2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 29 - Poisons, Drugs and Other Controlled Substances.
41-29-5 - "Dangerous caustic or corrosive substance" defined.

§ 41-29-5. "Dangerous caustic or corrosive substance" defined.
 

The term "dangerous caustic or corrosive substance" means each and all of the acids, alkalis, and substances named below: 
 

(a) Hydrochloric acid and any preparation containing free or chemically unneutralized hydrochloric acid (HCl) in a concentration of ten (10) per centum or more; 

(b) Sulphuric acids and any preparation containing free or chemically unneutralized sulphuric acid (H2SO4) in a concentration of ten (10) per centum or more; 

(c) Nitric acid or any preparation containing free or chemically unneutralized nitric acid (HNO3) in a concentration of five (5) per centum or more; 

(d) Carbolic acid (C6H5OH), otherwise known as phenol, and any preparation containing carbolic acid in a concentration of five (5) per centum or more; 

(e) Oxalic acid and any preparation containing free or chemically unneutralized oxalic acid (H2C2O4) in a concentration of ten (10) per centum or more; 

(f) Any salt of oxalic acid, other than cerium oxalate, and any preparation containing any such salt in a concentration of ten (10) per centum or more; 

(g) Acetic acid or any preparation containing free or chemically unneutralized acetic acid (HC2H3O2) in a concentration of twenty (20) per centum or more; 

(h) Hypochlorous acid, either free or combined, and any preparation containing the same in a concentration so as to yield ten (10) per centum or more by weight of available chlorine, excluding calx chlorinata, bleaching powder, and chloride of lime; 

(i) Potassium hydroxide and any preparation containing free or chemically unneutralized potassium hydroxide (KOH), including caustic potash and Vienna paste, in a concentration of ten (10) per centum or more; 

(j) Sodium hydroxide and any preparation containing free or chemically unneutralized sodium hydroxide (NaOH), including caustic soda and lye, in a concentration of ten (10) per centum or more; 

(k) Silver nitrate, sometimes known as lunar caustic, and any preparation containing silver nitrate (AgNO3) in a concentration of five (5) per centum or more, and 

(l) Ammonia water and any preparation yielding free or chemically uncombined ammonia (NH3), including ammonium hydroxide and "hartshorn" in a concentration of five (5) per centum or more. 
 

However, the provisions of this article shall not apply to "white arsenic and sal soda." 
 

Sources: Codes, 1930, § 4981; 1942, § 6823; Laws,  1930, ch. 26.