§ 409-b. Use of mercury vapor or metal halide lamps within school\nbuildings. 1. Every new or replacement mercury vapor or metal halide\nlamp which is used within any school building in the state, for the\npurpose of providing illumination, shall be of the safety type or\nvariety which self-extinguishes upon the breaking, cracking or removal\nof the outer shield protecting the lamp or if such self-extinguishing\nvariety is not available, each such lamp or its fixture shall be\nequipped with a shield adequate to protect against and to absorb\nultraviolet radiation if the lamp were to break or become defective\nwithin the shielded fixture.\n 2. Jurisdiction is hereby conferred on the commissioner in order to\nprovide for the enforcement of this section through rules and\nregulations which the commissioner shall establish.\n
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