New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 5 - DENTISTRY (DENTISTS, DENTAL HYGIENISTS, ETC.)
Part 58 - DENTAL AMALGAM WASTE
Section 16.5.58.8 - AMALGAM SEPARATOR; INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS
Universal Citation: 16 NM Admin Code 16.5.58.8
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. On or before December 31, 2014, the licensed owner(s), operator(s) or designee(s) of a dental office shall:
(1) install an appropriately sized amalgam
separator system on each wastewater drain at the licensee or certificate
holder's dental office; the amalgam separator system must, at a minimum, comply
with international standard contained in ISO 11143;
and
(2) within 90 days of
installation, report to the board office and to the local water treatment
authority where applicable the type, model, and size of the amalgam separator
system, and the date the amalgam separator system became operational.
B. Exemption: An amalgam separator shall not be required for the offices or clinical sites of:
(1) a dental office that is not engaged in
amalgam placement, removal or modification;
(2) an orthodontists;
(3) a periodontist;
(4) an oral and maxillofacial
surgeons;
(5) an oral and
maxillofacial radiologists;
(6) an
oral pathologists; or
(7) a
portable dental office without a fixed connection for wastewater
discharge.
C. Licensed owner(s), operator(s) or designee(s) of a dental office with an existing amalgam separator must be in compliance with ISO 11143 and shall report the type, model and size of the amalgam separator system to the board no later than December 31, 2014.
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