Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 6-905 - Definitions(a) In this part the following words have the meanings indicated.(a-1) "Electric relay" means a product or device that opens or closes electrical contacts to effect the operation of other devices in the same or another electrical circuit.(a-2) "Electric switch" means a product or device that opens or closes an electrical circuit.(a-3) "Gas valve switch" means a product or device that opens or closes a gas valve.(b) "Manufacturer" means a person that: (2) For a multicomponent product, produces or assembles the final product; or(3) Serves as an importer or domestic distributor of a product produced outside of the United States.(c) "Marketer" means a person that manufactures, assembles, sells, distributes, affixes a brand name or private label to, or licenses the use of a brand name on:(1) A fever thermometer containing mercury;(2) A thermostat containing mercury;(3) An electric switch containing mercury or a product component with an electric switch containing mercury;(4) An electric relay containing mercury or a product component with an electric relay containing mercury; or(5) A gas valve switch containing mercury or a product component with a gas valve switch containing mercury.(d) "Mercury-added product" means any of the following products if containing elemental mercury or a mercury compound that has been added to the product for any reason:(1) Dyes or pigments; and(e) "Motor vehicle" has the meaning stated in § 11-135 of the Transportation Article.(f) "Reclamation facility" means a site:(1) Where equipment is used to recapture mercury from mercury-added fluorescent lamps for the purpose of recycling or reusing the mercury; or(2) That collects mercury-containing components from mercury-added fluorescent lamps for the eventual recapture and recycling or reuse of the mercury.(g) "Thermostat" means a device that regulates temperature in an enclosed area by controlling heating, cooling, or ventilation equipment.Amended by 2017 Md. Laws, Ch. 809,Sec. 2, eff. 10/1/2017.Amended by 2017 Md. Laws, Ch. 808,Sec. 2, eff. 10/1/2017.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.