{"data":{"id":"us-ca/hsc-25258.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"HSC § 25258.5","heading":"","body":"(a) The department shall issue a notice of violation to a person or entity in violation of this article if any of the following occurs:\n(1) The department’s testing or test results submitted as a part of the registration process pursuant to Section 25258.4 indicates that a menstrual product contains regulated PFAS.\n(2) The department determines that a menstrual product contains regulated PFAS after finding PFAS as an ingredient identified on the product’s label.\n(3) The department finds a violation of this article or any rule, regulation, standard, or requirement issued or adopted pursuant to this article.\n(b) A notice of violation shall indicate the nature of the violation and may do any of the following:\n(1) Assess an administrative or civil penalty against a person or entity in violation of this article.\n(2) Require compliance with this article, including requiring the person or entity to cease the manufacture, sale, or distribution of a menstrual product in this state.\n(c) The department may receive reports of alleged violations, including analytical test results, from consumers, businesses, research institutions, persons, entities, and not-for-profit entities, and shall verify those alleged reports through its own independent testing, verification, or inspection.","path":["Health and Safety Code - HSC","DIVISION 20. MISCELLANEOUS HEALTH AND SAFETY PROVISIONS [24000. - 28002.]","CHAPTER 6.5. Hazardous Waste Control [25100. - 25259.]","ARTICLE 15. Menstrual Products [25258. - 25258.7.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"098fc7aa411ee729f3b606cc5b96643279d82e91997a778506349693c30223b5","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/hsc-25258.4","next":"us-ca/hsc-25258.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}