Section 6D: Sale of mercury-added thermostats and other mercury-added products
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Section 6D.
(a)No person shall sell or offer to sell or distribute a mercury-added thermostat in the commonwealth.
(b)No person shall sell or offer to sell or distribute in the commonwealth the following mercury-added products:
(1)barometers;
(2)esophageal dilators, bourgie tubes or gastrointestinal tubes;
(3)flow meters;
(4)hydrometers;
(5)hygrometers or psychrometers;
(6)manometers;
(7)pyrometers;
(8)sphygmomanometers; or
(9)basal thermometers.
(c)Subsections
(a)and
(b)shall not apply:
(i)to the sale of mercury-added products if the use of the product is a federal requirement;
(ii)to the sale of thermometers if they are determined to be medically necessary by a licensed physician or are ordered by prescription, or
(iii)to the sale of mercury-added antique barometers, including antique barometers with attached mercury thermometers, if the barometer was manufactured prior to 1955.