Town of Greenfield, MA
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2023-02-15
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Division 1: Town Council Orders
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Part III: General Legislation
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Chapter 300 Mercury Thermometers
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Division 1: Town Council Orders
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 13 Civil Defense
- Ch 18 Emergency Services
- Ch 22 Eminent Domain
- Ch 27 Finances
- Ch 45 Maintenance Department
- Ch 49 Meetings
- Ch 56 Officers and Employees
- Ch 58 Precinct Meetings
- Ch 60 Procurement
- Ch 68 Town Council Parking Permits
- Ch 71 Town Property
- Ch 75 Veterans' Assistance Fund
- Part II: Boards, Commissions, Committees and Other Governing Bodies
- Ch 103 Agricultural Commission
- Ch 110 Capital Improvement Planning Committee
- Ch 114 Cemetery Commission
- Ch 117 Community Preservation Committee
- Ch 118 Council on Aging
- Ch 123 Disability Access, Commission on
- Ch 132 Historical Commission
- Ch 136 Human Rights Commission
- Ch 160 Parking and Traffic Commission
- Ch 164 Planning Board
- Ch 173 Recreation Commission
- Ch 177 Redevelopment Authority
- Ch 182 School Committee
- Ch 186 Sustainable Greenfield Implementation Committee
- Ch 193 Ways and Means Committee
- Part III: General Legislation
- Ch 200 Zoning
- Ch 205 Alarms
- Ch 209 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 213 Animals
- Ch 217 Assemblies, Public
- Ch 224 Building Construction
- Ch 230 Contractors
- Ch 235 Curfew
- Ch 241 Demolition Delay
- Ch 244 Development Review
- Ch 248 Drainage
- Ch 252 Electioneering
- Ch 254 Electrical Standards
- Ch 256 Environmental Hazards
- Ch 259 Excavations
- Ch 265 Farming
- Ch 270 Firearms
- Ch 274 Food Establishments
- Ch 282 Junk Dealers and Collectors
- Ch 288 Licensing
- Ch 293 Littering
- Ch 300 Mercury Thermometers
- § 300-1 Definitions.
- § 300-2 Retail sale prohibited.
- § 300-3 Manufacturing prohibited.
- § 300-4 Importation, purchase and distribution prohibited.
- § 300-5 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 307 Native American Burial Grounds
- Ch 315 Nuclear-Free Zone
- Ch 322 Parks and Recreation Facilities
- Ch 328 Pawnbrokers
- Ch 333 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 337 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 346 Public Lands
- Ch 353 Safe City
- Ch 355 Sewer Use
- Ch 359 Signs
- Ch 364 Smoking
- Ch 368 Soil Removal
- Ch 372 Solid Waste
- Ch 377 Storage Tanks, Underground
- Ch 381 Stormwater Management
- Ch 385 Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places
- Ch 389 Surveillance and Trespassing
- Ch 394 Tag Sales
- Ch 400 Trees
- Ch 408 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 410 Vendors
- Ch 412 Wages
- Ch 415 Water
- Ch 419 Wells
- Ch 423 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 431 Vacant and Foreclosing Property
- Division 2: Rules and Regulations of Other Bodies
- Ch 507 Board of Health
- Ch 515 Conservation Commission
- Ch 520 Council on Aging
- Ch 538 License Commissioners
- Ch 550 Planning Board
- Ch 555 Police Commissioners
- Ch 565 Rules of Procedure, City Council
- Ch 590 Zoning Board of Appeals
- Appendix
- Ch A600 General Law Acceptances and Special Acts
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Greenfield as amended 3-21-2012 by Order No. FY 12-107 (Ch. 102 of the 2002 Bylaws). Subsequent amendments noted
where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any hospital, nursing home, extended-care facility, long-term
care facility, clinic or medical laboratory, state or private health
or mental institution, clinic, physician's office or health maintenance
organization.
Any person, firm, association, partnership, corporation,
governmental entity, organization, combination, or joint venture that
produces a mercury fever thermometer. If the mercury thermometer is
produced in a foreign country, the manufacturer is the importer or
domestic distributor.
A mercury-containing product that is used to measure body
temperature. A "mercury-containing product" is a product, device,
instrument or equipment into which elemental mercury or mercury compounds
are intentionally added during its formulation or manufacture and
in which the continued presence of mercury is desired to provide a
specific characteristic or to permit a specific function.
No person or business shall sell or supply (including on-line
retail) mercury fever thermometers to consumers and patients, except
by prescription. The manufacturers of mercury fever thermometers shall
supply clear instructions on the careful handling of the thermometer
to avoid breakage and proper cleanup should a breakage occur, with
all mercury fever thermometers sold through prescriptions.
It shall be unlawful for any person or corporation to manufacture
a mercury thermometer in the Town of Greenfield.
It shall be unlawful for any facility to import, purchase, or
distribute a mercury thermometer in the Town, except in the case of
medical necessity as determined by a licensed physician.
Any person who violates this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
punishable by a fine of not more than $500 per violation.
