Title 23, Title 23 and Safety

The department shall review the provisions of § 23-24.9-10.2 no later than September 1, 2019, to determine if the provisions of said section shall sunset and the appropriate date for such action or if the approved rates of collection should be revised. The department shall make s…

(a) By July 1, 2005, the manufacturers of formulated mercury-added products offered for sale or use to a health care facility in Rhode Island must provide both the director and the recipient healthcare facility a certificate of analysis documenting the mercury content of the prod…

After January 1, 2003, no person may sell or provide elemental mercury to another person in Rhode Island, except for manufacturing or recycling or disposal purposes, without providing a material safety data sheet, as defined in the United States Code, title 42, section 11049 [42 …

Those mercury-added products with a code or date of manufacture indicating they were manufactured prior to July 13, 2001 are exempt from § 23-24.9-6 — 23-24.9-8 and §§ 23-24.9-10 and 23-24.9-11. If the mercury-added product has a date of manufacture or the manufacturer can provid…

(a) The director shall coordinate the development of a public education, outreach, and assistance program for households, hazardous waste generators, local and regional solid waste management agencies, small businesses, health care facilities, scrap metal facilities, dismantlers,…

(a) Notwithstanding other policies and guidelines for the procurement of equipment, supplies, and other products, the Rhode Island department of administration shall by January 1, 2003, revise its policies, rules, and procedures to implement the purposes of this chapter. (b) The …

Effective July 1, 2005, a violation of any of the provisions of this law or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant thereto shall be punishable, in the case of a first violation, by a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). In the case of a second and any f…

The department shall, in consultation with the conference of New England Governors/Eastern Canadian Premiers Environment Committee and/or an interstate mercury clearinghouse should one be developed, coordinate a review of the effectiveness of this chapter no later than January 1,…

Nothing in this chapter shall apply to prescription drugs regulated by the Food and Drug Administration under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. § 301 et. seq., to biological products regulated by the Food and Drug Administration under the Public Health Service Ac…

The department of environmental management shall be authorized to coordinate the development of a mercury reduction and education advisory working group to advise the department with regard to the development of regulations and programs for the implementation of the provisions of…

The general assembly has found and hereby declares that: (1) Mercury is a persistent and toxic pollutant that bioaccumulates in the environment; (2) Mercury deposition has proven to be a significant problem in the northeastern United States; (3) Consumption of mercury-contaminate…

(a) The general assembly further finds: (1) That reduction and elimination of health and environmental threats from mercury is a highly complex undertaking requiring cooperation among policy makers, public health and environmental officials and advocates, private businesses from …

The department shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement and carry out the provisions of this chapter.

Notwithstanding the effective date of January 1, 2006, set forth in subsections 23-24.9-7(a)(1), 23-24.9-8(a), and 23-24.9-10(a), the initial deadline for complying with the requirements of these subsections shall be January 1, 2006, or ninety (90) days after the effective date o…

The provisions of this chapter shall be severable, and if any court declares any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this chapter to be invalid, or its applicability of any government, agency, person, or circumstance is declared invalid, the remainder of the chapter and its…

For the purpose of this chapter: (1) “Component” means a mercury-added product that is incorporated into another product to form a fabricated mercury-added product, including, but not limited to, electrical switches and lamps. (2) “Contractor” means a person engaged in the busine…

The department is authorized to participate in the establishment and implementation of a regional, multi-state clearinghouse to assist in carrying out the requirements of this chapter and to help coordinate reviews of the manufacturers’ notifications regarding mercury-added produ…

(a) No later than January 1, 2002, no mercury-added product shall be offered for final sale or use or distributed for promotional purposes in Rhode Island without prior notification in writing by the manufacturer of the product, or its industry trade group, to the director in acc…

(a) No later than January 1, 2003, no mercury-added novelty shall be offered for final sale or use or distributed for promotional purposes in Rhode Island. Manufacturers that produce and sell mercury-added novelties must notify retailers about the provisions of this product ban a…

(a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) “Compact fluorescent lamp” means a compact low-pressure, mercury-containing, electric-discharge light source in which a fluorescent coating transforms some of the ultraviolet energy generated …

(a) No mercury-added product shall be offered for final sale or use or distributed for promotional purposes in Rhode Island if the mercury content of the product exceeds: (1) One gram (1000 milligrams) for mercury-added fabricated products or two hundred fifty (250) parts per mil…

(a) Mercury-added products. (1) Effective January 1, 2006, a manufacturer may not sell at retail in this state or to a retailer in this state, and a retailer may not knowingly sell, a mercury-added product unless the item is labeled pursuant to this subsection. The label must cle…

(a) Except as otherwise provided for in this chapter, after July 1, 2006, no person shall dispose of mercury-added products in a manner other than by recycling or disposal as hazardous waste. Mercury from mercury-added products may not be discharged to water, wastewater treatment…

(a) The general assembly further finds: (1) In 1998, the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers (NEG/ECP) established a landmark goal to “virtually eliminate” mercury emissions in the region. (2) The Governors’ Mercury Task Force has set a goal of havin…

Rhode Island dental offices and vocational dental education programs shall use and instruct on the use of best management practices to minimize the presence of elemental mercury, unused amalgam, and waste amalgam in their wastewater discharge and in their solid waste. The departm…

No later than July 1, 2008, a dental office that, in the course of treating its patients, places or removes dental amalgam must install an amalgam separator system in the wastewater discharge line. For the purposes of this section, “an amalgam separator system” means a device tha…

The following categories of dental offices are exempt from the requirement to install an amalgam separator; provided, that they do not place or remove amalgam: (a) Orthodontists; (b) Periodontists; (c) Endodontists; (d) Oral and maxillofacial surgeons; and (e) A dental office tha…