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RI Gen L § 23-25.3-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-25.3 - Marine Tributyltin Antifoulant Paints|Section 23-25.3-1 - Definitions.

§ 23-25.3-1. Definitions.As used in this chapter:(1) "Acceptable release rate" means a measured release rate not to exceed four (4.0) micrograms per square centimeter per day for weeks three (3) to five (5) and a cumulative release rate of one hundred sixty-eight (168) micrograms per square centimeter for the first fourteen (14) days as determined in accordance with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) testing procedure as outlined in the EPA data call-in notice of July 29, 1986, on tributyltin in antifoulant paints under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. § 136 et seq. If a lower release rate is determined by the department to be necessary to protect health or the environment, the rate if duly adopted by regulatory action of the department, shall be the acceptable release rate as defined in this section.(2) "Department" means the department of environmental management.(3) "Commercial boat yard" means any facility which engages for hire in the construction, storage, maintenance, repair, or refurbishing of vessels (other than seaplanes) or any licensed independent marine maintenance contractor who engages in those activities.(4) "Marine antifoulant paint" means any compound, coating, paint, or treatment applied or used for the purpose of controlling freshwater or marine fouling organisms on vessels.(5) "Tributyltin compounds" means any compound having three (3) normal butyl groups attached to a tin atom and with or without an anion such as chloride, fluoride, or oxide.(6) "Vessel" means every description of watercraft, other than a seaplane, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on the water, whether self-propelled or otherwise, and includes barges and tugs.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 255, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-25.3-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-25.3 - Marine Tributyltin Antifoulant Paints|Section 23-25.3-2 - Sale and application of tributyltin compounds.

§ 23-25.3-2. Sale and application of tributyltin compounds.(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a person may not distribute, possess, sell, or offer for sale, apply, or offer for use or application any marine antifoulant paint containing tributyltin compounds. Authorized personnel of the department of environmental management, department of the attorney general, and state police may seize any antifoulant paint held in violation of this chapter and any seized substances shall be considered forfeited.(b) A person may distribute or sell a marine antifoulant paint containing tributyltin with an acceptable release rate to the owner or agent of a commercial boat yard. The owner or agent of a commercial boat yard may possess and apply, or purchase for application, an antifoulant paint containing tributyltin with an acceptable release rate and the paint may be applied only within a commercial boat yard and only to vessels which exceed sixty-five feet (65′) in length or which have aluminum hulls or to vessels less than sixty-five feet (65′) in length if it is applied only to the outboard or lower drive unit of the vessels.(c) A person may distribute, sell, or apply a marine antifoulant paint containing tributyltin having an acceptable release rate if the paint is distributed or sold in a spray can in a quantity of sixteen (16) ounces avoirdupois or less and is commonly referred to as outboard or lower unit paint.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 255, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-25.3-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-25.3 - Marine Tributyltin Antifoulant Paints|Section 23-25.3-3 - Education programs.

§ 23-25.3-3. Education programs.Through cooperative programs the department shall begin immediately to develop and implement a program designed to inform interstate and intrastate paint manufacturers and distributors, vessel owners, and commercial boat yards in the state of properties of tributyltin in marine antifoulant paints and the law to restrict its use.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 255, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-25.3-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-25.3 - Marine Tributyltin Antifoulant Paints|Section 23-25.3-4 - Severability.

§ 23-25.3-4. Severability.If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this chapter shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of this chapter but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part adjudged invalid.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 255, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-25.3-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-25.3 - Marine Tributyltin Antifoulant Paints|Section 23-25.3-5 - Penalty.

§ 23-25.3-5. Penalty.Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both the fine and imprisonment.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 255, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-25.3-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-25.3 - Marine Tributyltin Antifoulant Paints|Section 23-25.3-6 - Regulations.

§ 23-25.3-6. Regulations.The provisions of this chapter shall be in compliance with the rules and regulations relating to pesticides promulgated by the department of environmental management under provisions of the Rhode Island Pesticide Control Act, chapter 25 of this title.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 255, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-25.4-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-25.4 - Utilization of Unused Prescription Drugs Act|Section 23-25.4-1 - Repealed.

§ 23-25.4-1. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 2005, ch. 179, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2013, ch. 331, § 1, effective July 15, 2013.
RI Gen L § 23-25.4-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-25.4 - Utilization of Unused Prescription Drugs Act|Section 23-25.4-2 - Repealed.

§ 23-25.4-2. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 2005, ch. 179, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2013, ch. 331, § 1, effective July 15, 2013.
RI Gen L § 23-25.4-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-25.4 - Utilization of Unused Prescription Drugs Act|Section 23-25.4-3 - Repealed.

§ 23-25.4-3. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 2005, ch. 179, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 475, § 70; Repealed by P.L. 2013, ch. 331, § 1, effective July 15, 2013.
RI Gen L § 23-25.4-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-25.4 - Utilization of Unused Prescription Drugs Act|Section 23-25.4-4 - Repealed.

§ 23-25.4-4. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 2005, ch. 179, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 315, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 172, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2013, ch. 331, § 1, effective July 15, 2013.
RI Gen L § 23-25.4-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-25.4 - Utilization of Unused Prescription Drugs Act|Section 23-25.4-5 - Repealed.

§ 23-25.4-5. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 2005, ch. 179, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 475, § 70; Repealed by P.L. 2013, ch. 331, § 1, effective July 15, 2013.
RI Gen L § 23-25.4-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-25.4 - Utilization of Unused Prescription Drugs Act|Section 23-25.4-6 - Repealed.

§ 23-25.4-6. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 2005, ch. 179, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2013, ch. 331, § 1, effective July 15, 2013.
RI Gen L § 23-25.4-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-25.4 - Utilization of Unused Prescription Drugs Act|Section 23-25.4-7 - Repealed.

§ 23-25.4-7. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 2005, ch. 179, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2013, ch. 331, § 1, effective July 15, 2013.
RI Gen L § 23-25.4-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-25.4 - Utilization of Unused Prescription Drugs Act|Section 23-25.4-8 - Repealed.

§ 23-25.4-8. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 2005, ch. 179, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2013, ch. 331, § 1, effective July 15, 2013.
RI Gen L § 23-25.4-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-25.4 - Utilization of Unused Prescription Drugs Act|Section 23-25.4-9 - Repealed.

§ 23-25.4-9. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 2007, ch. 315, § 2; Repealed by P.L. 2013, ch. 331, § 1, effective July 15, 2013.
RI Gen L § 23-25.5-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-25.5 - The Return or Exchange of Drugs Act|Section 23-25.5-1 - Short title.

§ 23-25.5-1. Short title.This act shall be known and may be cited as "The Return or Exchange of Drugs Act."History of Section.P.L. 2013, ch. 331, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-25.5-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-25.5 - The Return or Exchange of Drugs Act|Section 23-25.5-2 - Legislative purpose.

§ 23-25.5-2. Legislative purpose.The general assembly finds that many nursing facilities and assisted living residences destroy quantities of unused but viable prescription medication when residents pass away or when medications otherwise are no longer needed by the resident. In an effort to improve the quality, efficiency and utilization of the state's healthcare system, the general assembly hereby establishes a statewide program allowing pharmacies to accept for return and redispensing certain prescription drugs.History of Section.P.L. 2013, ch. 331, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-25.5-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-25.5 - The Return or Exchange of Drugs Act|Section 23-25.5-3 - Definitions.

§ 23-25.5-3. Definitions.For the purposes of this chapter:(1) "Assisted living residence" has the same meaning as such term is defined in § 23-17.4-2 and the regulations promulgated thereunder.(2) "Blister packages" means multi-dose containers of a specific medication repackaged by the pharmacy in accordance with section 13.7 of the regulations promulgated under chapter 19.1 of title 5 and intended for a specific patient.(3) "Department" means the department of health.(4) "Healthcare prescriber" means any of the following persons licensed and authorized to prescribe drugs or to provide medical, dental, or other health-related diagnoses, care or treatment within the scope of their professional license:(i) A physician holding a current license to practice medicine pursuant to chapter 37 of title 5;(ii) A certified registered nurse practitioner licensed pursuant to chapter 34 of title 5;(iii) A physician assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 54 of title 5;(iv) A dentist licensed pursuant to chapter 31.1 of title 5;(v) An optometrist licensed pursuant to chapter 35 of title 5;(vi) A pharmacist licensed pursuant to chapter 19.1 of title 5;(vii) A nurse — midwife licensed pursuant to chapter 13 of title 23; and(viii) A psychiatric and mental health clinical nurse specialist licensed pursuant to chapter 34 of title 5.(5) "Pharmacy" means that portion or part of a premises where prescriptions are compounded and dispensed including that portion utilized for the storage of prescription or legend drugs.(6) "Prescription drug" means a drug that may be dispensed only upon prescription by a healthcare prescriber authorized by his or her licensing authority and as defined in chapter 5-19.1.(7) "Unit-dose container" is one that is designed to hold a quantity of a drug intended for use as a single dose and used promptly after the container is opened. The immediate container, and/or the outer container or protective packaging shall be designed to show evidence of any tampering with the contents. Each individual container shall be fully identifiable containing a single dose of a single entity and shall protect the integrity of the dosage form. Labeling shall be in accordance with USP standards compendia and federal and state law and shall include the identity, quantity, and strength of the product, name of the manufacturer, and lot number and expiration date of the article.(8) "Wholesaler" means a person who buys drugs or devices for resale and distribution to corporations, individuals, or entities other than consumers.History of Section.P.L. 2013, ch. 331, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-25.5-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-25.5 - The Return or Exchange of Drugs Act|Section 23-25.5-4 - Program established.

§ 23-25.5-4. Program established.(a) The department of health and the board of pharmacy shall jointly develop and implement a program consistent with public health and safety through which unused prescription drugs, other than prescription drugs defined as controlled substances in § 21-28-1.02, and drugs that can only be dispensed to a patient registered with the drug's manufacturer in accordance with federal Food and Drug Administration requirements, may be accepted by wholesalers or pharmacies, from which they were purchased, for return from nursing facilities, assisted living residences, residential care facilities, community health organizations and state correctional facilities that centrally store prescription drugs and are licensed at the M1 licensure level by the department of health, within forty-five (45) days of dispensing.(b) The program shall permit the wholesaler or pharmacy to which such medication is returned to repackage, restock, and redistribute such medication.(c) The program shall include the following prescription drugs:(1) Unopened sections of blister pack prescription medication, with seal intact;(2) Unopened unit-dose containers of liquids with the safety seal intact;(3) Unopened unit-dose containers of powders for oral solution with safety seal intact;(4) Unused injectables, with safety seal intact;(d) The unused prescription drug shall not be accepted, repackaged or redispensed if:(1) The prescription drug is expired or beyond use date;(2) The pharmacist accepting or redispensing the drug, in his or her judgment has reason to believe that the prescription drug is adulterated, mislabeled, or has been improperly stored;(3) The prescription drug is defined as controlled substances in § 21-28-1.02; and(4) It is a drug that can only be dispensed to a patient registered with the drug's manufacturer in accordance with federal Food and Drug Administration requirements.(e) The wholesaler or pharmacy shall be required to reimburse or credit the purchaser for any such returned prescription drugs at original invoice price plus a restocking fee not to exceed five dollars ($5.00).(f) The department and the board of pharmacy shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement the program established pursuant to this chapter within one hundred eighty days (180) of passage of this act.History of Section.P.L. 2013, ch. 331, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-26-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-26 - Bedding and Upholstered Furniture|Section 23-26-1 - Definitions.

§ 23-26-1. Definitions.The following words, as used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:(1) "Bedding" or "article of bedding" includes upholstered furniture and filling material or its container (as herein defined) and any mattress, pillow, cushion, quilt, bedpad, comforter, upholstered spring bed, box spring, davenport or day bed, bed spring, metal couch, metal folding bed, metal cot, metal cradle, metal bassinet, and any glider, hammock, or other substantially similar article which is wholly or partly upholstered, when used or intended for use for sleeping or reclining purposes.(2) "Department" means the department of business regulation.(3) "Director" means the director of business regulation.(4) "Filling material" includes any hair, down, feathers, wool, cotton, kapok, or other material used for filling articles of bedding or upholstered furniture.(5) "Manufacture," "making," "make," or "made" includes altering, repairing, remaking, renovating, finishing, or preparing articles of bedding or upholstered furniture or filling materials for sale or compensation.(6) "New" means any material or article which has not been previously used for any purpose, except that an article of bedding returned by the purchaser for exchange, alteration, or correction within thirty (30) days from date of delivery after original sale at retail, shall be deemed to be a new article, but thirty (30) days from date of delivery the article shall be deemed to be second-hand.(7) "Repairer-renovator" means any person who repairs, makes over, re-covers, restores, renovates, or otherwise prepares or tags articles of bedding, directly for the consumer, or for direct sale by the person at retail.(8) "Sale," "sell," or "sold," includes offering or exposing for sale or exchange or lease or consigning or delivering in consignment for sale, exchange, or lease or holding in possession with like intent. The possession of any article of bedding, as herein defined, by any maker or dealer, or his or her agent or servant in the course of business, shall be presumptive evidence of intent to sell.(9) "Second-hand" means any material or article of which prior use has been made.(10) "Supply dealer" means any person who breaks bulk, packages, or repackages, or otherwise prepares or tags any filling material or articles of bedding, for sale other than at retail.(11) "Upholstered furniture" means any article of household furniture wholly or partly stuffed or filled with soft material, and which is used or intended for use for sitting, reading, or reclining purposes.History of Section.P.L. 1940, ch. 820, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-26-1; P.L. 1960, ch. 187, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-26-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-26 - Bedding and Upholstered Furniture|Section 23-26-2 - All new materials required for new articles - Tagging.

§ 23-26-2. All new materials required for new articles — Tagging.No person shall sell as new any article of bedding unless it is made from all new material and is tagged as provided in this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1940, ch. 820, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 23-26-2; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 86.
RI Gen L § 23-26-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-26 - Bedding and Upholstered Furniture|Section 23-26-3 - Sale of second-hand material as new.

§ 23-26-3. Sale of second-hand material as new.No person shall sell, representing it to be new material, any old or second-hand hair, down, feathers, wool, cotton, kapok, or other material used for filling articles of bedding.History of Section.P.L. 1940, ch. 820, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 23-26-3.
RI Gen L § 23-26-3.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-26 - Bedding and Upholstered Furniture|Section 23-26-3.1 - Sale prohibition.

§ 23-26-3.1. Sale prohibition.(a) Beginning on January 1, 2020, no manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer may manufacture, knowingly sell, offer for sale, or distribute for use in this state any residential upholstered bedding or furniture that contains one thousand parts per million (1,000 ppm) or greater of any non-polymeric organohalogen flame retardant chemical. This class includes any chemical containing the element bromine or chlorine bonded to carbon that is added to a plastic, foam, fabric, or textile.(b) Internal electric and electronic components of residential upholstered furniture or bedding or residential furniture or bedding sold for use in commercial or public spaces are not subject to the restrictions in this section.(c) A manufacturer of products that are banned from sale under this section must notify persons or entities that sell the manufactured products in this state about the provisions of this section no less than ninety (90) days prior to the effective date of the ban.(d) The prohibition and any related regulations shall not apply to products sold or in use prior to January 1, 2020.History of Section.P.L. 2017, ch. 380, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 381, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 90, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-26-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-26 - Bedding and Upholstered Furniture|Section 23-26-4 - Sterilization and tagging of second-hand articles or material.

§ 23-26-4. Sterilization and tagging of second-hand articles or material.No person shall sell any article of bedding, made from old or second-hand material, or piece of second-hand upholstered furniture unless it shall have been sterilized and tagged as provided in this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1940, ch. 820, § 2; P.L. 1945, ch. 1660, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-26-4; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 86.
RI Gen L § 23-26-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-26 - Bedding and Upholstered Furniture|Section 23-26-5 - Presence of second-hand article or material as evidence of sale or use.

§ 23-26-5. Presence of second-hand article or material as evidence of sale or use.The presence on the premises of any maker or vendor of any old or second-hand material or article shall be presumptive evidence of the sale or use.History of Section.P.L. 1940, ch. 820, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 23-26-5.
RI Gen L § 23-26-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-26 - Bedding and Upholstered Furniture|Section 23-26-6 - Sterilization and tagging of material exposed to contagious disease.

§ 23-26-6. Sterilization and tagging of material exposed to contagious disease.No person shall make or sell any article of bedding, or any material used in the making thereof, which has been used by or about any person having an infectious or contagious disease, unless the article or material shall have been sterilized and is tagged as provided in this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1940, ch. 820, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 23-26-6; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 86.
RI Gen L § 23-26-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-26 - Bedding and Upholstered Furniture|Section 23-26-7 - Types of material requiring sterilization.

§ 23-26-7. Types of material requiring sterilization.No person shall use any material to make any article of bedding for sale that is made from material:(1) That comes from an animal or fowl;(2) That contains any bugs, vermin, insects, or filth;(3) That is unsanitary;(4) That contains burlap or other material that has been used for baling;(5) That is second-hand;unless the material has been thoroughly sterilized by a process approved by the director.History of Section.P.L. 1940, ch. 820, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 23-26-7.