The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Art material" means any raw or processed material or manufactured product marketed or represented by the manufacturer or repackager, as suitable for use in demonstration or the creation of any work of visual or graphic art of any medium.
"Chronic illness" means of long duration, continuing, constant, prolonged, lingering disease or illness.
"Certain grades" means kindergarten through grade five in Virginia public schools.
"Hazardous substance" means any chemical which is a health hazard.
"Health hazard" means a chemical for which there is statistically significant evidence based on at least one study conducted in accordance with established scientific principles that acute or chronic health effects may occur in exposed children. The term health hazard includes chemicals which are carcinogens, toxic or highly toxic agents, reproductive toxins, irritants, corrosives, sensitizers, hepatotoxins, nephrotoxins, neurotoxins, agents which act on hematopoietic system, and agents which damage the lungs, skin, eyes, or mucous membranes.
"Human carcinogen" means any substance for which there is sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity from epidemiological studies to support a causal association between exposure and cancer and which is listed as such by the International Agency for Research on Cancer or listed as a substance known to be carcinogenic by the National Toxicology Program of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
"Ingredient" means something that is an element in a mixture or compound.
"Label" means any written, printed, or graphic material displayed on or affixed to containers of hazardous chemicals.
"Potential human carcinogen" means any substance which does not meet the definition of a human carcinogen, but for which:
"Purchaser" means the acquisition of art materials through the payment of money or its equivalent by a school division, school administrator, classroom teacher, or art teacher.
"Toxic substance" means any substance or mixture in a gaseous, liquid, or solid state which, when ingested, inhaled, or absorbed through the skin, is capable of producing an injury that persists and develops over time from a single, prolonged, or repeated exposure to the substance. This would include substances which are human carcinogens, potential human carcinogens, and those substances which can cause birth defects, harm to a developing fetus or to a nursing infant, allergic sensitization, sterility, damage to the nervous system, or a persistent adverse effect on any other organ system.
8 Va. Admin. Code § 20-530-10
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-16 and 22.1-274.1 of the Code of Virginia.