§ 23-24.9-9.2 - Best management practices. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 23-24.9-9.2

   § 23-24.9-9.2  Best management practices.– Rhode Island dental offices and vocational dental education programs shall useand instruct on the use of best management practices to minimize the presenceof elemental mercury, unused amalgam, and waste amalgam in their wastewaterdischarge and in their solid waste. The department shall develop bestmanagement practices that include a requirement for an amalgam removalefficiency of at least ninety-nine percent (99%). The department shall definethe required best management practices by January 1, 2007. DEM shall consultwith the Narragansett Bay Commission, the Rhode Island Dental Association andother interested parties during the development of the best managementpractices. Dental offices shall comply with the best management practices.