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Health and Safety Code § 108985

CHAPTER 14.5. Hair Relaxers

Current as of September 28, 2026Health & Saf. Code, § 108985Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 598, Sec. 2. (SB 236) Effective January 1, 2026.

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

(a) “Department” means the Department of Toxic Substances Control.

(b) “Hair relaxer product” means a cosmetic product, as defined in Section 108982, that is sold either as an individual component or as a kit with multiple components and is designed to permanently straighten curly, coiled, or tightly coiled hair by breaking the disulfide bonds found within a person’s hair.