After January 1, 2003, no person may sell or provide elemental mercury to another person in Rhode Island, except for manufacturing or recycling or disposal purposes, without providing a material safety data sheet, as defined in the United States Code, title 42, section 11049 [42 U.S.C. § 11049], and requiring the purchaser or recipient to sign a statement that the purchaser:
(1) will use the mercury only for medical, dental amalgam dispose-caps, research, or manufacturing purposes;(2) understands that mercury is toxic and that the purchaser will store and use it appropriately so that no person is exposed to the mercury; and(3) will not place or allow anyone under the purchaser's control to place or cause to be placed the mercury in solid waste for disposal or in a wastewater treatment and disposal system.R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-24.9-12
P.L. 2001 , ch. 234, § 1; P.L. 2001 , ch. 318, § 1.