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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="22-502" title_number="22" title_name="Poisons, Dangerous Household Substances, Flammable Products, and Hazardous Materials" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Hazardous Materials">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, for the protection of the public health and safety, the Secretary may adopt rules and regulations that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Declare to be a hazardous material any substance that the Secretary finds:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Meets the standards for being a hazardous material;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Is a toy or other substance intended for use by children that presents an electrical, mechanical, or thermal hazard; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Needs to be declared a hazardous material to remove any uncertainty as to whether it is hazardous material;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Set requirements for labeling hazardous material; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Declare any hazardous material to be a banned hazardous material and require its removal from commerce if the Secretary finds that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The hazardous material is a danger to the public health and safety; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Proper labeling cannot protect the public health and safety adequately.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>To the extent the Secretary finds to be consistent with protecting the public health and safety adequately, the Secretary shall adopt rules and regulations that exempt or partially exempt hazardous material from the labeling requirements if compliance with labeling requirements is impractical or unnecessary:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Because of the size of the package that contains the hazardous material;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Because the hazard is minor; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>For other good reason.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
