Mich. Admin. Code R. 338.11811 - Amalgam separator; installation and operation; requirements
Rule 1811.
(1) A
dentist shall have installed an amalgam separator on each wastewater drain in
the dentist's dental office that is used to discharge dental amalgam waste. In
addition to meeting the requirements of the code and these rules, a dentist who
is required to install an amalgam separator, under section 16631 of the code,
MCL 333.16631, shall comply with all
of the following:
(a) Install an amalgam
separator that meets the requirements of
R 338.11813.
(b) Install, operate, and maintain the
amalgam separator according to the manufacturer's instructions.
(c) Ensure the installed amalgam separator is
properly sized to accommodate maximum dental amalgam wastewater flow rates at
the dental office. The maximum allowable flow rate through an amalgam separator
at a dental office must not exceed the maximum flow rate capacity at which the
amalgam separator was tested under
R
338.11813(1)(a).
(d) Ensure that all wastewater from the
dental office containing dental amalgam waste passes through an installed and
properly functioning and maintained amalgam separator before being
discharged.
(2) Subrule
(1) of this rule does not apply to any of the following:
(a) Oral and maxillofacial
surgeons.
(b) Oral and
maxillofacial radiologists.
(c)
Oral and maxillofacial pathologists.
(d) Orthodontists.
(e) Periodontists.
(f) Dentists while providing services in a
dental educational program, in a hospital, or through a local health
department.
(g) Dentists who
install and use a holding tank and do not discharge amalgam waste.
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