Health & Saf. Code, § 109051 · Chapter 18. Chemicals in Medical Devices

Health & Saf. Code, § 109051

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following definitions:

(a) “DEHP” means Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate.

(b) “Intentionally added DEHP” means DEHP that a manufacturer has intentionally added to an intravenous solution container or intravenous tubing product that has a functional or technical effect on the product.

(c) “Intravenous solution containers” means a container used to house medicine, fluid, or nutrition therapy that is intravenously administered to patients in a hospital, outpatient, or other health care facility.

(d) “Intravenous tubing” means any tubing used to intravenously administer fluids, medication, or nutrients directly to an adult, child, or infant.

(e) “Ortho-phthalates” means a class of chemicals that are esters of ortho-phthalic acid, including all of the following:

(1) Benzyl-butyl phthalate (BBP) 85-68-7.

(2) Dibutyl phthalate (DBP) 84-74-2.

(3) Dicyclohexyl phthalate (DCHP) 84-61-7.

(4) Di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) 117-81-7.

(5) Diethyl phthalate (DEP) 84-66-2.

(6) Di-isobutyl phthalate (DIBP) 84-69-5.

(7) Di-isodecyl phthalate (DIDP) 26761-40-0.

(8) Di-isononyl phthalate (DINP) 28553-12-0.

(9) Di-n-hexyl phthalate (DnHP) 84-75-3.

(10) Di-n-octyl phthalate (DNOP) 117-84-0.

(11) Di-n-pentyl (DnPP) phthalate 131-18-0.

(12) Diisoheptyl phthalate (DIHP) 71888-89-6.

(f) “Unintentionally added DEHP” means DEHP in an intravenous solution container or intravenous tubing product that is not used for functional or technical effect on the product.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 562, Sec. 1. (AB 2300) Effective January 1, 2025.

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