July 16, 2008, Introduced by Reps. Donigan, Polidori, Condino, Alma Smith and Leland and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
(MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 16631.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 16631. (1) Except as otherwise provided, this section
applies to a dentist who uses dental amalgam and to a dentist who
removes dental amalgam. This section does not apply to any of the
following:
(a) Oral and maxillofacial surgeons.
(b) Oral and maxillofacial radiologists.
(f) Dentists while providing services in a dental school or in
a hospital.
(2) On or before December 31, 2013, a dentist described in
subsection (1) shall install or have installed and use on each
wastewater drain in the dentist's office that is used to discharge
dental amalgam a separator that has an efficiency of 95% or more as
determined through testing in accordance with standards published
by the international organization for standardization in ISO
11143:1999 "Dental equipment -- Amalgam separators".
(3) On or before the expiration of 90 days after the effective
date of this section, the Michigan board of dentistry shall
promulgate rules regarding best management practice for dental
amalgam collection, disposal, and recycling and the retention and
inspection of dental office records regarding the following:
(a) The type of dental amalgam separator installed and in use
in the office.
(b) The method used to dispose of or recycle the dental
amalgam waste collected.
(c) The shipping or other delivery records documenting the
transfer of the dental amalgam waste collected to licensed
recyclers or disposers.
(d) The maintenance of the dental amalgam separator.
(e) Compliance with best management practices.
(4) A violation of subsection (1) or (2) or a rule promulgated
under subsection (3) is a violation of section 16221(h).
(5) Beginning on the effective date of this section, this
section preempts and supersedes any local ordinance, regulation, or
resolution that imposes conflicting, different, or additional
standards or requirements on dentists than those contained in this
section or rules promulgated by the board under this section. A
local unit of government shall not enact, adopt, maintain, or
enforce an ordinance, regulation, or resolution that imposes
conflicting, different, or additional standards or requirements on
dentists than those contained in this section or rules promulgated
by the board under this section, including, but not limited to, the
requirement to obtain a permit that limits the discharge of mercury
into wastewater with a limitation greater than that capable of
being achieved by full compliance with this section.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6308(request no.
07059'08) of the 94th Legislature is enacted into law.