Section 21H:6D - Mercury-added thermostats(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: (2) esophageal dilators, bourgie tubes or gastrointestinal tubes; (5) hygrometers or psychrometers; (8) sphygmomanometers; or (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.Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21H, § 6D
Amended by Acts 2010, c. 179,§ 1, eff. 7/26/2010.Added by Acts 2006, c. 190,§ 7, eff. 5/1/2008.