§ 38 §1667 — Dental procedures

1.
Prevention plan.
By July 15, 2002, the department shall work with dentists and other interested parties to develop a pollution prevention plan for mercury from dental procedures that provides for reasonable measures to reduce mercury pollution from dental procedures and related sources. The plan must include options and strategies for implementing source reduction.
2.
Dental office defined.
For purposes of this section, "dental office" means any dental clinic, dental office or dental practice, but does not include the practice of oral and maxillofacial surgery.
3.
Amalgam separator system required.
No later than December 31, 2004, a dental office that, in the course of treating its patients, adds, removes or modifies dental amalgam must install an amalgam separator system in the wastewater line in accordance with the following:

Legislative History

PL 1999, c. 779, §2 (NEW). PL 2003, c. 301, §2 (RPR).