Bill Text: CT HB05243 | 2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Use Of Mercury In Dentistry.

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-29 - Public Hearing 03/07 [HB05243 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2012-HB05243-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 5243
February Session, 2012		LCO No. 841
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Referred to Committee on Public Health
Introduced by:
(PH)

AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF MERCURY IN DENTISTRY.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 22a-616 of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2012):

(d) On and after [July 1, 2003] January 1, 2013, no vocational dental education or training school shall use mercury amalgam. [unless such school has developed and implemented a plan approved by the commissioner that assures best management practices are used to prevent discharge of mercury into the waters of the state, any pollution abatement facility or subsurface sewage disposal system, and to properly handle and recycle or dispose of waste elemental mercury and amalgam. Such plan shall provide for an education program for students regarding the hazards of mercury and best management practices.]

Sec. 2. Section 22a-622 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2012):

No person shall offer for sale, distribute for promotional purposes or provide elemental mercury to a dental practitioner. [without providing a Material Safety Data Sheet, as defined in 42 USC 11049.] On and after [July 1, 2003, such] January 1, 2013, a dental practitioner shall not [(1)] use [the] mercury [only] for dental purposes. [; (2) store, use and otherwise handle exposure to such mercury in accordance with the accepted guidelines of the American Dental Association, state and federal law and any applicable best management practices adopted by the state; and (3) dispose of the elemental mercury in accordance with state and federal law.]

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2012	22a-616(d)
Sec. 2	October 1, 2012	22a-622

Statement of Purpose:

To prohibit the use of mercury amalgam in dental fillings.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]