Md. Code, Health-Gen. § 21-259.2

Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session effective on or before 7/1/2024, from Chs.. 2 through 1049
Section 21-259.2 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Sale of cosmetic products containing certain intentionally added ingredients
(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.

Md. Code, HG § 21-259.2

Added by 2021 Md. Laws, Ch. 490, Sec. 1, eff. 1/1/2025.