Md. Code, Health - General § 21-259.2

§21–259.2.

(a) In this section:

(1) “Ingredient” means any single chemical entity or mixture used as a component in the manufacture of a cosmetic product; and

(2) “Ingredient” does not include an incidental ingredient, as described in 21 C.F.R. § 701.3(l).

(b) 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:

(1) Dibutyl phthalate (CAS no. 84–74–2);

(2) Diethylhexyl phthalate (CAS no. 117–81–7);

(3) Formaldehyde (CAS no. 50–00–0);

(4) Paraformaldehyde (CAS no. 30525–89–4);

(5) Methylene glycol (CAS no. 463–57–0);

(6) Quaternium–15 (CAS no. 51229–78–8);

(7) Mercury (CAS no. 7439–97–6);

(8) Isobutylparaben (CAS no. 4247–02–3);

(9) Isopropylparaben (CAS no. 4191–73–5);

(10) m–Phenylenediamine and its salts (CAS no. 108–45–2);

(11) o–Phenylenediamine and its salts (CAS no. 95–54–5); or

(12) The following per– and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and their salts:

(i) Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) or heptadecafluorooctane–1–sulfonic acid (CAS no. 1763–23–1);

(ii) Potassium perfluorooctanesulfonate or potassium heptadecafluorooctane–1–sulfonate (CAS no. 2795–39–3);

(iii) Diethanolamine perfluorooctane sulfonate (CAS no. 70225–14–8);

(iv) Ammonium perfluorooctane sulfonate or ammonium heptadecafluorooctanesulfonate (CAS no. 29081–56–9);

(v) Lithium perfluorooctane sulfonate or lithium heptadecafluorooctanesulfonate (CAS no. 29457–72–5);

(vi) Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) (CAS no. 335–67–1);

(vii) Ammonium pentadecafluorooctanoate (CAS no. 3825–26–1);

(viii) Nonadecafluorodecanoic acid (CAS no. 335–76–2);

(ix) Ammonium nonadecafluorodecanoate (CAS no. 3108–42–7);

(x) Sodium nonadecafluorodecanoate (CAS no. 3830–45–3);

(xi) Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) (CAS no. 375–95–1);

(xii) Sodium heptadecafluorononanoate (CAS no. 21049–39–8); or

(xiii) Ammonium perfluorononanoate (CAS no. 4149–60–4).

(c) 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:

(1) Was manufactured through a process intended to comply with this section; and

(2) Contains a technically unavoidable trace quantity of an ingredient listed in subsection (b) of this section due to:

(i) An impurity of a natural or synthetic ingredient;

(ii) The manufacturing process;

(iii) Storage; or

(iv) Packaging.