Section 6D. (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.
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