Title 23. Health and Safety
Index
- Chapter 23-1. Department of Health
- Chapter 23-1.1. Division of Occupational Health
- Chapter 23-1.2. Division of Legal Services
- Chapter 23-1.3. Radiation Control
- Chapter 23-1.7. The Rhode Island Program to Address Alzheimer's Disease
- Chapter 23-1.8. Commission On the Deaf and Hard-Of-Hearing
- Chapter 23-1.9. Sheath Needles
- Chapter 23-1.10. Alcoholism
- Chapter 23-1.11. Needlestick Safety and Injury Prevention Act
- Chapter 23-2. Local Health Officers
- Chapter 23-3. Vital Records
- Chapter 23-4. Office of State Medical Examiners
- Chapter 23-4.1. Emergency Medical Transportation Services
- Chapter 23-4.5. Blood Bank Services
- Chapter 23-4.6. Consent to Medical and Surgical Care
- Chapter 23-4.7. Informed Consent For Abortion
- Chapter 23-4.8. Spousal Notice For Abortion
- Chapter 23-4.9. Retention of X-Rays
- Chapter 23-4.10. Health Care Power of Attorney
- Chapter 23-4.11. Rights of the Terminally Ill Act
- Chapter 23-4.12. Partial Birth Abortion
- Chapter 23-4.13. Reproductive Privacy Act
- Chapter 23-4.14. Feminine Hygiene Product Donation Act
- Chapter 23-5. Reports of Disease and Disability
- Chapter 23-5.1. Identification of Persons Suffering From Certain Disabilities
- Chapter 23-6. Prevention and Suppression of Contagious Diseases
- Chapter 23-6.1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training Program In High Schools
- Chapter 23-6.2. Public Access Defibrillation
- Chapter 23-6.3. Prevention and Suppression of Contagious Diseases - Hiv/aids
- Chapter 23-6.4. Life-Saving Allergy Medication - Stock Supply of Epineprhine Auto-Injectors - Emergency Administration
- Chapter 23-6.5. Automated External Defibrillators Required At Public Places
- Chapter 23-7. Mosquito Abatement
- Chapter 23-7.1. Rodent Control and Eradication
- Chapter 23-8. Quarantine Generally
- Chapter 23-9. Quarantine of Vessels
- Chapter 23-10. Tuberculosis
- Chapter 23-10.1. Emergency Commitment For Drug Intoxication
- Chapter 23-11. Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Chapter 23-12. Cancer
- Chapter 23-12.1. Hemophilia Care Program
- Chapter 23-12.5. New England Compact On Radiological Health Protection
- Chapter 23-12.6. Ovarian Cancer Education, Detection, and Prevention
- Chapter 23-12.7. The Breast Cancer Act
- Chapter 23-12.8. The Firefighter Cancer Wellness Act
- Chapter 23-12.9. Dense Breast Notification and Education
- Chapter 23-12.10. Harm Reduction Center Advisory Committee and Pilot Program
- Chapter 23-13. Maternal and Child Health Services For Children With Special Health Care Needs
- Chapter 23-13.1. The Safe Haven For Infants Act
- Chapter 23-13.2. Nursing Working Mothers
- Chapter 23-13.3. Birth Defects Surveillance and Information System
- Chapter 23-13.4. Hazardous Chemicals - Contamination of Breast Milk and Environment
- Chapter 23-13.5. Breastfeeding In Public Places
- Chapter 23-13.6. Lactation Consultant Practice Act of 2014
- Chapter 23-13.7. The Rhode Island Family Home Visiting Act
- Chapter 23-14. Childhood Disease Fund
- Chapter 23-14.1. Health Professional Loan Repayment Program
- Chapter 23-15. Determination of Need For New Health Care Equipment and New Institutional Health Services
- Chapter 23-16. Health Facilities Construction
- Chapter 23-16.1. New England Health Services and Facilities Compact
- Chapter 23-16.2. Laboratories
- Chapter 23-16.3. Clinical Laboratory Science Practice
- Chapter 23-16.4. Human Cloning
- Chapter 23-17. Licensing of Health Care Facilities
- Chapter 23-17.1. Licensing of Nursing Or Personal Care Homes
- Chapter 23-17.2. Accountability of Services to Patients of Nursing Or Personal Care Homes
- Chapter 23-17.3. Long-Term Care Coordinating Council
- Chapter 23-17.4. Assisted Living Residence Licensing Act
- Chapter 23-17.5. Rights of Nursing Home Patients
- Chapter 23-17.6. Mobile Intensive Care Unit Program
- Chapter 23-17.7. Licensing of Nursing Service Agencies
- Chapter 23-17.7.1. Licensing of Nursing Service Agencies
- Chapter 23-17.8. Abuse In Health Care Facilities
- Chapter 23-17.9. Registration of Nursing Assistants
- Chapter 23-17.10. Administrative Penalties
- Chapter 23-17.11. The Nursing Facilities Receivership Act
- Chapter 23-17.12. Health Care Services - Utilization Review Act
- Chapter 23-17.13. Health Care Accessibility and Quality Assurance Act
- Chapter 23-17.14. The Hospital Conversions Act
- Chapter 23-17.15. Long-Term Health Care Goals and Values
- Chapter 23-17.16. Home Care Patient Rights
- Chapter 23-17.17. Health Care Quality Program
- Chapter 23-17.18. Health Plan Modification Act
- Chapter 23-17.19. Immunization In Long Term Care Facilities
- Chapter 23-17.20. Health Care Facilities Staffing
- Chapter 23-17.21. The Rhode Island Patient Safety Act of 2008
- Chapter 23-17.22. Healthy Rhode Island Reform Act of 2008
- Chapter 23-17.23. Center For Health Professions
- Chapter 23-17.24. The Adult Supportive Care Residence Act
- Chapter 23-17.25. Distressed Essential Community Hospitals
- Chapter 23-17.26. Comprehensive Discharge Planning
- Chapter 23-17.27. Caregiver Advise, Record and Enable Act
- Chapter 17-28. Hospital Workplace Violence Protection Act
- Chapter 23-18. Cemeteries
- Chapter 23-18.1. Disposition of Bodies to Be Buried With Public Funds
- Chapter 23-18.2. Preservation and Care of Burial Places and Memorials For the Dead
- Chapter 23-18.3. Advisory Commission On Historical Cemeteries
- Chapter 23-18.5. Anatomical Gifts
- Chapter 23-18.6. Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
- Chapter 23-18.6.1. Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
- Chapter 23-18.6.2. Rhode Island Public Education Advisory Council For Organ and Tissue Donation Registration
- Chapter 23-18.8. Waste Recycling
- Chapter 23-18.9. Refuse Disposal
- Chapter 23-18.10. Prohibition of Products Containing Chlorofluorocarbons Products
- Chapter 23-18.11. Promotion of Paper Bag Usage
- Chapter 23-18.12. Beverage Container Recyclability
- Chapter 23-18.13. Toxic Packaging Reduction Act
- Chapter 23-18.14. Degradable Plastics and Packaging
- Chapter 23-18.15. Plastic Bottle and Container Labeling Act
- Chapter 23-18.16. Newspaper Recyclability
- Chapter 23-18.17. Used Cooking Oil Recycling
- Chapter 23-19. Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation
- Chapter 23-19.1. Hazardous Waste Management
- Chapter 23-19.2. Local Health Regulations
- Chapter 23-19.3. Sanitarians
- Chapter 23-19.3.1. Residential Sanitary Sewer Connections
- Chapter 23-19.4. Septage, Industrial Wastes and Waste Oil Pumping, Cleaning and Transportation
- Chapter 23-19.5. Percolation Tests and Water Table Elevation Determinations
- Chapter 23-19.6. Used Oil Recycling
- Chapter 23-19.7. Hazardous Waste Management Facilities
- Chapter 23-19.8. Hazardous Waste Cleanup
- Chapter 23-19.9. Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact
- Chapter 23-19.10. Hazardous Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Treatment Research and Demonstration Act of 1986
- Chapter 23-19.11. Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal
- Chapter 23-19.12. Generation - Transportation - Storage - Treatment - Management and Disposal of Regulated Medical Waste
- Chapter 23-19.13. Gull Control Program
- Chapter 23-19.14. Industrial Property Remediation and Reuse Act
- Chapter 23-19.15. The Rhode Island Cesspool Act of 2007
- Chapter 23-19.16. Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund
- Chapter 23-19.17. High-Heat Waste Facility Act of 2021
- Chapter 23-19.18-1. Plastic Waste Reduction Act
- Chapter 23-20. Sanitation In Hotels and Boarding Houses
- Chapter 23-20.5. Choke-Saving
- Chapter 23-20.6. Smoking In Public Places
- Chapter 23-20.7. Workplace Smoking Pollution Control Act
- Chapter 23-20.7.1. Off-Duty Rights to Privacy By Employees
- Chapter 23-20.8. Licensing of Massage Therapists
- Chapter 23-20.8.1. Registration of Music Therapists
- Chapter 23-20.9. Smoking In Schools
- Chapter 23-20.10. Public Health and Workplace Safety Act
- Chapter 23-20.11. Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity and Firefighter Protection
- Chapter 23-20.12. Food Allergy Awareness In Food-Service Establishments
- Chapter 23-21. Licensing of Recreational Facilities
- Chapter 23-21.1. Sanitation Standards For Bathing Beaches
- Chapter 23-22. Licensing of Swimming Pools
- Chapter 23-22.5. Drowning Prevention and Lifesaving
- Chapter 23-23. Air Pollution
- Chapter 23-23.1. Air Pollution Episode Control
- Chapter 23-23.5. Noxious Trades
- Chapter 23-23.6. Air Quality In Ice Arenas
- Chapter 23-23.7. Biodiesel Products
- Chapter 23-24. Hazardous Substances
- Chapter 23-24.1. Poison Prevention Packaging
- Chapter 23-24.2. Flammable Fabrics
- Chapter 23-24.3. Substances Or Compounds Used As Sewerage System Cleaners
- Chapter 23-24.4. Hazardous Substances Community Right to Know Act
- Chapter 23-24.5. Asbestos Abatement
- Chapter 23-24.6. Lead Poisoning Prevention Act
- Chapter 23-24.7. Occupational Health - Lead Protection
- Chapter 23-24.8. Mercury Fever Thermometers
- Chapter 23-24.9. Mercury Reduction and Education Act
- Chapter 23-24.10. Electronic Waste Prevention, Reuse and Recycling Act
- Chapter 23-24.11. Comprehensive Children's Jewelry Safety Act
- Chapter 23-24.12. Proper Management of Unused Paint
- Chapter 23-25. Pesticide Control
- Chapter 23-25.1. Hazardous Pesticides, Insecticides, Fungicides, Herbicides, and Rodenticides
- Chapter 23-25.2. Pesticide Relief Fund
- Chapter 23-25.3. Marine Tributyltin Antifoulant Paints
- Chapter 23-25.4. Utilization of Unused Prescription Drugs Act
- Chapter 23-25.5. The Return Or Exchange of Drugs Act
- Chapter 23-25.6. Pharmaceutical Redistribution Program Act
- Chapter 23-26. Bedding and Upholstered Furniture
- Chapter 23-27. Building Regulation Generally
- Chapter 23-27.1. Safety Glazing
- Chapter 23-27.2. State Building Code
- Chapter 23-27.3. State Building Code
- Chapter 23-27.4. Interstate Compact On Industrialized/ Modular Buildings
- Chapter 23-28. Fire Prevention and Investigation
- Chapter 23-28.01. Comprehensive Fire Safety Act
- Chapter 23-28.1. Fire Safety Code-General Provisions
- Chapter 23-28.2. Division of Fire Safety
- Chapter 23-28.3. Fire Safety Code Board of Appeal and Review
- Chapter 23-28.4. Safety and Health Programs For Fire Departments
- Chapter 23-28.5. Inspection of Buildings
- Chapter 23-28.6. Places of Assembly
- Chapter 23-28.7. Hotels and Motels
- Chapter 23-28.8. Fire Escapes - Outside Stairways
- Chapter 23-28.9. Heating and Cooking Facilities
- Chapter 23-28.10. Health Care Facilities
- Chapter 23-28.11. Fireworks and Pyrotechnics
- Chapter 23-28.12. Schools
- Chapter 23-28.13. Boarding Homes
- Chapter 23-28.14. Rooming Houses
- Chapter 23-28.15. Child Day Care Centers
- Chapter 23-28.16. Apartment Houses
- Chapter 23-28.17. Industrial, Mercantile, Business, and Storage Buildings
- Chapter 23-28.18. Theatres
- Chapter 23-28.19. Tents-Grandstands-Air-Supported Structures
- Chapter 23-28.20. Storage and Handling of Liquefied Petroleum Gas
- Chapter 23-28.21. Fuel Oil Installations
- Chapter 23-28.22. Flammable and Combustible Liquids
- Chapter 23-28.23. Exit Signs
- Chapter 23-28.24. Emergency Lighting
- Chapter 23-28.25. Fire Alarm Systems
- Chapter 23-28.26. Dip Tanks Containing Flammable Or Combustible Liquid
- Chapter 23-28.27. Spray Application Using Flammable Or Combustible Material
- Chapter 23-28.28. Explosives
- Chapter 23-28.29. Model Rocket Engines
- Chapter 23-28.30. Community Residences For the Mentally Retarded, Mentally Ill, Drug Abusers, and Alcoholics
- Chapter 23-28.31. Horse Stables
- Chapter 23-28.32. Sales Or Leasing and Servicing of Portable Fire Extinguishers and Fixed Fire Extinguishing Systems
- Chapter 23-28.33. Storage and Handling of Liquefied Natural Gas
- Chapter 23-28.34. Fire and Carbon Monoxide Detection Systems
- Chapter 23-28.35. Fire Detectors and Carbon Monoxide Systems In Existing Residential Occupancies
- Chapter 23-28.36. Notification of Fire Fighters, Police Officers and Emergency Medical Technicians After Exposure to Infectious Diseases
- Chapter 23-28.37. Vaccination of Firefighters to Prevent Hepatitis B
- Chapter 23-28.38. Detention and Correctional Occupancies
- Chapter 23-28.39. Housing For the Elderly-Emergency Generators Required
- Chapter 23-29. Fire Regulations In Places of Public Assembly
- Chapter 23-29.1. Rehabilitation Building and Fire Code For Existing Buildings and Structures
- Chapter 23-30. Fire Escapes and Stairways
- Chapter 23-31. Automatic Sprinkler Systems
- Chapter 23-32. Inspection of Buildings
- Chapter 23-33. Elevators, Escalators, and Dumbwaiters
- Chapter 23-34. Amusement Ride Inspection and Insurance Act
- Chapter 23-34.1. Amusement Ride Safety Act
- Chapter 23-35. Motion Picture Projectors
- Chapter 23-36. Inspection and Handling of Inflammable Substances
- Chapter 23-37. Powers of Fire Companies
- Chapter 23-38. Degradable Connectors and Non-Detachable Metal Openers For Beverage Containers
- Chapter 23-38.1. Hazardous Substances
- Chapter 23-38.2. Poison Prevention Packaging
- Chapter 23-38.3. Flammable Fabrics
- Chapter 23-39. Respiratory Care Act
- Chapter 23-40. New England Health Services and Facilities Compact
- Chapter 23-41. Hazardous Pesticides, Insecticides, Fungicides, Herbicides and Rodenticides
- Chapter 23-41.1. Pesticide Control
- Chapter 23-42. Disposition of Bodies to Be Buried With Public Funds
- Chapter 23-43. Office of Mental Retardation
- Chapter 23-43.1. Retardation Law
- Chapter 23-43.2. Parental Succession-Retarded Persons
- Chapter 23-43.3. Licensing of Facilities and Programs For the Alcoholic, Drug Abuser, Mentally Ill and the Mentally Retarded
- Chapter 23-44. New England Compact On Radiological Health Protection
- Chapter 23-45. Rodent Control and Eradication
- Chapter 23-46. Refuse Disposal
- Chapter 23-46.1. Solid Waste Management Corporation
- Chapter 23-46.2. Hazardous Waste Management
- Chapter 23-47. Anatomical Gifts
- Chapter 23-48. Sanitarians
- Chapter 23-49. Septage, Industrial Wastes and Waste Oil Pumping, Cleaning and Transportation
- Chapter 23-50. Blood Bank Services
- Chapter 23-51. Consent to Medical and Surgical Care
- Chapter 23-52. Emergency Medical Transportation Services
- Chapter 23-53. Special Packaging of Poisonous Substances
- Chapter 23-54. Choke-Saving Devices
- Chapter 23-55. Percolation Tests and Water Table Elevation Determinations
- Chapter 23-56. Smoking In Public Places
- Chapter 23-57. Commission On the Deaf and Hearing Impaired
- Chapter 23-58. Massage Parlors
- Chapter 23-59. Continuing Care Provider Registration and Disclosure
- Chapter 23-60. Battery Deposit and Control
- Chapter 23-60.1. Dry Cell Battery Control
- Chapter 23-61. Radon Control
- Chapter 23-62. Truth In Food Disclosure Law
- Chapter 23-63. Vehicle Tire Storage and Recycling
- Chapter 23-64. Minority Health Promotion Act
- Chapter 23-64.1. Commission For Health Advocacy and Equity
- Chapter 23-65. Board of Certification of Operators of Public Water Supply Facilities
- Chapter 23-66. Comprehensive Health Risk Assessments
- Chapter 23-67. The Rhode Island Research and Treatment Fund For Uninsured and Underinsured Women Stricken With Cancer
- Chapter 23-68. Tanning Facility Safety Standards Act
- Chapter 23-69. New England Compact On Involuntary Detention For Tuberculosis Control
- Chapter 23-70. Osteoporosis
- Chapter 23-71. Tobacco Product Manufacturers' Escrow Funds
- Chapter 23-72. Mercury In Fish Products
- Chapter 23-73. Latex Gloves Safety Act
- Chapter 23-74. Unlicensed Health Care Practices
- Chapter 23-75. Children's Product Safety Act
- Chapter 23-76. Vaccine Shortage Protection Act
- Chapter 23-77. Healthcare Information Technology and Infrastructure Development Fund
- Chapter 23-78. The Stroke Task Force
- Chapter 23-78.1. Stroke Prevention and Treatment Act of 2009
- Chapter 23-79. The Rhode Island Autism Spectrum Disorder Evaluation and Treatment Act
- Chapter 23-80. Safe Patient Handling Act of 2006
- Chapter 23-81. Rhode Island Coordinated Health Planning Act of 2006
- Chapter 23-82. Implementation of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Act
- Chapter 23-83. The Umbilical Cord Blood Donation Notification Act
- Chapter 23-84. The Rhode Island Climate Risk Reduction Act of 2010
- Chapter 23-85. Green Economy Roundtable
- Chapter 23-86. Women's Cardiovascular Screening and Risk Reduction Pilot Program
- Chapter 23-87. The Rhode Island Lupus Education and Awareness Plan
- Chapter 23-88. Code Consistency Council
- Chapter 23-89. The Rhode Island Palliative Care and Quality of Life Act
- Chapter 23-90. Responsible Recycling, Reuse and Disposal of Mattresses
- Chapter 23-91. Service Member Licensure
- Chapter 23-92. Military Spouse Licensure
- Chapter 23-93. Rhode Island Access to Medical Technology Innovation Act
- Chapter 23-94. Prevention of Conversion Therapy For Children
- Chapter 23-95. Nondiscrimination In Access to Anatomical Gifts and Organ Transplant Act (Isaac's Law)
- Chapter 23-96. Prohibited Release of Balloons
- Chapter 23-97. The Consumer Protection In Eye Care Act