A manufacturer, distributor, or seller of plastic or metal...

Section 108630. - 108630. Any person subject to the labeling requirements of this...

Section 108635. - 108635. Any person who violates this article is guilty of...

Section 108640. - 108640. This article shall become operative on September 1, 1993,...

ARTICLE 5 - Charcoal Hazards

Section 108650. - 108650. No person shall sell or offer for sale charcoal...

Section 108655. - 108655. The warning label required pursuant to Section 108650 shall...

Section 108660. - 108660. For bags of charcoal, the warning label specified in...

Section 108665. - 108665. Any violation of any provision of this chapter shall...

CHAPTER 6 - Poison Prevention Packaging Act

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and General Provisions

Section 108675. - 108675. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 108680. - 108680. Unless the provisions or the context otherwise requires, these...

ARTICLE 2 - Regulations

Section 108685. - 108685. The department shall, pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with...

Section 108690. - 108690. In establishing a standard under Section 108685, the department...

Section 108695. - 108695. To the extent that the requirements of this chapter...

Section 108700. - 108700. Any federal regulation adopted by the department pursuant to...

Section 108705. - 108705. If substantial objections are made to a federal regulation...

Section 108710. - 108710. Nothing in this chapter shall authorize the department to...

ARTICLE 3 - Marketing of Conventional Packages

Section 108715. - 108715. For the purposes of making any household substance that...

Section 108720. - 108720. If a household substance subject to such a standard...

Section 108725. - 108725. If a household substance subject to such a standard...

CHAPTER 7 - Children's Poison Prevention Packaging Act

Section 108750. - 108750. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 108755. - 108755. As used in this chapter: (a) “Household” means any...

Section 108760. - 108760. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any toxic...

Section 108765. - 108765. (a) Manufacturers of toxic household products that contain any...

Section 108770. - 108770. (a) It is unlawful for any person to distribute...

Section 108775. - 108775. (a) Any person may bring a civil action in...

Section 108780. - 108780. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter...

Section 108785. - 108785. All civil penalties collected pursuant to Section 108780 shall...

CHAPTER 8 - Label Requirements

Section 108800. - 108800. Cautionary statements that are required by law, or regulations...

Section 108805. - 108805. Unless a specific color is prescribed, the cautionary statements...

Section 108810. - 108810. The words “safe,” “safely,” “safety,” or words having the...

Section 108815. - 108815. Nothing in this chapter shall apply to products produced...

Section 108820. - 108820. Any violation of this chapter is a misdemeanor. (Added...

Section 108825. - 108825. This chapter shall become operative January 1, 1960. (Added...

CHAPTER 9 - Control of Lead Release From Tableware

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions

Section 108850. - 108850. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 108855. - 108855. For purposes of this chapter the following definitions shall...

ARTICLE 2 - Standards

Section 108860. - 108860. It is unlawful to manufacture, process, import, sell, deliver,...

Section 108870. - 108870. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (c) and (d),...

ARTICLE 3 - Enforcement

Section 108875. - 108875. The department is responsible for the administration and enforcement...

Section 108880. - 108880. (a) For fiscal years 1991–92 and 1992–93, the department...

Section 108885. - 108885. The department and a health officer, as defined in...

Section 108890. - 108890. (a) For the purposes of enforcing this chapter, any...

Section 108895. - 108895. The department may publish or publicly distribute any information...

Section 108900. - 108900. (a) The department may impose a civil penalty payable...

Section 108905. - 108905. (a) Whenever an authorized agent of the department finds,...

Section 108910. - 108910. Any tableware that violates this chapter shall also be...

Section 108915. - 108915. This chapter shall become operative on July 1, 1991....

CHAPTER 10 - Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers

Section 108920. - 108920. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 108921. - 108921. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:...

Section 108922. - 108922. On and after June 1, 2006, a person may...

Section 108923. - 108923. On or before March 1, 2004, the Senate Office...

CHAPTER 11 - Phthalates in Products for Young Children

Section 108935. - 108935. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms...

Section 108937. - 108937. (a) Commencing January 1, 2009, no person or entity...

Section 108939. - 108939. (a) Manufacturers shall use the least toxic alternative when...

CHAPTER 12 - Bisphenol A

Section 108940. - 108940. (a) On and after July 1, 2013, no person...

Section 108941. - 108941. (a) Manufacturers shall use the least toxic alternative when...

CHAPTER 12.5 - Juvenile Products

Section 108945. - 108945. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:...

Section 108946. - 108946. On and after July 1, 2023, a person, including,...

Section 108947. - 108947. A manufacturer shall use the least toxic alternative when...

CHAPTER 13 - Cleaning Product Right to Know Act of 2017

Section 108950. - 108950. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to...

Section 108952. - 108952. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall...

Section 108954. - 108954. (a) A manufacturer of a designated product sold in...

Section 108954.5. - 108954.5. (a) The manufacturer of a designated product sold in...

Section 108955. - 108955. (a) To protect confidential business information, this chapter shall...

Section 108955.5. - 108955.5. An intentionally added ingredient, fragrance ingredient, or nonfunctional constituent...

Section 108956. - 108956. (a) The online disclosure requirements described in Section 108954.5...

Section 108958. - 108958. A designated product shall not be sold in the...

Section 108960. - 108960. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to restrict...

CHAPTER 13.5 - Textile Articles

Section 108970. - 108970. For purposes of this article, the following terms have...

Section 108971. - 108971. (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), commencing...

CHAPTER 14 - Cosmetic Safety

Section 108980. - 108980. (a) Commencing January 1, 2025, no person or entity...

Section 108981. - 108981. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 108981.5. - 108981.5. Beginning January 1, 2025, no person or entity shall...

Section 108982. - 108982. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have...

CHAPTER 15 - Chemicals of Concern in Food Packaging and Cookware

ARTICLE 1 - Plant-Based Food Packaging Containing PFAS

Section 109000. - 109000. (a) For purposes of this article, the following terms...

ARTICLE 2 - Chemical Disclosures for Cookware

Section 109010. - 109010. For purposes of this article, the following terms have...

Section 109011. - 109011. (a) Commencing on January 1, 2024, a manufacturer of...

Section 109012. - 109012. Commencing on January 1, 2023, a manufacturer of cookware...

Section 109013. - 109013. Commencing on January 1, 2023, on the internet website...

Section 109014. - 109014. Cookware that contains one or more intentionally added chemicals...

CHAPTER 16 - Mercury-Containing Lighting

Section 109020. - 109020. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:...

Section 109021. - 109021. (a) On and after January 1, 2024, a screw...

Section 109022. - 109022. This chapter does not apply to the following: (a)...