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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="22-301" title_number="22" title_name="Poisons, Dangerous Household Substances, Flammable Products, and Hazardous Materials" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Child Resistant Packaging of Dangerous Household Substances">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Child resistant packaging” means packaging that is designed so that the average child under the age of 5 years finds it significantly difficult to open the package or to obtain a harmful amount of the contents of the package within a reasonable time, and so that it is not difficult for a normal adult to open or use.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Household substance” means any substance that is customarily used or stored by individuals in or about the household and that is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A hazardous substance as defined in the Federal Hazardous Substances Act;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A pesticide as defined in the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A food, drug, or cosmetic as defined in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A fuel that is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Intended for use in the heating, cooking, or refrigeration system of a house; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Stored in a portable container.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Labeling” means any label or other written or graphic matter that is on or accompanies a household substance or its package.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Package” means the immediate container or wrapping of a household substance or the outer container or wrapping used in displaying a household substance to retail consumers.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Package” does not include any container or wrapping that is used only for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Transportation of a household substance in bulk or quantity to a manufacturer, packer, processor, or wholesale or retail distributor; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Shipment or delivery of a household substance to a retail consumer, unless the container or wrapping is the only package or wrapping of the household substance.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“State adopted federal regulation” means any rule or regulation adopted by the federal government under the federal Poison Prevention Packaging Act that becomes a rule or regulation of this State by automatic adoption under § 22-303 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
