Title 23 - Health and Safety
- CHAPTER 23-1 - Department of Health
- § 23-1-1 - General functions of department.
- § 23-1-1.1 - Health planning – Findings.
- § 23-1-1.2 - Health planning process.
- § 23-1-1.3 - Transfer of responsibilities.
- § 23-1-10 - – 23-1-12. [Repealed.].
- § 23-1-13 - Appropriations and disbursements.
- § 23-1-14 - Vouchers for disbursements.
- § 23-1-15 - Providing a physician for New Shoreham.
- § 23-1-16 - Receipt and use of funds.
- § 23-1-17 - Additional general powers.
- § 23-1-18 - Power to provide rules and regulations in specific areas.
- § 23-1-19 - Inspection and examination – Penalty for obstruction.
- § 23-1-2 - Inquiries to local authorities and physicians.
- § 23-1-20 - Compliance order.
- § 23-1-21 - Immediate compliance order.
- § 23-1-22 - Hearing.
- § 23-1-23 - Enforcement of compliance orders.
- § 23-1-24 - Review by supreme court.
- § 23-1-25 - Penalties.
- § 23-1-26 - Adoption of regulations – Status of present regulations.
- § 23-1-27 - Exemption from hearing provisions of Administrative Procedures Act.
- § 23-1-28 - Definitions.
- § 23-1-29 - Delegation.
- § 23-1-3 - Maintenance of laboratories.
- § 23-1-30 - [Repealed.].
- § 23-1-31 - Approval of construction by director.
- § 23-1-32 - Limitation on civil liability.
- § 23-1-33 - Dr. Charles V. Chapin Health Laboratory.
- § 23-1-34 - Health promotion income.
- § 23-1-35 - [Repealed.].
- § 23-1-36 - Director's duties regarding health education, alcohol, and substance abuse programs.
- § 23-1-36.1 - [Repealed.].
- § 23-1-37 - [Repealed.].
- § 23-1-38 - HIV antibody testing – Sperm collection or donation.
- § 23-1-39 - Tattooing and/or body piercing.
- § 23-1-39.1 - Laser pointing device.
- § 23-1-4 - Vital records.
- § 23-1-40 - Misrepresentation on menu of food or food products.
- § 23-1-41 - Rhode Island public health foundation.
- § 23-1-42 - Renewal of licenses, certifications and registration – Date changes.
- § 23-1-42.1 - Wallet license cards for health care professionals.
- § 23-1-43 - Minority population health promotion.
- § 23-1-44 - Routine childhood and adult immunization vaccines.
- § 23-1-45 - Immunization account.
- § 23-1-46 - Insurers.
- § 23-1-47 - Health care providers – Immunities.
- § 23-1-48 - Reimbursement for medical record copies.
- § 23-1-49 - Registry of persons with head injuries and/or spinal cord injuries.
- § 23-1-5 - Enforcement of sanitary laws.
- § 23-1-5.1 - Laboratory testing services.
- § 23-1-5.2 - Office of private well water contamination.
- § 23-1-5.3 - Duties of the office of private well water contamination.
- § 23-1-5.4 - Access to information.
- § 23-1-5.5 - Annual report.
- § 23-1-5.6 - [Repealed.].
- § 23-1-5.7 - Well water purification licensing.
- § 23-1-50 - Public Records – Exemption – Requirements.
- § 23-1-51 - Severability.
- § 23-1-52 - Adult day care program licensure.
- § 23-1-53 - Cost of legal fees.
- § 23-1-6 - Shellfish packing houses.
- § 23-1-7 - Industrial hygiene.
- § 23-1-8 - Forensic Scientist – Crime detection.
- § 23-1-9 - Annual report to general assembly.
- CHAPTER 23-1.1 - Division of Occupational Health
- § 23-1.1-1 - Definitions.
- § 23-1.1-10 - Prosecution of violations.
- § 23-1.1-11 - Compliance orders.
- § 23-1.1-12 - Enforcement procedure.
- § 23-1.1-13 - Penalties.
- § 23-1.1-14 - Discrimination on account of complaint.
- § 23-1.1-15 - Confidentiality of trade secrets.
- § 23-1.1-16 - Other safety and health laws unimpaired.
- § 23-1.1-17 - Severability.
- § 23-1.1-2 - Creation.
- § 23-1.1-3 - Annual report.
- § 23-1.1-4 - Chief of division – Compliance inspectors.
- § 23-1.1-5 - Compliance inspectors – Assignment – Duties.
- § 23-1.1-6 - Appropriations – Disbursement.
- § 23-1.1-7 - Inspection powers.
- § 23-1.1-8 - Report of violations by employees – Inspection.
- § 23-1.1-9 - Procedures to counteract imminent dangers.
- CHAPTER 23-1.10 - Alcoholism
- § 23-1.10-1 - Declaration of policy.
- § 23-1.10-10 - Treatment and services for intoxicated persons and persons incapacitated by alcohol.
- § 23-1.10-11 - Emergency commitment.
- § 23-1.10-12 - Involuntary commitment of alcoholics.
- § 23-1.10-13 - Confidentiality of records – Availability for research.
- § 23-1.10-14 - Visitation rights – Mail and other communications.
- § 23-1.10-15 - Payment for treatment.
- § 23-1.10-16 - Limits on application of laws punishing intoxication.
- § 23-1.10-17 - Severability.
- § 23-1.10-18 - Application of Administrative Procedures Act.
- § 23-1.10-19 - Rules and regulations.
- § 23-1.10-2 - Definitions.
- § 23-1.10-3 - Powers assumed by department.
- § 23-1.10-4 - Duties of department.
- § 23-1.10-5 - [Reserved.].
- § 23-1.10-6 - Comprehensive program for treatment.
- § 23-1.10-7 - Standards for treatment facilities – Inspections – Furnishing information to department – Noncompliance with standards.
- § 23-1.10-8 - Rules as to acceptance for treatment.
- § 23-1.10-9 - Voluntary treatment of alcoholics.
- CHAPTER 23-1.11 - Needlestick Safety And Injury Prevention Act
- CHAPTER 23-1.2 - Division of Legal Services
- CHAPTER 23-1.3 - Radiation Control
- § 23-1.3-1 - Definitions.
- § 23-1.3-10 - Injunctive relief.
- § 23-1.3-11 - Prohibited uses and services.
- § 23-1.3-12 - Penalty.
- § 23-1.3-13 - Radiation advisory commission.
- § 23-1.3-14 - Organization.
- § 23-1.3-15 - Duties.
- § 23-1.3-16 - Existing remedies unimpaired.
- § 23-1.3-17 - Protection of department of health powers.
- § 23-1.3-18 - Conflicting laws.
- § 23-1.3-19 - Severability.
- § 23-1.3-2 - State radiation control agency.
- § 23-1.3-3 - Transportation or use of radiation sources.
- § 23-1.3-4 - Inspection and right of entry.
- § 23-1.3-5 - Licensing and registration of radiation sources.
- § 23-1.3-6 - Records.
- § 23-1.3-7 - Federal-state agreements.
- § 23-1.3-8 - Notification of violation and order of abatement.
- § 23-1.3-9 - Authority of the administrator in cases of emergency.
- CHAPTER 23-1.8 - Commission on the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing
- CHAPTER 23-1.9 - Sheath Needles
- CHAPTER 23-10 - Tuberculosis
- § 23-10-1 - Report of tubercular cases by state institutions.
- § 23-10-2 - Reports by physicians.
- § 23-10-3 - Prosecution of violations.
- § 23-10-4 - Register of tubercular cases.
- § 23-10-5 - Transmission of reports to local agencies.
- § 23-10-6 - Quarantine for treatment of actively or chronically diseased persons.
- § 23-10-7 - Laboratory culture for tuberculosis.
- CHAPTER 23-10.1 - Emergency Commitment for Drug Intoxication
- CHAPTER 23-11 - Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- § 23-11-1 - Diseases declared contagious – Exposure of another to infection.
- § 23-11-10 - Investigation of suspected cases and sources.
- § 23-11-11 - Power to examine suspected cases – Right of suspect to own physician.
- § 23-11-12 - Refusal to submit to examination.
- § 23-11-13 - Appropriations and disbursements.
- § 23-11-14 - Reports by public and private laboratories.
- § 23-11-15 - Report not violation of physician-patient relationship.
- § 23-11-16 - Violations – Penalties.
- § 23-11-17 - Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing.
- § 23-11-18 - Legislative findings.
- § 23-11-19 - Exchange of hypodermic needles and syringes.
- § 23-11-2 - [Repealed.].
- § 23-11-3 - Compulsory treatment of infected persons.
- § 23-11-4 - State laboratory facilities and treatment.
- § 23-11-5 - Reports of cases by public and private institutions.
- § 23-11-6 - Reports by physicians.
- § 23-11-7 - Penalty for failure to report.
- § 23-11-8 - Blood test of pregnant women.
- § 23-11-9 - Information confidential – Penalty for disclosure.
- 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 23-13 - Maternal and Child Health Services for Children with Special Health Care Needs
- § 23-13-1 - Acceptance of federal act – Administration and purpose of program.
- § 23-13-10 - Complaints for violations.
- § 23-13-11 - [Repealed.].
- § 23-13-12 - [Repealed.].
- § 23-13-13 - Testing for hearing impairments.
- § 23-13-14 - Newborn screening program.
- § 23-13-15 - [Repealed.].
- § 23-13-16 - Annual maternal and child health report.
- § 23-13-16.1 - Maternity patient's informational pamphlet.
- § 23-13-17 - Special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children (WIC).
- § 23-13-18 - [Repealed.].
- § 23-13-19 - Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing.
- § 23-13-2 - Acceptance of gifts.
- § 23-13-20 - Coordination of community-based family life and sex education.
- § 23-13-21 - Comprehensive reproductive health services.
- § 23-13-22 - Early intervention program for developmentally disabled infants.
- § 23-13-23 - Interagency coordinating council.
- § 23-13-24 - Recommendations of the council.
- § 23-13-25 - Powers of council cumulative.
- § 23-13-26 - Technology-dependent children – Definitions – Caretakers' skills.
- § 23-13-3 - Appropriations by cities and towns.
- § 23-13-4 - Ophthalmia neonatorum – Definition – Treatment.
- § 23-13-5 - Advice to parents concerning ophthalmia neonatorum.
- § 23-13-6 - Reports of ophthalmia neonatorum.
- § 23-13-7 - Investigation of cases – Enforcement of provisions – Publication of information – Reports to attorney general.
- § 23-13-8 - Violations pertaining to ophthalmia neonatorum.
- § 23-13-9 - Licensing and regulation of midwives – Penalty for violations.
- CHAPTER 23-13.1 - The Safe Haven For Infants Act
- § 23-13.1-1 - Short title.
- § 23-13.1-2 - Definitions.
- § 23-13.1-3 - Voluntary surrender of infant child.
- § 23-13.1-4 - Immunity.
- § 23-13.1-5 - DCYF – Procedure.
- § 23-13.1-6 - Awareness program.
- § 23-13.1-7 - Annual report to the legislature.
- § 23-13.1-8 - Severability.
- 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 23-14 - Childhood Disease Fund
- CHAPTER 23-14.1 - Health Professional Loan Repayment Program
- § 23-14.1-1 - Legislative findings.
- § 23-14.1-10 - Severability.
- § 23-14.1-11 - Appropriation.
- § 23-14.1-2 - Definitions.
- § 23-14.1-3 - Health professional loan repayment program established.
- § 23-14.1-4 - Health professional loan repayment board.
- § 23-14.1-5 - Duties of the board.
- § 23-14.1-6 - Duties of the director.
- § 23-14.1-7 - Conditions of loan repayment.
- § 23-14.1-8 - Contracts required.
- § 23-14.1-9 - Penalty for failure to complete contract.
- CHAPTER 23-15 - Determination of Need for New Health Care Equipment and New Institutional Health Services
- § 23-15-1 - Short title.
- § 23-15-10 - Application fees.
- § 23-15-11 - Reports, use of experts, all costs and expenses.
- § 23-15-2 - Definitions.
- § 23-15-3 - Purpose.
- § 23-15-4 - Review and approval of new health care equipment and new institutional health services.
- § 23-15-4.1 - Exemption for nonclinical capital expenditures.
- § 23-15-4.2 - Exemption for research.
- § 23-15-4.3 - [Repealed.].
- § 23-15-4.4 - Exemption for voter approved capital bond issues for health care facilities.
- § 23-15-5 - Expeditious review.
- § 23-15-6 - Procedures for review.
- § 23-15-6.1 - Action subsequent to review.
- § 23-15-7 - Health services council.
- § 23-15-8 - Funds for administration.
- § 23-15-9 - Severability.
- CHAPTER 23-16 - Health Facilities Construction
- § 23-16-1 - Short title.
- § 23-16-2 - Federal funds for survey and planning.
- § 23-16-3 - State advisory council.
- § 23-16-4 - Powers of the director.
- § 23-16-5 - Compensation and meeting of council members.
- § 23-16-6 - Funds for administration.
- § 23-16-7 - Separation of funds.
- § 23-16-8 - Severability.
- CHAPTER 23-16.1 - New England Health Services and Facilities Compact
- CHAPTER 23-16.2 - Laboratories
- § 23-16.2-1 - Declaration.
- § 23-16.2-10 - Prohibition of transmission of material to unlicensed laboratory.
- § 23-16.2-11 - , 23-16.2-12. [Repealed.].
- § 23-16.2-13 - Violation of this chapter.
- § 23-16.2-14 - Enforcement.
- § 23-16.2-2 - Definitions.
- § 23-16.2-3 - Application of law – Exceptions.
- § 23-16.2-4 - License required for clinical laboratories – Term of license – Application – Fee.
- § 23-16.2-4.1 - Certificate required for analytical laboratories – Term of certificate – Fee.
- § 23-16.2-5 - Establishment of rules and regulations – Hearing – Notice.
- § 23-16.2-5.1 - Payment for services rendered by clinical laboratories – Commissions, rebates, and fees – Use of laboratory's name.
- § 23-16.2-6 - Issuance or denial of license.
- § 23-16.2-7 - Suspension and revocation of license.
- § 23-16.2-8 - Judicial review of license action.
- § 23-16.2-9 - Access and inspection powers.
- CHAPTER 23-16.3 - Clinical Laboratory Science Practice
- § 23-16.3-1 - Short title.
- § 23-16.3-10 - Licensure application procedures.
- § 23-16.3-11 - Licensure renewal.
- § 23-16.3-12 - Disciplinary requirements.
- § 23-16.3-13 - Hearing requirements – Procedure.
- § 23-16.3-14 - Roster of licenses.
- § 23-16.3-15 - Receipts.
- § 23-16.3-16 - Severability.
- § 23-16.3-2 - Declaration of policy and statement of purpose.
- § 23-16.3-3 - Definitions.
- § 23-16.3-4 - Exceptions.
- § 23-16.3-5 - License required.
- § 23-16.3-6 - Administration.
- § 23-16.3-7 - Duties and powers of the clinical laboratory advisory board.
- § 23-16.3-8 - Standards for licensure.
- § 23-16.3-9 - Waiver of requirements.
- CHAPTER 23-16.4 - Human Cloning
- CHAPTER 23-17 - Licensing of Health Care Facilities
- § 23-17-1 - Short title.
- § 23-17-10 - Regulations, inspections, and investigations – Certain hospitals required to provide on-premises coverage by physician – Uniform reports – Data systems.
- § 23-17-10.1 - Financial regulation of health maintenance organizations.
- § 23-17-10.2 - Full financial disclosure by hospitals.
- § 23-17-10.3 - Special care unit disclosure by facilities.
- § 23-17-10.4 - Rehabilitation special care unit and sub-acute special care unit disclosure by facilities.
- § 23-17-10.5 - Medical director and attending physician file.
- § 23-17-10.6 - Nursing facility wandering hazard prevention plans.
- § 23-17-10.7 - Nursing facility assessment and disclosure for residents on probation or parole.
- § 23-17-11 - Abortion and sterilization – Protection for nonparticipation – Procedure.
- § 23-17-12 - Inspections – Nursing facilities.
- § 23-17-12.1 - Scope of inspections.
- § 23-17-12.10 - Quality predictive modeling – Established.
- § 23-17-12.11 - Nursing facility quality improvement program.
- § 23-17-12.2 - Time for correction of defects.
- § 23-17-12.3 - Penalty for violation of §§ 23-17-12 – 23-17-12.2.
- § 23-17-12.4 - Enforcement of §§ 23-17-12 – 23-17-12.2.
- § 23-17-12.5 - Complaints – Nursing homes.
- § 23-17-12.6 - Independent quality monitor, quality consultant and temporary manager.
- § 23-17-12.7 - Adverse change in financial condition.
- § 23-17-12.8 - Posting of nursing staff levels in nursing facilities.
- § 23-17-12.9 - Resident and family notification.
- § 23-17-13 - Health services council.
- § 23-17-14 - Functions of health services council.
- § 23-17-14.1 - Immunity for council members.
- § 23-17-14.2 - Compensation.
- § 23-17-14.3 - Review criteria.
- § 23-17-14.4 - Procedures for review.
- § 23-17-15 - Information confidential.
- § 23-17-15.1 - Reports public.
- § 23-17-16 - Annual report of activities.
- § 23-17-17 - Penalty for operation of unlicensed health care facility.
- § 23-17-18 - Obtaining treatment or services under false pretenses.
- § 23-17-19 - Injunction to restrain operation without license.
- § 23-17-19.1 - Rights of patients.
- § 23-17-19.2 - Posting of law.
- § 23-17-19.3 - Patients' visitation rights.
- § 23-17-2 - Definitions.
- § 23-17-20 - Inapplicability.
- § 23-17-21 - Power of enforcement.
- § 23-17-22 - Severability.
- § 23-17-23 - Hospital disciplinary powers.
- § 23-17-24 - Internal risk management program.
- § 23-17-25 - Privileges and immunities for peer review activities.
- § 23-17-26 - Emergency health care.
- § 23-17-27 - Disclosure of nonparticipation in hospital service plan.
- § 23-17-28 - Health care cost containment.
- § 23-17-29 - Applicability.
- § 23-17-3 - Purpose of provisions.
- § 23-17-30 - Blood or tissue transfer services.
- § 23-17-31 - Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing – Hospitals.
- § 23-17-31.1 - Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing – Facilities for drug users.
- § 23-17-32 - Mammograms – Quality assurance standards.
- § 23-17-33 - Pap smears – Quality assurance standards.
- § 23-17-34 - Criminal records review – Nursing facilities – Home nursing care providers and home care providers.
- § 23-17-35 - Prior criminal records checks.
- § 23-17-36 - Rules and regulations.
- § 23-17-37 - Disqualifying information.
- § 23-17-38 - Establishment of fees.
- § 23-17-38.1 - Hospitals – Licensing fee.
- § 23-17-39 - Immunity from liability.
- § 23-17-4 - License required for health care facility operation.
- § 23-17-40 - Hospital events reporting.
- § 23-17-41 - Employer/employee relationships.
- § 23-17-42 - Home nursing care providers – Uncompensated care provisions.
- § 23-17-43 - Charity care requirements.
- § 23-17-44 - Moratorium on new initial nursing facility licensed beds and on increases to the licensed capacity of existing nursing facility licenses.
- § 23-17-45 - Quality standards for volume related tertiary services.
- § 23-17-46 - Financial interest disclosure.
- § 23-17-47 - Identification badges.
- § 23-17-48 - Labor disputes/actions.
- § 23-17-49 - Surgical procedures – General provisions.
- § 23-17-5 - Application for license.
- § 23-17-5.1 - Additional information required of nursing facility applicants for initial licensure or change of ownership.
- § 23-17-5.2 - Additional information required for license renewal of all nursing facilities.
- § 23-17-50 - Physician ambulatory surgery center – Accreditation, survey, complaint investigation, and exemptions.
- § 23-17-51 - Magnetic resonance imaging – Quality assurance standards.
- § 23-17-52 - Department of health concern line.
- § 23-17-53 - Physician contracts.
- § 23-17-54 - Provisions of interpreter services.
- § 23-17-55 - Severability.
- § 23-17-56 - School based health centers – Special requirements and exceptions.
- § 23-17-57 - Podiatry ambulatory surgery center – Accreditation, survey, complaint investigation, and exemptions.
- § 23-17-58 - Documentation of pre-hospital exposure of emergency medical services workers.
- § 23-17-59 - Safe patient handling.
- § 23-17-6 - Issuance of license – Posting – Transfer – Conditions.
- § 23-17-7 - Expiration and renewal of license.
- § 23-17-8 - Denial, suspension, or revocation of license.
- § 23-17-8.1 - Curtailment of activities.
- § 23-17-9 - Judicial review of license action.
- CHAPTER 23-17.1 - Licensing of Nursing or Personal Care Homes
- CHAPTER 23-17.10 - Administrative Penalties
- § 23-17.10-1 - Definitions.
- § 23-17.10-2 - Authority of the director to assess penalty.
- § 23-17.10-3 - Notice of violation and assessment of penalty.
- § 23-17.10-4 - Right to adjudicatory hearing.
- § 23-17.10-5 - Judicial review.
- § 23-17.10-6 - Determination of administrative penalty.
- § 23-17.10-7 - Amount of penalty.
- § 23-17.10-8 - Rules and regulations.
- § 23-17.10-9 - Severability.
- CHAPTER 23-17.11 - The Nursing Facilities Receivership Act
- § 23-17.11-1 - Legislative findings.
- § 23-17.11-10 - Lien.
- § 23-17.11-11 - Whistleblower protections.
- § 23-17.11-12 - Penalties.
- § 23-17.11-13 - Severability.
- § 23-17.11-2 - Declaration of purpose.
- § 23-17.11-3 - Definitions.
- § 23-17.11-4 - Powers and duties of director.
- § 23-17.11-5 - Notification of closure – Appointment of receiver.
- § 23-17.11-6 - Mismanagement of facility.
- § 23-17.11-7 - Reports – Use of experts – Costs.
- § 23-17.11-8 - Duty to cooperate.
- § 23-17.11-9 - Retaliation prohibited.
- CHAPTER 23-17.12 - Health Care Services – Utilization Review Act
- § 23-17.12-1 - Purpose of chapter.
- § 23-17.12-10 - External appeal requirements.
- § 23-17.12-11 - [Repealed.].
- § 23-17.12-12 - Reporting requirements.
- § 23-17.12-13 - Lists.
- § 23-17.12-14 - Penalties.
- § 23-17.12-15 - Annual report.
- § 23-17.12-16 - Fees.
- § 23-17.12-17 - Severability.
- § 23-17.12-2 - Definitions.
- § 23-17.12-3 - General certificate requirements.
- § 23-17.12-4 - Application process.
- § 23-17.12-5 - General application requirements.
- § 23-17.12-6 - Denial, suspension, or revocation of certificate.
- § 23-17.12-7 - Judicial review.
- § 23-17.12-8 - Waiver of requirements.
- § 23-17.12-8.1 - Variance of statutory requirements. [Repealed effective July 1, 2011.].
- § 23-17.12-9 - Review agency requirement for adverse determination and internal appeals.
- CHAPTER 23-17.13 - Health Care Accessibility and Quality Assurance Act
- CHAPTER 23-17.14 - The Hospital Conversions Act
- § 23-17.14-1 - Short title.
- § 23-17.14-10 - Review process of department of attorney general and department of health and criteria by department of attorney general – Conversions limited to not-for-profit corporations.
- § 23-17.14-11 - Criteria for the department of health – Conversions limited to not-for-profit corporations.
- § 23-17.14-12 - Review process by department of health for conversions involving for-profit hospital as the acquiree.
- § 23-17.14-13 - Reports, use of experts, costs.
- § 23-17.14-14 - Investigations – Notice to attend – Court order to appear – Contempt.
- § 23-17.14-15 - Charity care requirements.
- § 23-17.14-16 - Gag rules prohibited.
- § 23-17.14-17 - Perjury.
- § 23-17.14-18 - Prior approval – Closings or significant reduction of medical services.
- § 23-17.14-19 - Limits to acquisitions – Community benefits requirements – Filings prohibited.
- § 23-17.14-2 - Findings.
- § 23-17.14-20 - Licensing fees.
- § 23-17.14-21 - No derogation of attorney general.
- § 23-17.14-22 - Distribution of proceeds from acquisition – Selection and establishment of an independent foundation.
- § 23-17.14-23 - Powers and duties of the board.
- § 23-17.14-24 - Personal liability excluded.
- § 23-17.14-25 - Implementation.
- § 23-17.14-26 - Annual report.
- § 23-17.14-27 - General powers and limitations.
- § 23-17.14-28 - Concurrent approval – License.
- § 23-17.14-29 - Whistleblower protections.
- § 23-17.14-3 - Purpose of provisions.
- § 23-17.14-30 - Failure to comply – Penalties.
- § 23-17.14-31 - Powers of the department of health.
- § 23-17.14-32 - Powers of the attorney general.
- § 23-17.14-33 - Severability.
- § 23-17.14-34 - Judicial review.
- § 23-17.14-4 - Definitions.
- § 23-17.14-5 - Prior approval required – Department of attorney general and department of health.
- § 23-17.14-6 - Initial application – Conversions involving for-profit corporations or not-for-profit as acquirors.
- § 23-17.14-7 - Review process of the department of attorney general and the department of health and review criteria by department of attorney general.
- § 23-17.14-8 - Review process and review criteria by department of health for conversions involving for-profit corporation as acquiror.
- § 23-17.14-9 - Initial application – Conversions limited to not-for-profit corporations.
- 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
- § 23-17.17-1 - Purpose.
- § 23-17.17-10 - Reporting requirements for the health care database.
- § 23-17.17-11 - Data collection and information sharing for the health care database.
- § 23-17.17-2 - Definitions.
- § 23-17.17-3 - Establishment of health care quality performance measurement and reporting program.
- § 23-17.17-4 - Program requirements – Adoption of rules and regulations.
- § 23-17.17-5 - Annual report.
- § 23-17.17-6 - Health care quality steering committee.
- § 23-17.17-7 - [Repealed.].
- § 23-17.17-8 - Annual hospital staffing report.
- § 23-17.17-9 - Health care quality and value database.
- CHAPTER 23-17.18 - Health Plan Modification Act
- CHAPTER 23-17.19 - Immunization In Long Term Care Facilities
- CHAPTER 23-17.2 - Accountability of Services to Patients of Nursing or Personal Care Homes
- § 23-17.2-1 - Short title.
- § 23-17.2-2 - Entries required in log or journal.
- § 23-17.2-3 - Duties of the director.
- § 23-17.2-4 - Duties of administrator.
- § 23-17.2-5 - Duty to report violations.
- § 23-17.2-6 - Failure to comply.
- § 23-17.2-7 - Altering or falsifying log or journal – Misdemeanor.
- CHAPTER 23-17.20 - Health Care Facilities Staffing
- CHAPTER 23-17.21 - The Rhode Island Patient Safety Act of 2008
- § 23-17.21-1 - Title.
- § 23-17.21-2 - Legislative findings.
- § 23-17.21-3 - Legislative purpose and intent.
- § 23-17.21-4 - Definitions.
- § 23-17.21-5 - Powers and duties of the department.
- § 23-17.21-6 - Requirements for reporting entities.
- § 23-17.21-7 - Requirements for patient safety organizations.
- § 23-17.21-8 - Privilege and confidentiality protections.
- § 23-17.21-9 - Severability.
- 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 23-17.3 - Long-term Care Coordinating Council
- CHAPTER 23-17.4 - Assisted Living Residence Licensing Act
- § 23-17.4-1 - Short title.
- § 23-17.4-10 - Regulations, inspections, and investigations.
- § 23-17.4-10.1 - Quality assurance.
- § 23-17.4-10.2 - Penalty for violation of § 23-17.4-10.
- § 23-17.4-11 - Accessibility to assisted living residences and residents.
- § 23-17.4-12 - Obtaining access under false pretenses.
- § 23-17.4-13 - Variance authority.
- § 23-17.4-14 - Penalty for operation of unlicensed assisted living residence.
- § 23-17.4-15 - Injunction to restrain operation without license.
- § 23-17.4-15.1 - Prohibition on placement into unlicensed assisted living residences and reporting requirements.
- § 23-17.4-15.1.1 - Administrator requirements.
- § 23-17.4-15.2 - Administrator requirements.
- § 23-17.4-15.3 - Resident records.
- § 23-17.4-15.4 - Medication and staff qualifications.
- § 23-17.4-15.5 - [Repealed.].
- § 23-17.4-15.6 - Assessments.
- § 23-17.4-15.7 - Service plans.
- § 23-17.4-15.8 - Staff.
- § 23-17.4-15.9 - Activities.
- § 23-17.4-16 - Rights of residents.
- § 23-17.4-16.1 - Posting and providing a copy of rights of residents.
- § 23-17.4-16.2 - Special care unit disclosure by residences.
- § 23-17.4-16.3 - Residency agreement or contract.
- § 23-17.4-16.4 - Heat relief.
- § 23-17.4-16.5 - Disclosure.
- § 23-17.4-17 - Facilities to which provisions inapplicable.
- § 23-17.4-18 - Restriction of public assistance payments.
- § 23-17.4-19 - Power of enforcement.
- § 23-17.4-2 - Definitions.
- § 23-17.4-20 - Severability.
- § 23-17.4-21 - [Repealed.].
- § 23-17.4-21.1 - Assisted living administrator certification board.
- § 23-17.4-21.2 - Functions of the department of health.
- § 23-17.4-21.3 - Functions of assisted living certification board.
- § 23-17.4-22 - – 23-17.4-26. [Repealed.].
- § 23-17.4-27 - Criminal records review.
- § 23-17.4-28 - Prior criminal records checks.
- § 23-17.4-29 - Rules and regulations.
- § 23-17.4-3 - Purpose of provisions.
- § 23-17.4-30 - Disqualifying information.
- § 23-17.4-31 - Establishment of fees.
- § 23-17.4-32 - Immunity from liability.
- § 23-17.4-33 - Disclosure of financial interest.
- § 23-17.4-34 - Name change.
- § 23-17.4-35 - Assisted living assessment and disclosure for residents on probation or parole.
- § 23-17.4-36 - Retaliation prohibited.
- § 23-17.4-4 - License required for assisted living residence operation.
- § 23-17.4-5 - Application for license.
- § 23-17.4-6 - Issuance of license – Posting – Transfer.
- § 23-17.4-7 - Expiration and renewal of license.
- § 23-17.4-8 - Denial, suspension, or revocation of license.
- § 23-17.4-8.1 - Curtailment of activities.
- § 23-17.4-9 - Judicial review of license action.
- CHAPTER 23-17.5 - Rights of Nursing Home Patients
- § 23-17.5-1 - Condition of admission.
- § 23-17.5-10 - Performance of services by patients.
- § 23-17.5-11 - Participation in activities.
- § 23-17.5-12 - Visitors.
- § 23-17.5-13 - Personal services.
- § 23-17.5-14 - Right to privacy.
- § 23-17.5-15 - Financial affairs.
- § 23-17.5-16 - Married patient.
- § 23-17.5-17 - Transfer to another facility.
- § 23-17.5-18 - Development of responsibilities.
- § 23-17.5-19 - Discrimination.
- § 23-17.5-2 - Care of patient.
- § 23-17.5-20 - Posting of law.
- § 23-17.5-21 - Penalties.
- § 23-17.5-22 - Enforcement.
- § 23-17.5-23 - Severability.
- § 23-17.5-24 - Resident for more than six months – Right to remain after depletion of funds – Penalty for violations.
- § 23-17.5-25 - Notice on bed-hold policy and readmission.
- § 23-17.5-26 - Smoke-free environment.
- § 23-17.5-27 - Heat relief.
- § 23-17.5-28 - Pain assessment.
- § 23-17.5-29 - Hospice.
- § 23-17.5-3 - Physician.
- § 23-17.5-30 - Family councils.
- § 23-17.5-4 - Rules of nursing homes.
- § 23-17.5-5 - Services and charges.
- § 23-17.5-6 - Care by physician – Disclosure of patient's medical condition.
- § 23-17.5-7 - Experimentation.
- § 23-17.5-8 - Grievances.
- § 23-17.5-9 - Abuse.
- 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
- § 23-17.7.1-1 - Declaration of purpose.
- § 23-17.7.1-10 - Regulations, inspections, and investigations.
- § 23-17.7.1-11 - Training and/or competency evaluation program for nursing assistants.
- § 23-17.7.1-12 - Nursing service agency employees identification.
- § 23-17.7.1-13 - Agencies to which chapter inapplicable.
- § 23-17.7.1-14 - Agencies to which chapter inapplicable.
- § 23-17.7.1-15 - Nursing service agencies exempt.
- § 23-17.7.1-16 - Severability.
- § 23-17.7.1-17 - Criminal records review.
- § 23-17.7.1-18 - Prior criminal records checks.
- § 23-17.7.1-19 - Rules and regulations.
- § 23-17.7.1-2 - Definitions.
- § 23-17.7.1-20 - Disqualifying information.
- § 23-17.7.1-21 - Immunity from liability.
- § 23-17.7.1-3 - Licensing of nursing service agencies – Rules governing establishment of fees.
- § 23-17.7.1-4 - License required for nursing service agencies.
- § 23-17.7.1-5 - Application for license.
- § 23-17.7.1-6 - Issuance of license – Posting – Transfer conditions.
- § 23-17.7.1-7 - Expiration and renewal of license.
- § 23-17.7.1-8 - Denial, suspension, or revocation of license.
- § 23-17.7.1-9 - Judicial review of license action.
- CHAPTER 23-17.8 - Abuse in Health Care Facilities
- § 23-17.8-1 - Definitions.
- § 23-17.8-10 - Penalties.
- § 23-17.8-10.1 - License revocation.
- § 23-17.8-11 - Records of the department of health.
- § 23-17.8-12 - Records of the department of mental health, retardation, and hospitals.
- § 23-17.8-13 - Use of photostatic copies.
- § 23-17.8-14 - Severability.
- § 23-17.8-2 - Duty to report.
- § 23-17.8-3 - Penalty – Failure to report.
- § 23-17.8-3.1 - Physician's, certified registered nurse practitioner's and physician assistant's report of examination – Duty of facility.
- § 23-17.8-4 - Immunity from liability.
- § 23-17.8-5 - Non-retaliation or discrimination.
- § 23-17.8-6 - Abrogation of privilege.
- § 23-17.8-7 - Notice – Posting provisions.
- § 23-17.8-7.1 - Penalty – Failure to post requirements.
- § 23-17.8-8 - Requirements additional.
- § 23-17.8-9 - Duties of the directors of the department of health and the department of mental health, retardation, and hospitals.
- CHAPTER 23-17.9 - Registration of Nursing Assistants
- § 23-17.9-1 - Declaration of purpose.
- § 23-17.9-10 - Enforcement.
- § 23-17.9-11 - Disposition of fees and fines.
- § 23-17.9-12 - Severability.
- § 23-17.9-13 - Advisory board.
- § 23-17.9-14 - Adoption of regulations.
- § 23-17.9-2 - Definitions – Supervision of nursing assistants – Inapplicability of chapter.
- § 23-17.9-3 - Training and competency evaluation program for levels of nursing assistants.
- § 23-17.9-4 - Duties of nursing assistants.
- § 23-17.9-5 - Qualifying examination.
- § 23-17.9-6 - Registration.
- § 23-17.9-7 - Renewal of certificate of registration.
- § 23-17.9-8 - Disciplinary proceedings.
- § 23-17.9-9 - Penalties for violations.
- CHAPTER 23-18 - Cemeteries
- CHAPTER 23-18.1 - Disposition of Bodies to be Buried with Public Funds
- 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
- § 23-18.12-1 - Legislative purpose.
- § 23-18.12-2 - Definitions.
- § 23-18.12-3 - Beverage container recyclability requirements.
- § 23-18.12-4 - Reporting – Determination of noncompliance – Orders – Appeals.
- § 23-18.12-5 - Violations – Sanctions – Injunctive relief.
- § 23-18.12-6 - Regulations.
- § 23-18.12-7 - Demonstration projects.
- § 23-18.12-7.1 - Demonstration projects excluded.
- § 23-18.12-8 - Severability.
- CHAPTER 23-18.13 - Toxic Packaging Reduction Act
- § 23-18.13-1 - Short title.
- § 23-18.13-10 - Public access.
- § 23-18.13-11 - Effective date.
- § 23-18.13-12 - Severability and construction.
- § 23-18.13-2 - Findings.
- § 23-18.13-3 - Definitions.
- § 23-18.13-4 - Prohibition/Schedule for removal of incidental amounts.
- § 23-18.13-5 - Exemptions.
- § 23-18.13-6 - Certificate of compliance.
- § 23-18.13-7 - Violations – Sanctions – Injunctive relief.
- § 23-18.13-8 - [Repealed.].
- § 23-18.13-9 - Regulations.
- CHAPTER 23-18.14 - Degradable Plastics and Packaging
- CHAPTER 23-18.15 - Plastic Bottle and Container Labeling Act
- CHAPTER 23-18.16 - Newspaper Recyclability
- § 23-18.16-1 - Legislative purpose.
- § 23-18.16-2 - Definitions.
- § 23-18.16-3 - Minimum required purchase.
- § 23-18.16-4 - Reporting – Determination of compliance – Orders – Appeals.
- § 23-18.16-5 - Rules and regulations.
- § 23-18.16-6 - Exemption.
- § 23-18.16-7 - Penalties.
- § 23-18.16-8 - Severability.
- 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 23-18.7 - Bone Marrow Donation
- CHAPTER 23-18.8 - Waste Recycling
- CHAPTER 23-18.9 - Refuse Disposal
- CHAPTER 23-19 - Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation
- CHAPTER 23-19.1 - Hazardous Waste Management
- 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 23-19.2 - 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 23-2 - Local Health Officers
- CHAPTER 23-20 - Sanitation in Hotels and Boarding Houses
- CHAPTER 23-20.10 - Public Health and Workplace Safety Act
- CHAPTER 23-20.11 - Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity and Firefighter Protection
- 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 Therapy Establishments
- CHAPTER 23-20.9 - Smoking in Schools
- 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 23-24 - Hazardous Substances
- CHAPTER 23-24.1 - Poison Prevention Packaging
- CHAPTER 23-24.10 - Electronic Waste Prevention, Reuse and Recycling Act
- 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 23-25 - 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 23-26 - 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 23-28.10 - 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 23-28.2 - Division of Fire Safety
- 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 23-28.3 - Fire Safety Code Board of Appeal and Review
- 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 23-28.4 - 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 23-29 - Fire Regulations in Places of Public Assembly
- CHAPTER 23-29.1 - Rehabilitation Building And Fire Code For Existing Buildings And Structures
- CHAPTER 23-3 - Vital Records
- 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 23-4 - Office of State Medical Examiners
- CHAPTER 23-4.1 - Emergency Medical Transportation Services
- 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 23-4.5 - 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 23-40 - 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 23-5 - Reports of Disease and Disability
- CHAPTER 23-5.1 - Identification of Persons Suffering from Certain Disabilities
- 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 23-6 - 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 23-60 - 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 23-65 - 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 23-7 - Mosquito Abatement
- CHAPTER 23-7.1 - Rodent Control and Eradication
- 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 23-8 - Quarantine Generally
- 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 23-9 - Quarantine of Vessels