§ 5-6.1101. Requirements.

(a)

Definitions. For the purposes of this section the following words and phrases shall be as defined herein.

1.

"Amalgam separator" is a device that employs filtration, settlement, centrifugation, or ion exchange to remove amalgam and its metal constituents from a dental office vacuum system before it discharges to the sewer.

2.

"Amalgam waste" means and includes non-contact amalgam (amalgam scrap that has not been in contact with the patient); contact amalgam (including, but not limited to, extracted teeth containing amalgam); amalgam sludge captured by chairside traps, vacuum pump filters, screens, and other amalgam trapping devices; used amalgam capsules; and leaking or unusable amalgam capsules.

3.

"ISO 11143" is the International Organization for Standardization's standard for amalgam separators.

(Ord. 3664-C.S., § 1, effective 1-13-17)