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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="21-259.2" title_number="21" title_name="Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Maryland Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Ingredient” means any single chemical entity or mixture used as a component in the manufacture of a cosmetic product; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Ingredient” does not include an incidental ingredient, as described in 21 C.F.R. § 701.3(l).</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>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:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Dibutyl phthalate (CAS no. 84–74–2);</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Diethylhexyl phthalate (CAS no. 117–81–7);</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Formaldehyde (CAS no. 50–00–0);</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Paraformaldehyde (CAS no. 30525–89–4);</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Methylene glycol (CAS no. 463–57–0);</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Quaternium–15 (CAS no. 51229–78–8);</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Mercury (CAS no. 7439–97–6);</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>Isobutylparaben (CAS no. 4247–02–3);</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>Isopropylparaben (CAS no. 4191–73–5);</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>m–Phenylenediamine and its salts (CAS no. 108–45–2);</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>o–Phenylenediamine and its salts (CAS no. 95–54–5);</text>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <text>Lead (CAS no. 7439–92–1); or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="13">
      <text>The following per– and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and their salts:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) or heptadecafluorooctane–1–sulfonic acid (CAS no. 1763–23–1);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Potassium perfluorooctanesulfonate or potassium heptadecafluorooctane–1–sulfonate (CAS no. 2795–39–3);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Diethanolamine perfluorooctane sulfonate (CAS no. 70225–14–8);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Ammonium perfluorooctane sulfonate or ammonium heptadecafluorooctanesulfonate (CAS no. 29081–56–9);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Lithium perfluorooctane sulfonate or lithium heptadecafluorooctanesulfonate (CAS no. 29457–72–5);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) (CAS no. 335–67–1);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>Ammonium pentadecafluorooctanoate (CAS no. 3825–26–1);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>Nonadecafluorodecanoic acid (CAS no. 335–76–2);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>Ammonium nonadecafluorodecanoate (CAS no. 3108–42–7);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="x">
        <text>Sodium nonadecafluorodecanoate (CAS no. 3830–45–3);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xi">
        <text>Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) (CAS no. 375–95–1);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xii">
        <text>Sodium heptadecafluorononanoate (CAS no. 21049–39–8); or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xiii">
        <text>Ammonium perfluorononanoate (CAS no. 4149–60–4).</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>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:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Was manufactured through a process intended to comply with this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Contains a technically unavoidable trace quantity of an ingredient listed in subsection (b) of this section due to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>An impurity of a natural or synthetic ingredient;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The manufacturing process;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Storage; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Packaging.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In addition to any other penalties under this title, a person who violates this section is liable for civil damages resulting from actual harm sustained by the individual resulting from the violation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An action under this section must be brought within 3 years after the date on which the plaintiff discovered or reasonably should have discovered that the exposure to an ingredient in violation of this section was the proximate cause of the injury sustained by the plaintiff.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>In any action brought to enforce this section, a court may award to a prevailing plaintiff:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Treble damages;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If the violation was willful, punitive damages; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Reasonable attorney’s fees.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Department may investigate any complaint alleging that a person has violated this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On receipt of a complaint, a representative of the Department, at a reasonable time, may enter and inspect the premises of the person located in the State to determine compliance with this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The person may not:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Refuse to grant access to a representative who requests to enter and inspect the premises of the person under paragraph (2) of this subsection; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Interfere with an inspection under paragraph (2) of this subsection.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>An investigation of a premises of a person conducted under this subsection may include sampling of a cosmetic product to determine if the cosmetic product contains a technically unavoidable trace quantity of an ingredient listed in subsection (b) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
