SECTION 6D. Sale of mercury-added thermostats and other mercury-added products  


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  • (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:

    (1) barometers;

    (2) esophageal dilators, bourgie tubes or gastrointestinal tubes;

    (3) flow meters;

    (4) hydrometers;

    (5) hygrometers or psychrometers;

    (6) manometers;

    (7) pyrometers;

    (8) sphygmomanometers; or

    (9) basal thermometers.

    (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.