§ 409-b. Use of mercury vapor or metal halide lamps within school
buildings. 1. Every new or replacement mercury vapor or metal halide
lamp which is used within any school building in the state, for the
purpose of providing illumination, shall be of the safety type or
variety which self-extinguishes upon the breaking, cracking or removal
of the outer shield protecting the lamp or if such self-extinguishing
variety is not available, each such lamp or its fixture shall be
equipped with a shield adequate to protect against and to absorb
ultraviolet radiation if the lamp were to break or become defective
within the shielded fixture.

2. Jurisdiction is hereby conferred on the commissioner in order to
provide for the enforcement of this section through rules and
regulations which the commissioner shall establish.