# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 19 — Dangerous Devices and Substances

### Chapter 08 — Prohibition of Consumer Products Containing Flame-Retardant Chemicals

#### Regulation .03 Prohibition of Flame-Retardant Chemicals in Consumer Products.

*COMAR 10.19.08.03*

A. This regulation does not apply to:

  (1) An electronic component, or the casing for an electronic component, of a juvenile product, a mattress, upholstered furniture, or reupholstered furniture;

  (2) A component of upholstered or reupholstered furniture other than cover fabric, barrier material, resilient filling material, and decking material;

  (3) Thread or fiber when used for stitching mattress components together; or

  (4) Except for foam, a component of an adult mattress.

B. A person may not import, sell, or offer for sale any juvenile product, mattress, upholstered furniture, or reupholstered furniture that contains more than 0.1 percent of flame-retardant chemicals by mass.