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§ 22-501. Hazardous material defined

West's Annotated Code of MarylandHealth--General

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Health--General
Title 22. Poisons, Dangerous Household Substances, Flammable Products, and Hazardous Materials
Subtitle 5. Hazardous Materials
MD Code, Health - General, § 22-501
§ 22-501. Hazardous material defined
Currentness
In general
(a) In this subtitle, “hazardous material” means:
(1) Any substance that may cause substantial personal injury or substantial illness from customary or reasonably foreseeable handling or use, or ingestion by children, and is:
(i) Toxic;
(ii) Corrosive;
(iii) Flammable or combustible;
(iv) An irritant;
(v) A strong sensitizer; or
(vi) A substance that generates pressure by decomposition, heat, or other means; or
(2) Any other substance that the Secretary declares to be hazardous material under § 22-502 of this subtitle.
Exceptions
(b) In this subtitle, “hazardous material” does not include:
(1) Any food, drug, or cosmetic that is subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act1 or Title 21, Subtitle 2 of this article;
(2) A fuel that is a household substance as defined in § 22-301 of this title; or
(3) A pesticide that is subject to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act2 unless the pesticide is contained in an article that, because it contains the pesticide, is as hazardous as any substance described in subsection (a) of this section.

Credits

Added as Health-Environmental § 7-101 by Acts 1982, c. 240, § 2, eff. July 1, 1982. Amended by Acts 1983, c. 583, § 2, eff. July 1, 1983; Acts 1987, c. 306, § 15, eff. July 1, 1987; Acts 1988, c. 6, § 11, eff. July 1, 1988. Transferred to Health-General § 22-501 by Acts 1988, c. 277, § 1, eff. June 1, 1988. Amended by Acts 1989, c. 5, § 1, eff. March 9, 1989.
Formerly Art. 43, § 809.

Footnotes

1
June 25, 1938, ch. 675, 52 Stat. 1040, codified at 21 U.S.C.A. § 301 et seq.
2
June 25, 1947, ch. 125, 61 Stat. 163, codified at 7 U.S.C.A. § 136 et seq.
MD Code, Health - General, § 22-501, MD HEALTH GEN § 22-501
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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