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16-44.1   Definitions.
   For the purpose of this Section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   CITY. The City of Boston.
   HEALTH CARE FACILITY. Any hospital, nursing home, extended care facility, long-term facility, clinic or medical laboratory, commonwealth or private health or mental institution, clinic, physician’s office or health maintenance organization.
   MANUFACTURER. 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 county, the MANUFACTURER is the importer of domestic distributor.
   MERCURY THERMOMETER. 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 permit a specific function.
(CBC 1985 16-44.1; Ord. 2000 c. 5 § 2.1)
16-44.2   Retail Sale Prohibited.
   A person shall not sell or supply (including online 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.
(CBC 1985 16-44.2; Ord. 2000 c. 5 § 2.2) Penalty, see Subsection 16-44.6
16-44.3   Manufacturing Prohibited.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture a mercury thermometer in the city.
(CBC 1985 16-44.3; Ord. 2000 c. 5 § 2.3) Penalty, see Subsection 16-44.6
16-44.4   Importation Prohibited.
   It shall be unlawful for any facility to import, purchase or distribute a mercury thermometer in the city, except in the case of a medical necessity as determined by a licensed physician.
(CBC 1985 16-44.4; Ord. 2000 c. 5 § 2.4) Penalty, see Subsection 16-44.6
16-44.5   Restriction on the Sale of Mercury Thermometers.
   Six months after the adoption of this Section, a person may not sell or supply mercury fever thermometers to consumers and patients.
(CBC 1985 16-44.5; Ord. 2000 c. 5 § 2.5) Penalty, see Subsection 16-44.6
16-44.6   Penalty.
   Any person who violates this Section shall be subject to a fine of not more than $700 per unit sold. The Public Health Commission shall have jurisdiction over outreach and enforcement of this Section.
(CBC 1985 16-44.6; Ord. 2000 c. 5 § 2.6)
16-45   PROHIBITING THE CARRYING OF KNIVES OR SIMILAR WEAPONS.
16-45.1   Carrying of Weapons Prohibited.
   (A)   No person, except as provided by law, shall carry on his or her person, or carry under his or her control in a vehicle, any knife having any type of blade in excess of 2½ inches, ice picks, dirks or similar weapons that are likely to penetrate through Police Officer’s ballistic vests, or other object or tool so redesigned, fashioned, prepared or treated that the same may be used to inflict bodily harm or injury to another, except:
      (1)   When actually engaged in hunting or fishing or any employment, trade or lawful recreational or culinary activity which customarily involves the carrying or use of any type of knife;
      (2)   In going directly to and/or returning directly from such activities; or
      (3)   If the knife is being transported directly to or from a place of purchase, sharpening or repair, and if packaged in such a manner as not to allow easy access to the knife while it is being transported.
   (B)   No person, except as provided by law, shall carry on his or her person, or carry under his or her control in a vehicle, a machete. For purposes of this Section, MACHETE means a heavy knife at least 18 inches in length and having a blade at least 1½ inches wide at its broadest measurement. This Subsection shall not apply to carrying a machete on one’s person or in a vehicle if the machete is carried for the purpose of cutting vegetation or if the machete is being transported for the purpose of cutting vegetation.
(CBC 1985 16-45.1; Ord. 2001 c. 10; Ord. 2008 c. 13 § 1) Penalty, see Subsection 16-45.4
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