108100. This chapter shall be known as the California Hazardous
Substances Act.
108105. Unless the provisions or the context otherwise requires,
these definitions, rules of construction, and general provisions
shall govern the construction of this chapter.
108110. The term "art or craft material" means any raw or processed
material or manufactured product marketed or being represented by
the manufacturer, repackager or retailer as being suitable for use in
any phase of the creation of any work of visual or graphic art of
any medium. These mediums may include, but shall not be limited to,
paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, ceramics, enamels, jewelry,
stained glass, plastic sculpture, photographs, and leather and
textile goods. The term shall not include economic poisons subject to
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (61 Stats.
163) or Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 12751) of Division 7 of
the Food and Agricultural Code; or to drugs, devices, or cosmetics,
that are subject to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act (52
Stats. 1040) or Part 5 (commencing with Section 109875).
108115. "Department" means the State Department of Health Services.
108120. As used in this chapter, "federal act" means the Federal
Hazardous Substances Act (74 Stats. 372; 15 U.S.C., Sec. 1261, et
seq.).
108125. The term "hazardous substance" means:
(a) Any substance or mixture of substances that (1) is toxic, (2)
is corrosive, (3) is an irritant, (4) is a strong sensitizer, (5) is
flammable or combustible, or (6) generates pressure through
decomposition, heat, or other means; if the substance or mixture of
substances may cause substantial personal injury or substantial
illness during or as a proximate result of any customary or
reasonably foreseeable handling or use, including reasonably
foreseeable ingestion by children.
(b) Any substances that the department by regulation finds
pursuant to the provisions of Section 108320 meet the requirements of
subdivision (a) of this section.
(c) Any radioactive substance, if, with respect to the substance
as used in a particular class of article or as packaged, the
department determines by regulation that the substance is
sufficiently hazardous to require labeling in accordance with this
chapter in order to protect the public health.
(d) Any toy or other article intended for use by children that the
department determines, by regulation, pursuant to the provisions of
Section 108320, presents an electrical, mechanical, or thermal
hazard.
108130. The term "hazardous substance" shall not apply to any of
the following:
(a) Foods, drugs, or cosmetics subject to the Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act (52 Stat. 1040) or Part 5 (commencing with Section
109875).
(b) Substances intended for use as fuels when stored in containers
and used in the heating, cooking, or refrigeration system of a
house.
(c) Source material, special nuclear material, or byproduct
material, as defined in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 919),
as amended, and regulations issued pursuant thereto by the Atomic
Energy Commission.
(d) Fertilizing materials regulated by Chapter 5 (commencing with
Section 14501) of Division 7 of the Food and Agricultural Code.
(e) Livestock remedies regulated by Chapter 4 (commencing with
Section 14200) of Division 7 of the Food and Agricultural Code.
(f) Economic poisons regulated by Chapter 2 (commencing with
Section 12751) of Division 7 of the Food and Agricultural Code,
except as provided in Section 108135.
(g) Economic poisons subject to the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (61 Stat. 163), except as provided in
Section 108135.
(h) Injurious substances as defined and regulated by Article 112
(commencing with Section 5225) of Group 16 of Subchapter 7 of Chapter
4 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations.
108135. The term "hazardous substance" shall apply to any article
that is not itself an economic poison within the meaning of the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act or Chapter 2
(commencing with Section 12751) of Division 7, of the Food and
Agricultural Code, but that is a hazardous substance within the
meaning of Section 108125 by reason of bearing or containing an
economic poison.
108140. The term "human carcinogen" means any substance listed as a
human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.
The term "potential human carcinogen" means one of the following:
(1) Any substance that does not meet the definition of human
carcinogen, but for which there exists sufficient evidence of
carcinogenicity in animals, as determined by the International Agency
for Research on Cancer.
(2) Any chemical shown to be changed by the human body into a
human carcinogen.
108145. The term "toxic" shall apply to any substance, other than a
radioactive substance, that has the capacity to produce personal
injury or illness to man through ingestion, inhalation, or absorption
through any body surface.
108150. The term "toxic substance causing chronic illness" means
any of the following:
(1) Human carcinogens.
(2) Potential human carcinogens.
(3) Any substance included in the list of hazardous substances
prepared by the Director of Industrial Relations, pursuant to Section
6382 of the Labor Code, notwithstanding exemptions made for
substances on the list that are used in particular forms,
circumstances, or concentrations, if the health hazard presented by
the substance is not the subject of label statements required by
federal law.
108155. "Highly toxic" means any substance that falls within any of
the following categories:
(a) Produces death within 14 days in half or more than half of a
group of 10 or more laboratory white rats each weighing between 200
and 300 grams, at a single dose of 50 milligrams or less per kilogram
of body weight, when orally administered.
(b) Produces death within 14 days in half or more than half of a
group of 10 or more laboratory white rats each weighing between 200
and 300 grams, when inhaled continuously for a period of one hour or
less at an atmospheric concentration of 200 parts per million by
volume or less of gas or vapor or two milligrams per liter by volume
or less of mist or dust, provided the concentration is likely to be
encountered by man when the substance is used in any reasonably
foreseeable manner.
(c) Produces death within 14 days in half or more than half of a
group of 10 or more rabbits tested in a dosage of 200 milligrams or
less per kilogram of body weight, when administered by continuous
contact with the bare skin for 24 hours or less.
108160. If the department finds that available data on human
experience with any substance indicate results different from those
obtained on animals with the dosages or concentrations stated in
Section 108155, the human data shall take precedence.
108165. "Corrosive" means any substance which in contact with
living tissue will cause destruction of tissue by chemical action;
but shall not refer to action on inanimate surfaces.
108170. "Irritant" means any substance not corrosive within the
meaning of Section 108165 that on immediate, prolonged, or repeated
contact with normal living tissue will induce a local inflammatory
reaction.
108175. "Strong sensitizer" means a substance that will cause on
normal living tissue through an allergic or photodynamic process a
hypersensitivity that becomes evident on reapplication of the same
substance and that is designated by the department. Before
designating any substance as a strong sensitizer, the department,
upon consideration of the frequency of occurrence and severity of the
reaction, shall find that the substance has a significant potential
for causing hypersensitivity.
108180. The term "extremely flammable" shall apply to any substance
that has a flashpoint at or below 20 degrees Fahrenheit, as
determined by the Tagliabue open-cup tester, the term "flammable" or
"combustible" shall apply to any substance that has a flashpoint of
above 20 degrees to and including 80 degrees Fahrenheit, as
determined by the Tagliabue open-cup tester, and the term
"combustible" shall apply to any substance that has a flashpoint
above 80 degrees Fahrenheit to and including 150 degrees, as
determined by the Tagliabue open-cup tester; except that the
flammability or combustibility of solids and of the contents of
self-pressurized containers shall be determined by methods found by
the department to be generally applicable to the materials or
containers, respectively, and established by regulations issued by
it, which regulations shall also define the terms "flammable" and
"combustible" and "extremely flammable" in accord with those methods.
108185. "Radioactive substance" means a substance that emits
ionizing radiation.
108190. "Label" means a display of written, printed, or graphic
matter upon the immediate container of any substance or, in the case
of an article that is unpackaged or is not packaged in an immediate
container intended or suitable for delivery to the ultimate consumer,
a display of the matter directly upon the article involved, or upon
a tag or other suitable material affixed thereto, and a requirement
made by, or pursuant to, this chapter that any word, statement, or
other information appear on the label shall not be considered to be
complied with unless the word, statement, or other information also
appears (a) on the outside container or wrapper, if any there be,
unless it is easily legible through the outside container or wrapper
and (b) on all accompanying literature where there are directions for
use, written or otherwise.
108195. The term "immediate container" does not include package
liners.
108200. The term "misbranded hazardous substance" means a hazardous
substance (including a toy or other article intended for use by
children, that is a hazardous substance, or that bears or contains a
hazardous substance in the manner as to be susceptible of access by a
child to whom the toy or other article is entrusted) intended, or
packaged in a form suitable for use in the household or by children
if the packaging or labeling of the substance is in violation of an
applicable regulation issued pursuant to Section 108685 or 108700, or
if the substance, except as otherwise provided by, or pursuant to,
Section 108320, 108355, or 108360, fails to bear a label that states
conspicuously, as prescribed in Chapter 8 (commencing with Section
108800): (1) the name and place of business of the manufacturer,
packer, distributor, or seller; (2) the common or usual name or the
chemical name, if there be no common or usual name, of the hazardous
substance or of each component that contributes substantially to its
hazard, unless the department by regulation permits or requires the
use of a recognized generic name; (3) the signal word "DANGER" on
substances that are extremely flammable, corrosive, or highly toxic;
(4) the signal word "WARNING" or "CAUTION" on all other hazardous
substances; (5) an affirmative statement of the principal hazard or
hazards, such as "Flammable," "Combustible," "Vapor harmful," "Causes
burns," "Absorbed through skin," or similar wording descriptive of
the hazard; (6) precautionary measures describing the action to be
followed or avoided, except when modified by the department pursuant
to Section 108320, 108325, 108330, 108355, or 108360; (7)
instructions, when necessary or appropriate, for first aid treatment;
(8) the word "Poison" for any hazardous substance that is defined as
"highly toxic" by Section 108155; (9) instructions for handling and
storage of packages that require special care in handling or storage;
and (10) the statement "Keep out of the reach of children," or its
practical equivalent, or if the article is intended for use by
children and is not a banned hazardous substance, adequate direction
for the protection of children from the hazard. The term "misbranded
hazardous substance" also includes a household substance as defined
in subdivision (b) of Section 108680 if it is a substance described
in Section 108125 and its packaging or labeling is in violation of an
applicable regulation issued pursuant to Section 108685 or 108700.
108205. The term "banned hazardous substance" means either:
(a) Any toy, or other article intended for use by children, that
is a hazardous substance, or that bears or contains a hazardous
substance in the manner as to be susceptible of access by a child to
whom the toy or other article is entrusted.
(b) Any hazardous substance intended or packaged in a form
suitable, for use in the household, that the department by regulation
classifies as a "banned hazardous substance" on the basis of a
finding that, notwithstanding the cautionary labeling as is or may be
required under this chapter for that substance, the degree or nature
of the hazard involved in the presence or use of that substance in
households is that the objective of the protection of the public
health and safety can be adequately served only by keeping that
substance, when so intended or packaged, out of the channels of
intrastate commerce.
108210. (a) An article may be determined to present an electrical
hazard if, in normal use or when subjected to reasonably foreseeable
damage or abuse, its design or manufacture may cause personal injury
or illness by electric shock.
(b) An article may be determined to present a mechanical hazard
if, in normal use or when subjected to reasonably foreseeable damage
or abuse, its design or manufacture presents an unreasonable risk of
personal injury or illness from any of the following:
(1) Fracture, fragmentation, or disassembly of the article.
(2) Propulsion of the article or any part or accessory thereof.
(3) Points or other protrusions, surfaces, edges, openings, or
closures.
(4) Moving parts.
(5) Lack or insufficiency of controls to reduce or stop motion.
(6) As a result of self-adhering characteristics of the article.
(7) Because the article, or any part or accessory thereof, may be
aspirated or ingested.
(8) Because of instability.
(9) Because of any other aspect of the article's design or
manufacture.
(c) An article may be determined to present a thermal hazard if,
in normal use or when subjected to reasonably foreseeable damage or
abuse, its design or manufacture presents an unreasonable risk of
personal injury or illness because of heat as from heated parts,
substances, or surfaces.
108215. The department, by regulation, shall exempt from
subdivision (a) of Section 108205 (1) articles such as chemical sets,
that by reason of their functional purpose require the inclusion of
the hazardous substance involved or necessarily present an
electrical, mechanical, or thermal hazard and that bear labeling
giving adequate directions and warnings for safe use and are intended
for use by children who have attained sufficient maturity, and may
reasonably be expected to read and heed the directions and warnings
and (2) fireworks subject to control under Part 2 (commencing with
Section 12500) of Division 11.
108220. Proceedings for the issuance, amendment, or repeal of
regulations pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 108205 and Section
108215 shall be in the manner prescribed in Section 108335. If the
department, however, finds that the distribution for household use of
the hazardous substance involved presents an imminent hazard to the
public health, it may by order publish a notice of the findings, and
thereupon the substance when intended or offered for household use or
when so packaged as to be suitable for that use shall be deemed to
be a "banned hazardous substance" pending the completion of
proceedings relating to the issuance of the regulations.
108225. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, no
substance or article shall be deemed to violate any provision of this
chapter except Article 6 (commencing with Section 108500), if the
substance or article complies with federal law.
108100. This chapter shall be known as the California Hazardous
Substances Act.
108105. Unless the provisions or the context otherwise requires,
these definitions, rules of construction, and general provisions
shall govern the construction of this chapter.
108110. The term "art or craft material" means any raw or processed
material or manufactured product marketed or being represented by
the manufacturer, repackager or retailer as being suitable for use in
any phase of the creation of any work of visual or graphic art of
any medium. These mediums may include, but shall not be limited to,
paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, ceramics, enamels, jewelry,
stained glass, plastic sculpture, photographs, and leather and
textile goods. The term shall not include economic poisons subject to
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (61 Stats.
163) or Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 12751) of Division 7 of
the Food and Agricultural Code; or to drugs, devices, or cosmetics,
that are subject to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act (52
Stats. 1040) or Part 5 (commencing with Section 109875).
108115. "Department" means the State Department of Health Services.
108120. As used in this chapter, "federal act" means the Federal
Hazardous Substances Act (74 Stats. 372; 15 U.S.C., Sec. 1261, et
seq.).
108125. The term "hazardous substance" means:
(a) Any substance or mixture of substances that (1) is toxic, (2)
is corrosive, (3) is an irritant, (4) is a strong sensitizer, (5) is
flammable or combustible, or (6) generates pressure through
decomposition, heat, or other means; if the substance or mixture of
substances may cause substantial personal injury or substantial
illness during or as a proximate result of any customary or
reasonably foreseeable handling or use, including reasonably
foreseeable ingestion by children.
(b) Any substances that the department by regulation finds
pursuant to the provisions of Section 108320 meet the requirements of
subdivision (a) of this section.
(c) Any radioactive substance, if, with respect to the substance
as used in a particular class of article or as packaged, the
department determines by regulation that the substance is
sufficiently hazardous to require labeling in accordance with this
chapter in order to protect the public health.
(d) Any toy or other article intended for use by children that the
department determines, by regulation, pursuant to the provisions of
Section 108320, presents an electrical, mechanical, or thermal
hazard.
108130. The term "hazardous substance" shall not apply to any of
the following:
(a) Foods, drugs, or cosmetics subject to the Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act (52 Stat. 1040) or Part 5 (commencing with Section
109875).
(b) Substances intended for use as fuels when stored in containers
and used in the heating, cooking, or refrigeration system of a
house.
(c) Source material, special nuclear material, or byproduct
material, as defined in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 919),
as amended, and regulations issued pursuant thereto by the Atomic
Energy Commission.
(d) Fertilizing materials regulated by Chapter 5 (commencing with
Section 14501) of Division 7 of the Food and Agricultural Code.
(e) Livestock remedies regulated by Chapter 4 (commencing with
Section 14200) of Division 7 of the Food and Agricultural Code.
(f) Economic poisons regulated by Chapter 2 (commencing with
Section 12751) of Division 7 of the Food and Agricultural Code,
except as provided in Section 108135.
(g) Economic poisons subject to the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (61 Stat. 163), except as provided in
Section 108135.
(h) Injurious substances as defined and regulated by Article 112
(commencing with Section 5225) of Group 16 of Subchapter 7 of Chapter
4 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations.
108135. The term "hazardous substance" shall apply to any article
that is not itself an economic poison within the meaning of the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act or Chapter 2
(commencing with Section 12751) of Division 7, of the Food and
Agricultural Code, but that is a hazardous substance within the
meaning of Section 108125 by reason of bearing or containing an
economic poison.
108140. The term "human carcinogen" means any substance listed as a
human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.
The term "potential human carcinogen" means one of the following:
(1) Any substance that does not meet the definition of human
carcinogen, but for which there exists sufficient evidence of
carcinogenicity in animals, as determined by the International Agency
for Research on Cancer.
(2) Any chemical shown to be changed by the human body into a
human carcinogen.
108145. The term "toxic" shall apply to any substance, other than a
radioactive substance, that has the capacity to produce personal
injury or illness to man through ingestion, inhalation, or absorption
through any body surface.
108150. The term "toxic substance causing chronic illness" means
any of the following:
(1) Human carcinogens.
(2) Potential human carcinogens.
(3) Any substance included in the list of hazardous substances
prepared by the Director of Industrial Relations, pursuant to Section
6382 of the Labor Code, notwithstanding exemptions made for
substances on the list that are used in particular forms,
circumstances, or concentrations, if the health hazard presented by
the substance is not the subject of label statements required by
federal law.
108155. "Highly toxic" means any substance that falls within any of
the following categories:
(a) Produces death within 14 days in half or more than half of a
group of 10 or more laboratory white rats each weighing between 200
and 300 grams, at a single dose of 50 milligrams or less per kilogram
of body weight, when orally administered.
(b) Produces death within 14 days in half or more than half of a
group of 10 or more laboratory white rats each weighing between 200
and 300 grams, when inhaled continuously for a period of one hour or
less at an atmospheric concentration of 200 parts per million by
volume or less of gas or vapor or two milligrams per liter by volume
or less of mist or dust, provided the concentration is likely to be
encountered by man when the substance is used in any reasonably
foreseeable manner.
(c) Produces death within 14 days in half or more than half of a
group of 10 or more rabbits tested in a dosage of 200 milligrams or
less per kilogram of body weight, when administered by continuous
contact with the bare skin for 24 hours or less.
108160. If the department finds that available data on human
experience with any substance indicate results different from those
obtained on animals with the dosages or concentrations stated in
Section 108155, the human data shall take precedence.
108165. "Corrosive" means any substance which in contact with
living tissue will cause destruction of tissue by chemical action;
but shall not refer to action on inanimate surfaces.
108170. "Irritant" means any substance not corrosive within the
meaning of Section 108165 that on immediate, prolonged, or repeated
contact with normal living tissue will induce a local inflammatory
reaction.
108175. "Strong sensitizer" means a substance that will cause on
normal living tissue through an allergic or photodynamic process a
hypersensitivity that becomes evident on reapplication of the same
substance and that is designated by the department. Before
designating any substance as a strong sensitizer, the department,
upon consideration of the frequency of occurrence and severity of the
reaction, shall find that the substance has a significant potential
for causing hypersensitivity.
108180. The term "extremely flammable" shall apply to any substance
that has a flashpoint at or below 20 degrees Fahrenheit, as
determined by the Tagliabue open-cup tester, the term "flammable" or
"combustible" shall apply to any substance that has a flashpoint of
above 20 degrees to and including 80 degrees Fahrenheit, as
determined by the Tagliabue open-cup tester, and the term
"combustible" shall apply to any substance that has a flashpoint
above 80 degrees Fahrenheit to and including 150 degrees, as
determined by the Tagliabue open-cup tester; except that the
flammability or combustibility of solids and of the contents of
self-pressurized containers shall be determined by methods found by
the department to be generally applicable to the materials or
containers, respectively, and established by regulations issued by
it, which regulations shall also define the terms "flammable" and
"combustible" and "extremely flammable" in accord with those methods.
108185. "Radioactive substance" means a substance that emits
ionizing radiation.
108190. "Label" means a display of written, printed, or graphic
matter upon the immediate container of any substance or, in the case
of an article that is unpackaged or is not packaged in an immediate
container intended or suitable for delivery to the ultimate consumer,
a display of the matter directly upon the article involved, or upon
a tag or other suitable material affixed thereto, and a requirement
made by, or pursuant to, this chapter that any word, statement, or
other information appear on the label shall not be considered to be
complied with unless the word, statement, or other information also
appears (a) on the outside container or wrapper, if any there be,
unless it is easily legible through the outside container or wrapper
and (b) on all accompanying literature where there are directions for
use, written or otherwise.
108195. The term "immediate container" does not include package
liners.
108200. The term "misbranded hazardous substance" means a hazardous
substance (including a toy or other article intended for use by
children, that is a hazardous substance, or that bears or contains a
hazardous substance in the manner as to be susceptible of access by a
child to whom the toy or other article is entrusted) intended, or
packaged in a form suitable for use in the household or by children
if the packaging or labeling of the substance is in violation of an
applicable regulation issued pursuant to Section 108685 or 108700, or
if the substance, except as otherwise provided by, or pursuant to,
Section 108320, 108355, or 108360, fails to bear a label that states
conspicuously, as prescribed in Chapter 8 (commencing with Section
108800): (1) the name and place of business of the manufacturer,
packer, distributor, or seller; (2) the common or usual name or the
chemical name, if there be no common or usual name, of the hazardous
substance or of each component that contributes substantially to its
hazard, unless the department by regulation permits or requires the
use of a recognized generic name; (3) the signal word "DANGER" on
substances that are extremely flammable, corrosive, or highly toxic;
(4) the signal word "WARNING" or "CAUTION" on all other hazardous
substances; (5) an affirmative statement of the principal hazard or
hazards, such as "Flammable," "Combustible," "Vapor harmful," "Causes
burns," "Absorbed through skin," or similar wording descriptive of
the hazard; (6) precautionary measures describing the action to be
followed or avoided, except when modified by the department pursuant
to Section 108320, 108325, 108330, 108355, or 108360; (7)
instructions, when necessary or appropriate, for first aid treatment;
(8) the word "Poison" for any hazardous substance that is defined as
"highly toxic" by Section 108155; (9) instructions for handling and
storage of packages that require special care in handling or storage;
and (10) the statement "Keep out of the reach of children," or its
practical equivalent, or if the article is intended for use by
children and is not a banned hazardous substance, adequate direction
for the protection of children from the hazard. The term "misbranded
hazardous substance" also includes a household substance as defined
in subdivision (b) of Section 108680 if it is a substance described
in Section 108125 and its packaging or labeling is in violation of an
applicable regulation issued pursuant to Section 108685 or 108700.
108205. The term "banned hazardous substance" means either:
(a) Any toy, or other article intended for use by children, that
is a hazardous substance, or that bears or contains a hazardous
substance in the manner as to be susceptible of access by a child to
whom the toy or other article is entrusted.
(b) Any hazardous substance intended or packaged in a form
suitable, for use in the household, that the department by regulation
classifies as a "banned hazardous substance" on the basis of a
finding that, notwithstanding the cautionary labeling as is or may be
required under this chapter for that substance, the degree or nature
of the hazard involved in the presence or use of that substance in
households is that the objective of the protection of the public
health and safety can be adequately served only by keeping that
substance, when so intended or packaged, out of the channels of
intrastate commerce.
108210. (a) An article may be determined to present an electrical
hazard if, in normal use or when subjected to reasonably foreseeable
damage or abuse, its design or manufacture may cause personal injury
or illness by electric shock.
(b) An article may be determined to present a mechanical hazard
if, in normal use or when subjected to reasonably foreseeable damage
or abuse, its design or manufacture presents an unreasonable risk of
personal injury or illness from any of the following:
(1) Fracture, fragmentation, or disassembly of the article.
(2) Propulsion of the article or any part or accessory thereof.
(3) Points or other protrusions, surfaces, edges, openings, or
closures.
(4) Moving parts.
(5) Lack or insufficiency of controls to reduce or stop motion.
(6) As a result of self-adhering characteristics of the article.
(7) Because the article, or any part or accessory thereof, may be
aspirated or ingested.
(8) Because of instability.
(9) Because of any other aspect of the article's design or
manufacture.
(c) An article may be determined to present a thermal hazard if,
in normal use or when subjected to reasonably foreseeable damage or
abuse, its design or manufacture presents an unreasonable risk of
personal injury or illness because of heat as from heated parts,
substances, or surfaces.
108215. The department, by regulation, shall exempt from
subdivision (a) of Section 108205 (1) articles such as chemical sets,
that by reason of their functional purpose require the inclusion of
the hazardous substance involved or necessarily present an
electrical, mechanical, or thermal hazard and that bear labeling
giving adequate directions and warnings for safe use and are intended
for use by children who have attained sufficient maturity, and may
reasonably be expected to read and heed the directions and warnings
and (2) fireworks subject to control under Part 2 (commencing with
Section 12500) of Division 11.
108220. Proceedings for the issuance, amendment, or repeal of
regulations pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 108205 and Section
108215 shall be in the manner prescribed in Section 108335. If the
department, however, finds that the distribution for household use of
the hazardous substance involved presents an imminent hazard to the
public health, it may by order publish a notice of the findings, and
thereupon the substance when intended or offered for household use or
when so packaged as to be suitable for that use shall be deemed to
be a "banned hazardous substance" pending the completion of
proceedings relating to the issuance of the regulations.
108225. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, no
substance or article shall be deemed to violate any provision of this
chapter except Article 6 (commencing with Section 108500), if the
substance or article complies with federal law.
108100. This chapter shall be known as the California Hazardous
Substances Act.
108105. Unless the provisions or the context otherwise requires,
these definitions, rules of construction, and general provisions
shall govern the construction of this chapter.
108110. The term "art or craft material" means any raw or processed
material or manufactured product marketed or being represented by
the manufacturer, repackager or retailer as being suitable for use in
any phase of the creation of any work of visual or graphic art of
any medium. These mediums may include, but shall not be limited to,
paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, ceramics, enamels, jewelry,
stained glass, plastic sculpture, photographs, and leather and
textile goods. The term shall not include economic poisons subject to
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (61 Stats.
163) or Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 12751) of Division 7 of
the Food and Agricultural Code; or to drugs, devices, or cosmetics,
that are subject to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act (52
Stats. 1040) or Part 5 (commencing with Section 109875).
108115. "Department" means the State Department of Health Services.
108120. As used in this chapter, "federal act" means the Federal
Hazardous Substances Act (74 Stats. 372; 15 U.S.C., Sec. 1261, et
seq.).
108125. The term "hazardous substance" means:
(a) Any substance or mixture of substances that (1) is toxic, (2)
is corrosive, (3) is an irritant, (4) is a strong sensitizer, (5) is
flammable or combustible, or (6) generates pressure through
decomposition, heat, or other means; if the substance or mixture of
substances may cause substantial personal injury or substantial
illness during or as a proximate result of any customary or
reasonably foreseeable handling or use, including reasonably
foreseeable ingestion by children.
(b) Any substances that the department by regulation finds
pursuant to the provisions of Section 108320 meet the requirements of
subdivision (a) of this section.
(c) Any radioactive substance, if, with respect to the substance
as used in a particular class of article or as packaged, the
department determines by regulation that the substance is
sufficiently hazardous to require labeling in accordance with this
chapter in order to protect the public health.
(d) Any toy or other article intended for use by children that the
department determines, by regulation, pursuant to the provisions of
Section 108320, presents an electrical, mechanical, or thermal
hazard.
108130. The term "hazardous substance" shall not apply to any of
the following:
(a) Foods, drugs, or cosmetics subject to the Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act (52 Stat. 1040) or Part 5 (commencing with Section
109875).
(b) Substances intended for use as fuels when stored in containers
and used in the heating, cooking, or refrigeration system of a
house.
(c) Source material, special nuclear material, or byproduct
material, as defined in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 919),
as amended, and regulations issued pursuant thereto by the Atomic
Energy Commission.
(d) Fertilizing materials regulated by Chapter 5 (commencing with
Section 14501) of Division 7 of the Food and Agricultural Code.
(e) Livestock remedies regulated by Chapter 4 (commencing with
Section 14200) of Division 7 of the Food and Agricultural Code.
(f) Economic poisons regulated by Chapter 2 (commencing with
Section 12751) of Division 7 of the Food and Agricultural Code,
except as provided in Section 108135.
(g) Economic poisons subject to the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (61 Stat. 163), except as provided in
Section 108135.
(h) Injurious substances as defined and regulated by Article 112
(commencing with Section 5225) of Group 16 of Subchapter 7 of Chapter
4 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations.
108135. The term "hazardous substance" shall apply to any article
that is not itself an economic poison within the meaning of the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act or Chapter 2
(commencing with Section 12751) of Division 7, of the Food and
Agricultural Code, but that is a hazardous substance within the
meaning of Section 108125 by reason of bearing or containing an
economic poison.
108140. The term "human carcinogen" means any substance listed as a
human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.
The term "potential human carcinogen" means one of the following:
(1) Any substance that does not meet the definition of human
carcinogen, but for which there exists sufficient evidence of
carcinogenicity in animals, as determined by the International Agency
for Research on Cancer.
(2) Any chemical shown to be changed by the human body into a
human carcinogen.
108145. The term "toxic" shall apply to any substance, other than a
radioactive substance, that has the capacity to produce personal
injury or illness to man through ingestion, inhalation, or absorption
through any body surface.
108150. The term "toxic substance causing chronic illness" means
any of the following:
(1) Human carcinogens.
(2) Potential human carcinogens.
(3) Any substance included in the list of hazardous substances
prepared by the Director of Industrial Relations, pursuant to Section
6382 of the Labor Code, notwithstanding exemptions made for
substances on the list that are used in particular forms,
circumstances, or concentrations, if the health hazard presented by
the substance is not the subject of label statements required by
federal law.
108155. "Highly toxic" means any substance that falls within any of
the following categories:
(a) Produces death within 14 days in half or more than half of a
group of 10 or more laboratory white rats each weighing between 200
and 300 grams, at a single dose of 50 milligrams or less per kilogram
of body weight, when orally administered.
(b) Produces death within 14 days in half or more than half of a
group of 10 or more laboratory white rats each weighing between 200
and 300 grams, when inhaled continuously for a period of one hour or
less at an atmospheric concentration of 200 parts per million by
volume or less of gas or vapor or two milligrams per liter by volume
or less of mist or dust, provided the concentration is likely to be
encountered by man when the substance is used in any reasonably
foreseeable manner.
(c) Produces death within 14 days in half or more than half of a
group of 10 or more rabbits tested in a dosage of 200 milligrams or
less per kilogram of body weight, when administered by continuous
contact with the bare skin for 24 hours or less.
108160. If the department finds that available data on human
experience with any substance indicate results different from those
obtained on animals with the dosages or concentrations stated in
Section 108155, the human data shall take precedence.
108165. "Corrosive" means any substance which in contact with
living tissue will cause destruction of tissue by chemical action;
but shall not refer to action on inanimate surfaces.
108170. "Irritant" means any substance not corrosive within the
meaning of Section 108165 that on immediate, prolonged, or repeated
contact with normal living tissue will induce a local inflammatory
reaction.
108175. "Strong sensitizer" means a substance that will cause on
normal living tissue through an allergic or photodynamic process a
hypersensitivity that becomes evident on reapplication of the same
substance and that is designated by the department. Before
designating any substance as a strong sensitizer, the department,
upon consideration of the frequency of occurrence and severity of the
reaction, shall find that the substance has a significant potential
for causing hypersensitivity.
108180. The term "extremely flammable" shall apply to any substance
that has a flashpoint at or below 20 degrees Fahrenheit, as
determined by the Tagliabue open-cup tester, the term "flammable" or
"combustible" shall apply to any substance that has a flashpoint of
above 20 degrees to and including 80 degrees Fahrenheit, as
determined by the Tagliabue open-cup tester, and the term
"combustible" shall apply to any substance that has a flashpoint
above 80 degrees Fahrenheit to and including 150 degrees, as
determined by the Tagliabue open-cup tester; except that the
flammability or combustibility of solids and of the contents of
self-pressurized containers shall be determined by methods found by
the department to be generally applicable to the materials or
containers, respectively, and established by regulations issued by
it, which regulations shall also define the terms "flammable" and
"combustible" and "extremely flammable" in accord with those methods.
108185. "Radioactive substance" means a substance that emits
ionizing radiation.
108190. "Label" means a display of written, printed, or graphic
matter upon the immediate container of any substance or, in the case
of an article that is unpackaged or is not packaged in an immediate
container intended or suitable for delivery to the ultimate consumer,
a display of the matter directly upon the article involved, or upon
a tag or other suitable material affixed thereto, and a requirement
made by, or pursuant to, this chapter that any word, statement, or
other information appear on the label shall not be considered to be
complied with unless the word, statement, or other information also
appears (a) on the outside container or wrapper, if any there be,
unless it is easily legible through the outside container or wrapper
and (b) on all accompanying literature where there are directions for
use, written or otherwise.
108195. The term "immediate container" does not include package
liners.
108200. The term "misbranded hazardous substance" means a hazardous
substance (including a toy or other article intended for use by
children, that is a hazardous substance, or that bears or contains a
hazardous substance in the manner as to be susceptible of access by a
child to whom the toy or other article is entrusted) intended, or
packaged in a form suitable for use in the household or by children
if the packaging or labeling of the substance is in violation of an
applicable regulation issued pursuant to Section 108685 or 108700, or
if the substance, except as otherwise provided by, or pursuant to,
Section 108320, 108355, or 108360, fails to bear a label that states
conspicuously, as prescribed in Chapter 8 (commencing with Section
108800): (1) the name and place of business of the manufacturer,
packer, distributor, or seller; (2) the common or usual name or the
chemical name, if there be no common or usual name, of the hazardous
substance or of each component that contributes substantially to its
hazard, unless the department by regulation permits or requires the
use of a recognized generic name; (3) the signal word "DANGER" on
substances that are extremely flammable, corrosive, or highly toxic;
(4) the signal word "WARNING" or "CAUTION" on all other hazardous
substances; (5) an affirmative statement of the principal hazard or
hazards, such as "Flammable," "Combustible," "Vapor harmful," "Causes
burns," "Absorbed through skin," or similar wording descriptive of
the hazard; (6) precautionary measures describing the action to be
followed or avoided, except when modified by the department pursuant
to Section 108320, 108325, 108330, 108355, or 108360; (7)
instructions, when necessary or appropriate, for first aid treatment;
(8) the word "Poison" for any hazardous substance that is defined as
"highly toxic" by Section 108155; (9) instructions for handling and
storage of packages that require special care in handling or storage;
and (10) the statement "Keep out of the reach of children," or its
practical equivalent, or if the article is intended for use by
children and is not a banned hazardous substance, adequate direction
for the protection of children from the hazard. The term "misbranded
hazardous substance" also includes a household substance as defined
in subdivision (b) of Section 108680 if it is a substance described
in Section 108125 and its packaging or labeling is in violation of an
applicable regulation issued pursuant to Section 108685 or 108700.
108205. The term "banned hazardous substance" means either:
(a) Any toy, or other article intended for use by children, that
is a hazardous substance, or that bears or contains a hazardous
substance in the manner as to be susceptible of access by a child to
whom the toy or other article is entrusted.
(b) Any hazardous substance intended or packaged in a form
suitable, for use in the household, that the department by regulation
classifies as a "banned hazardous substance" on the basis of a
finding that, notwithstanding the cautionary labeling as is or may be
required under this chapter for that substance, the degree or nature
of the hazard involved in the presence or use of that substance in
households is that the objective of the protection of the public
health and safety can be adequately served only by keeping that
substance, when so intended or packaged, out of the channels of
intrastate commerce.
108210. (a) An article may be determined to present an electrical
hazard if, in normal use or when subjected to reasonably foreseeable
damage or abuse, its design or manufacture may cause personal injury
or illness by electric shock.
(b) An article may be determined to present a mechanical hazard
if, in normal use or when subjected to reasonably foreseeable damage
or abuse, its design or manufacture presents an unreasonable risk of
personal injury or illness from any of the following:
(1) Fracture, fragmentation, or disassembly of the article.
(2) Propulsion of the article or any part or accessory thereof.
(3) Points or other protrusions, surfaces, edges, openings, or
closures.
(4) Moving parts.
(5) Lack or insufficiency of controls to reduce or stop motion.
(6) As a result of self-adhering characteristics of the article.
(7) Because the article, or any part or accessory thereof, may be
aspirated or ingested.
(8) Because of instability.
(9) Because of any other aspect of the article's design or
manufacture.
(c) An article may be determined to present a thermal hazard if,
in normal use or when subjected to reasonably foreseeable damage or
abuse, its design or manufacture presents an unreasonable risk of
personal injury or illness because of heat as from heated parts,
substances, or surfaces.
108215. The department, by regulation, shall exempt from
subdivision (a) of Section 108205 (1) articles such as chemical sets,
that by reason of their functional purpose require the inclusion of
the hazardous substance involved or necessarily present an
electrical, mechanical, or thermal hazard and that bear labeling
giving adequate directions and warnings for safe use and are intended
for use by children who have attained sufficient maturity, and may
reasonably be expected to read and heed the directions and warnings
and (2) fireworks subject to control under Part 2 (commencing with
Section 12500) of Division 11.
108220. Proceedings for the issuance, amendment, or repeal of
regulations pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 108205 and Section
108215 shall be in the manner prescribed in Section 108335. If the
department, however, finds that the distribution for household use of
the hazardous substance involved presents an imminent hazard to the
public health, it may by order publish a notice of the findings, and
thereupon the substance when intended or offered for household use or
when so packaged as to be suitable for that use shall be deemed to
be a "banned hazardous substance" pending the completion of
proceedings relating to the issuance of the regulations.
108225. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, no
substance or article shall be deemed to violate any provision of this
chapter except Article 6 (commencing with Section 108500), if the
substance or article complies with federal law.
