Health and Safety Code section 109051
(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.
Source:
Section 109051, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=109051. (updated Jan. 1, 2025; accessed Jul. 7, 2025).
