Title 23. Health and Safety
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23-1Department of Health23-1.1Division of Occupational Health23-1.2Division of Legal Services23-1.3Radiation Control23-1.7Rhode Island Program to Address Alzheimer’s Disease23-1.8Commission on the Deaf and Hard-Of-Hearing23-1.9Sheath Needles [Repealed.]23-1.10Alcoholism23-1.11Needlestick Safety and Injury Prevention Act23-2Local Health Officers23-3Vital Records23-4Office of State Medical Examiners23-4.1Emergency Medical Transportation Services23-4.5Blood Bank Services23-4.6Consent to Medical and Surgical Care23-4.7Informed Consent for Abortion23-4.8Spousal Notice for Abortion23-4.9Retention of X-Rays23-4.10Health Care Power of Attorney23-4.11Rights of the Terminally Ill Act23-4.12Partial Birth Abortion23-4.13Reproductive Privacy Act23-4.14Feminine Hygiene Product Donation Act23-5Reports of Disease and Disability23-5.1Identification of Persons Suffering from Certain Disabilities23-6Prevention and Suppression of Contagious Diseases23-6.1Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training Program in High Schools23-6.2Public Access Defibrillation23-6.3Prevention and Suppression of Contagious Diseases — HIV/AIDS23-6.4Life-Saving Allergy Medication — Stock Supply of Epinephrine Auto-Injectors — Emergency Administration23-6.5Automated External Defibrillators Required at Public Places and Healthcare Facilities23-7Mosquito Abatement23-7.1Rodent Control and Eradication23-8Quarantine Generally23-9Quarantine of Vessels23-10Tuberculosis23-10.1Emergency Commitment for Drug Intoxication23-11Sexually Transmitted Diseases23-12Cancer23-12.1Hemophilia Care Program23-12.5New England Compact on Radiological Health Protection23-12.6Ovarian Cancer Education, Detection, and Prevention23-12.7The Breast Cancer Act23-12.8The Firefighter Cancer Wellness Act23-12.9Dense Breast Notification and Education23-12.10Harm Reduction Center Advisory Committee and Program [Expires March 1, 2028.]23-13Maternal and Child Health Services for Children with Special Health Care Needs23-13.1The Safe Haven for Infants Act23-13.2Nursing Working Mothers23-13.3Birth Defects Surveillance and Information System23-13.4Hazardous Chemicals — Contamination of Breast Milk and Environment23-13.5Breastfeeding in Public Places23-13.6Lactation Consultant Practice Act of 201423-13.7The Rhode Island Family Home-Visiting Act23-13.8Lactation Counselors Practice Act of 202423-14Childhood Disease Fund23-14.1Health Professional Loan Repayment Program23-15Determination of Need for New Healthcare Equipment and New Institutional Health Services23-16Health Facilities Construction23-16.1New England Health Services and Facilities Compact23-16.2Laboratories23-16.3Clinical Laboratory Science Practice23-16.4Human Cloning23-17Licensing of Healthcare Facilities23-17.1Licensing of Nursing or Personal Care Homes [Repealed.]23-17.2Accountability of Services to Patients of Nursing or Personal Care Homes23-17.3Long-Term Care Coordinating Council23-17.4Assisted Living Residence Licensing Act23-17.5Rights of Nursing Home Patients23-17.6Mobile Intensive Care Unit Program23-17.7Licensing of Nursing Service Agencies23-17.7.1Licensing of Nursing Service Agencies23-17.8Abuse in Healthcare Facilities23-17.9Registration of Nursing Assistants23-17.10Administrative Penalties23-17.11The Nursing Facilities Receivership Act23-17.12Health Care Services — Utilization Review Act23-17.13Health Care Accessibility and Quality Assurance Act23-17.14The Hospital Conversions Act23-17.15Long-Term Health Care Goals and Values23-17.16Home Care Patient Rights23-17.17Health Care Quality Program23-17.18Health Plan Modification Act23-17.19Immunization in Long Term Care Facilities23-17.20Healthcare Facilities Staffing23-17.21The Rhode Island Patient Safety Act of 200823-17.22Healthy Rhode Island Reform Act of 200823-17.23Center for Health Professions23-17.24The Adult Supportive Care Residence Act23-17.25Distressed Essential Community Hospitals23-17.26Comprehensive Discharge Planning23-17.27Caregiver Advise, Record and Enable Act23-17.28Hospital Workplace Violence Protection Act23-17.29Electronic Monitoring in Nursing and Assisted Living Facilities23-17.30Primary Care Training Sites Program23-18Cemeteries23-18.1Disposition of Bodies to Be Buried with Public Funds23-18.2Preservation and Care of Burial Places and Memorials for the Dead23-18.3Advisory Commission on Historical Cemeteries23-18.5Anatomical Gifts [Repealed.]23-18.6Uniform Anatomical Gift Act23-18.6.1Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act23-18.6.2Rhode Island Public Education Advisory Council for Organ and Tissue Donation Registration23-18.7Bone Marrow Donation23-18.8Waste Recycling23-18.9Refuse Disposal23-18.10Prohibition of Products Containing Chlorofluorocarbons Products23-18.11Promotion of Paper Bag Usage23-18.12Beverage Container Recyclability23-18.13Toxic Packaging Reduction Act23-18.14Degradable Plastics and Packaging [Repealed.]23-18.15Plastic Bottle and Container Labeling Act23-18.16Newspaper Recyclability23-18.17Used Cooking Oil Recycling23-18.18Consumer PFAS Ban Act of 202423-18.19Textile Recycling23-19Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation23-19.1Hazardous Waste Management23-19.2Local Health Regulations23-19.3Sanitarians23-19.3.1Residential Sanitary Sewer Connections23-19.4Septage, Industrial Wastes and Waste Oil Pumping, Cleaning and Transportation23-19.5Percolation Tests and Water Table Elevation Determinations23-19.6Used Oil Recycling23-19.7Hazardous Waste Management Facilities23-19.8Hazardous Waste Cleanup23-19.9Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact23-19.10Hazardous Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Treatment Research and Demonstration Act of 198623-19.11Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal23-19.12Generation — Transportation — Storage — Treatment — Management and Disposal of Regulated Medical Waste23-19.13Gull Control Program23-19.14Industrial Property Remediation and Reuse Act23-19.15The Rhode Island Cesspool Act of 200723-19.16Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund23-19.17High-Heat Waste Facility Act of 202123-19.18Plastic Waste Reduction Act23-19.19The Statewide Implementation Analysis for a Beverage Container Redemption, Packaging, and Recycling Plan23-20Sanitation in Hotels and Boarding Houses [Repealed.]23-20.5Choke-Saving23-20.6Smoking in Public Places [Repealed.]23-20.7Workplace Smoking Pollution Control Act [Repealed.]23-20.7.1Off-Duty Rights to Privacy by Employees [Repealed.]23-20.8Licensing of Massage Therapists [Repealed.]23-20.8.1Registration of Music Therapists23-20.9Smoking in Schools23-20.10Public Health and Workplace Safety Act23-20.11Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity and Firefighter Protection23-20.12Food Allergy Awareness in Food-Service Establishments23-21Licensing of Recreational Facilities23-21.1Sanitation Standards for Bathing Beaches23-21.2Licensing of Youth Camps23-22Licensing of Swimming Pools23-22.5Drowning Prevention and Lifesaving23-23Air Pollution23-23.1Air Pollution Episode Control23-23.5Noxious Trades23-23.6Air Quality in Ice Arenas23-23.7Biodiesel Products23-24Hazardous Substances23-24.1Poison Prevention Packaging23-24.2Flammable Fabrics23-24.3Substances or Compounds Used as Sewerage System Cleaners23-24.4Hazardous Substances Community Right to Know Act23-24.5Asbestos Abatement23-24.6Lead Poisoning Prevention Act23-24.7Occupational Health — Lead Protection23-24.8Mercury Fever Thermometers23-24.9Mercury Reduction and Education Act23-24.10Electronic Waste Prevention, Reuse and Recycling Act23-24.11Comprehensive Children’s Jewelry Safety Act23-24.12Proper Management of Unused Paint23-25Pesticide Control23-25.1Hazardous Pesticides, Insecticides, Fungicides, Herbicides, and Rodenticides [Repealed.]23-25.2Pesticide Relief Fund23-25.3Marine Tributyltin Antifoulant Paints23-25.4Utilization of Unused Prescription Drugs Act23-25.5The Return or Exchange of Drugs Act23-25.6Pharmaceutical Redistribution Program Act23-26Bedding and Upholstered Furniture23-27Building Regulation Generally [Repealed.]23-27.1Safety Glazing [Repealed.]23-27.2State Building Code [Repealed.]23-27.3State Building Code23-27.4Interstate Compact on Industrialized/Modular Buildings [Repealed.]23-28Fire Prevention and Investigation [Repealed.]23-28.01Comprehensive Fire Safety Act23-28.1Fire Safety Code — General Provisions23-28.2Office of State Fire Marshal23-28.3Fire Safety Code Board of Appeal and Review23-28.4Safety and Health Programs for Fire Departments23-28.5Inspection of Buildings23-28.6Places of Assembly23-28.7Hotels and Motels [Repealed.]23-28.8Fire Escapes — Outside Stairways [Repealed.]23-28.9Heating and Cooking Facilities [Repealed.]23-28.10Health Care Facilities [Repealed.]23-28.11Fireworks and Pyrotechnics23-28.12Schools23-28.13Boarding Homes23-28.14Rooming Houses [Repealed.]23-28.15Child Day Care Centers23-28.16Apartment Houses [Repealed.]23-28.17Industrial, Mercantile, Business, and Storage Buildings [Repealed.]23-28.18Theatres [Repealed.]23-28.19Tents — Grandstands — Air-Supported Structures23-28.20Storage and Handling of Liquefied Petroleum Gas23-28.21Fuel Oil Installations [Repealed.]23-28.22Flammable and Combustible Liquids23-28.23Exit Signs [Repealed.]23-28.24Emergency Lighting [Repealed.]23-28.25Fire Alarm Systems23-28.26Dip Tanks Containing Flammable or Combustible Liquid [Repealed.]23-28.27Spray Application Using Flammable or Combustible Material [Repealed.]23-28.28Explosives23-28.29Model Rocket Engines [Repealed.]23-28.30Community Residences for the Mentally Retarded, Mentally Ill, Drug Abusers, and Alcoholics [Repealed.]23-28.31Horse Stables [Repealed.]23-28.32Sales or Leasing and Servicing of Portable Fire Extinguishers and Fixed Fire Extinguishing Systems [Repealed.]23-28.33Storage and Handling of Liquefied Natural Gas [Repealed.]23-28.34Fire and Carbon Monoxide Detection Systems [Repealed.]23-28.35Fire Detectors and Carbon Monoxide Systems in Existing Residential Occupancies [Repealed.]23-28.36Notification of Fire Fighters, Police Officers and Emergency Medical Technicians After Exposure to Infectious Diseases23-28.37Vaccination of Firefighters to Prevent Hepatitis B23-28.38Detention and Correctional Occupancies [Repealed.]23-28.39Housing for the Elderly — Emergency Generators Required [Repealed.]23-29Fire Regulations in Places of Public Assembly [Repealed.]23-29.1Rehabilitation Building and Fire Code for Existing Buildings and Structures23-30Fire Escapes and Stairways [Repealed.]23-31Automatic Sprinkler Systems [Repealed.]23-32Inspection of Buildings [Repealed.]23-33Elevators, Escalators, and Dumbwaiters23-34Amusement Ride Inspection and Insurance Act [Repealed.]23-34.1Amusement Ride Safety Act23-35Motion Picture Projectors [Repealed.]23-36Inspection and Handling of Inflammable Substances23-37Powers of Fire Companies23-38Degradable Connectors and Non-Detachable Metal Openers for Beverage Containers23-38.1Hazardous Substances23-38.2Poison Prevention Packaging23-38.3Flammable Fabrics23-39Respiratory Care Act23-40New England Health Services and Facilities Compact23-41Hazardous Pesticides, Insecticides, Fungicides, Herbicides and Rodenticides23-41.1Pesticide Control23-42Disposition of Bodies to Be Buried with Public Funds23-43Office of Mental Retardation23-43.1Retardation Law23-43.2Parental Succession — Retarded Persons23-43.3Licensing of Facilities and Programs for the Alcoholic, Drug Abuser, Mentally ILL and the Mentally Retarded23-44New England Compact on Radiological Health Protection23-45Rodent Control and Eradication23-46Refuse Disposal23-46.1Solid Waste Management Corporation23-46.2Hazardous Waste Management23-47Anatomical Gifts23-48Sanitarians23-49Septage, Industrial Wastes and Waste Oil Pumping, Cleaning and Transportation23-50Blood Bank Services23-51Consent to Medical and Surgical Care23-52Emergency Medical Transportation Services23-53Special Packaging of Poisonous Substances23-54Choke-Saving Devices23-55Percolation Tests and Water Table Elevation Determinations23-56Smoking in Public Places23-57Commission on the Deaf and Hearing Impaired23-58Massage Parlors23-59Continuing Care Provider Registration and Disclosure23-60Battery Deposit and Control23-60.1Dry Cell Battery Control23-61Radon Control23-62Truth in Food Disclosure Law23-63Vehicle Tire Storage and Recycling23-64Minority Health Promotion Act23-64.1Commission for Health Advocacy and Equity23-65Board of Certification of Operators of Public Water Supply Facilities23-66Comprehensive Health Risk Assessments23-67The Rhode Island Research and Treatment Fund for Uninsured and Underinsured Women Stricken with Cancer23-68Tanning Facility Safety Standards Act23-69New England Compact on Involuntary Detention for Tuberculosis Control23-70Osteoporosis23-71Tobacco Product Manufacturers’ Escrow Funds23-72Mercury in Fish Products23-73Latex Gloves Safety Act23-74Unlicensed Health Care Practices23-75Children’s Product Safety Act23-76Vaccine Shortage Protection Act23-77Healthcare Information Technology and Infrastructure Development Fund23-78The Stroke Task Force23-78.1Stroke Prevention and Treatment Act of 200923-79The Rhode Island Autism Spectrum Disorder Evaluation and Treatment Act [Repealed.]23-80Safe Patient Handling Act of 200623-81Rhode Island Coordinated Health Planning Act of 200623-82Implementation of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Act23-83The Umbilical Cord Blood Donation Notification Act23-84The Rhode Island Climate Risk Reduction Act of 201023-85Green Economy Roundtable [Expired.]23-86Women’s Cardiovascular Screening and Risk Reduction Pilot Program [Repealed.]23-87The Rhode Island Lupus Education and Awareness Plan23-87.1Rare Disease Advisory Council23-88Code Consistency Council23-89The Rhode Island Palliative Care and Quality of Life Act23-90Responsible Recycling, Reuse and Disposal of Mattresses23-91Service Member Licensure23-92Military Spouse Licensure23-93Rhode Island Access to Medical Technology Innovation Act23-94Prevention of Conversion Therapy for Children23-95Nondiscrimination in Access to Anatomical Gifts and Organ Transplants Act (Isaac’s Law)23-96Prohibited Release of Balloons23-97Consumer Protection in Eye Care Act23-98Sexual Assault Evidence Kits23-99The Rhode Island Life Science Hub Act23-100Rhode Island Healthcare Workforce Data Collection Act23-101Healthcare Provider Shield23-102Behavioral Health Education, Training, and Coordination Fund23-103Disclosure of Prices — Medical Facility Items23-104The Rhode Island Clinician Wellness and Support Act23-105Medical Spas Safety Act