Maryland Statutes
Part VI - Enforcement of Subtitle; Prohibited Acts
Section 21-259.2 - Prohibition on Certain Ingredients Knowingly Included in Cosmetic Products

** TAKES EFFECT JANUARY 1, 2025 PER CHAPTER 490 OF 2021 **
    (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.