Regulación del uso y eliminación del amalgama dental por dentistas en Michigan

Explicación Simple

Esta ley dice que los dentistas que usan un material llamado amalgama dental deben instalar un equipo especial para que no contamine el agua. También deben seguir ciertas reglas sobre cómo manejar y deshacerse de este material.

Es como cuando cocinas y usas un colador para que el agua no se mezcle con la comida. Los dentistas deben usar un separador para evitar que el amalgama contamine el agua.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que la doctora Ana tiene un consultorio dental en Michigan. Según la ley, ella debe instalar un separador en el desagüe de su consultorio para evitar que el amalgama que usa en los empastes termine en el sistema de aguas residuales. Además, debe llevar un registro de cómo deshecha el amalgama que no usa.

Penalidades

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Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

MCL 333.16631 - Applicability of section to dentist who uses dental amalgam and who removes dental amalgam; exceptions; procedures; rules; violations; preemption 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. (c) Oral pathologists. (d) Orthodontists. (e) Periodontists. (f) Dentists while providing services in a dental school, in a hospital, or through a local health department. (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 11143:2008 "Dental equipment — Amalgam separators". (3) On or before the expiration of 90 days after the effective date of this section, the department, in consultation with the department of environmental quality, 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 make, model, and 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 proper operation of the dental amalgam separator, including sch