Official:Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," by adding a new Chapter requiring dentists to post and distribute certain information concerning the use of mercury in dental procedures, and requiring dentists to install systems that permit the recycling of mercury waste; all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Reynolds Brown
Introduced: October 14, 2004
Signed: December 13, 2007
: Committee on Licenses and Inspections
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill requires dentists in Philadelphia to post information about the use of mercury in dental procedures and install systems for recycling mercury waste.
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