Dental amalgam

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This law requires any dental office, placing, removing, or repairing dental amalgam, to install an amalgam separator by December 31, 2004.

The language of the law can be reviewed by clicking on the links below.

• An Act to Reduce the Release of Mercury into the Environment from Consumer Products, PL 1999, ch. 779 (see section 2). (off-site)

Codified (same text appearing in Maine Revised Statutes Annoted):

• Chapter 16-B: Mercury-Added Products and Services, 38 MRSA 1661 (beginning at Section 1661). (off-site)

Further amended by:

• An Act To Require the Installation of Dental Amalgam Separator Systems in Dental Offices, PL 2003, ch. 301. (off-site)

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