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RI Gen L § 23-16.2-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-16.2 - Laboratories|Section 23-16.2-4 - License required for clinical laboratories - Term of license - Application - Fee.

§ 23-16.2-4. License required for clinical laboratories — Term of license — Application — Fee.(a) It shall be unlawful for any persons, corporation, or other form of business entity to perform clinical or analytical laboratory services on specimens collected in this state or to own or maintain a laboratory or station in this state without having a license issued by the department of health pursuant to this chapter. A license, unless sooner suspended or revoked under the provisions of this chapter, shall expire on the thirtieth (30th) day of December of every other year following the date of license. This will be determined on an odd-even basis with respect to the license number. Each license shall be issued only to conduct the tests approved and for the premises and persons named in the application, and shall not be transferable or assignable. The fee for a clinical laboratory license shall be as set forth in § 23-1-54 for each specialty for which the laboratory is approved. The fee for a station license shall be as set forth in § 23-1-54. The fees shall be made payable to the general treasurer, state of Rhode Island, and submitted with the application to the department of health.(b) It shall be unlawful for any persons, corporations, or other form of entity to own, operate, maintain, conduct, or sponsor a temporary or ad hoc screening program without having obtained a permit from the director of health. The fee for any permit shall be as set forth in § 23-1-54. It is within the director's discretion to waive the fee. All fees shall be made payable to the general treasurer, state of Rhode Island. Nothing contained in this section shall require any licensed persons, corporations, or other entity to pay the permit fee, if the screening program is provided free of charge to the public by the licensed persons, corporation, or entity.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 94, § 1; P.L. 1964, ch. 114, § 1; P.L. 1971, ch. 85, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 356, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-39-4; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-16.2-4; P.L. 1982, ch. 126, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 397, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 216, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 65, art. 51, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 413, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 204, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 59, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 72, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 73, art. 39, § 29; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 9, § 39.
RI Gen L § 23-16.2-4.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-16.2 - Laboratories|Section 23-16.2-4.1 - Certificate required for analytical laboratories - Term of certificate - Fee.

§ 23-16.2-4.1. Certificate required for analytical laboratories — Term of certificate — Fee.It shall be unlawful for any analytical laboratory to perform testing or analyses of samples originating in this state, for which the department of health requires certification, without having a certificate issued by the department of health pursuant to this chapter. Certificates for specific analyses and methods for laboratory testing of potable water, nonpotable water, and environmental samples for lead content are hereby required. The department is authorized to require certification for other types of environmental testing and to set fees for certificates in regulation. Certificates, unless sooner suspended or revoked under the provisions of this chapter, shall expire on the thirtieth (30th) day of December of every year following the date of the certificate.History of Section.P.L. 2003, ch. 59, § 5; P.L. 2003, ch. 72, § 5.
RI Gen L § 23-16.2-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-16.2 - Laboratories|Section 23-16.2-5 - Establishment of rules and regulations - Hearing - Notice.

§ 23-16.2-5. Establishment of rules and regulations — Hearing — Notice.(a) The authority to promulgate regulations for the efficient enforcement of this chapter is vested in the director of health.(b) Hearings authorized or required under this chapter shall be conducted by the director of health or any officer, agent, or employee that the director of health may designate for this purpose.(c) Before promulgating any regulation, the director of health shall give appropriate public notice of its proposal and the time and place for a public hearing on the proposed regulation. The regulation so promulgated shall be filed with the office of the secretary of state and shall become effective on a date fixed by the director of health (which date shall not be less than thirty (30) days after its promulgation). The regulation may be amended or repealed in the same manner provided for its adoption.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 94, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 356, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-39-5; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-16.2-5.
RI Gen L § 23-16.2-5.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-16.2 - Laboratories|Section 23-16.2-5.1 - Payment for services rendered by clinical laboratories - Commissions, rebates, and fees - Use of laboratory's name.

§ 23-16.2-5.1. Payment for services rendered by clinical laboratories — Commissions, rebates, and fees — Use of laboratory's name.(a) It shall be unlawful for any purveyor of clinical laboratory services, directly or indirectly, through any person, firm, corporation, or association, or its officers or agents, to bill or receive payment, reimbursement, compensation, or fee from any person other than the recipient of the services, the recipient being the person upon whom the clinical services have been or will be rendered.(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be inapplicable to payment by:(1) A legal relative of the recipient of the services;(2) An insurance carrier designated by the recipient of the services;(3) A hospital on behalf of an in-patient or out-patient of the hospital having been the recipient of the services;(4) One purveyor to another purveyor for actual services rendered;(5) An industrial firm only for its own employees;(6) A trade union health facility only for its registered patients;(7) Governmental agencies and/or their specified public or private agent, agency, or organization on behalf of the recipient of the services.(c) A clinical laboratory shall not offer or give a commission, rebate or other fee, directly or indirectly, to any person as consideration for the referral of a specimen derived from a human body to a clinical laboratory for examination by the laboratory.(d) A clinical laboratory shall not solicit or accept a commission, rebate, or other fee, directly or indirectly, from any person as consideration for the referral of a specimen derived from the human body to a clinical laboratory for examination by the laboratory.(e) A clinical laboratory shall not lend the use of the name of a clinical laboratory or a licensed hospital or clinic, or any other employee of the laboratory or institution, to an unlicensed clinical laboratory.History of Section.P.L. 1975, ch. 114, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 356, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-39-5.1; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-16.2-5.1.
RI Gen L § 23-16.2-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-16.2 - Laboratories|Section 23-16.2-6 - Issuance or denial of license.

§ 23-16.2-6. Issuance or denial of license.Not less than thirty (30) days from the time any application for the license is received, the director shall grant the application and issue a license to maintain a laboratory or station if the director shall be satisfied that the applicant complies with the rules and regulations promulgated in accordance with this chapter establishing standards for the qualifications of personnel and adequacy of equipment and facilities. The standards for qualification of personnel who perform clinical laboratory tests shall require, as a minimum, successful completion of a nationally recognized certification examination. Notwithstanding this requirement, the director may establish, by regulation, alternative criteria for individuals who previously qualified under federal regulatory requirements, such as 42 C.F.R. § 493.1433 of the March 14, 1990 federal register, or other criteria that may be established to have met the requirements of this chapter. Notwithstanding the preceding statements in this section, upon payment of any applicable license fees, the director may grant immediate licensure to any clinical laboratory licensed as a clinical laboratory in another state and certified under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act of 1988, when the clinical laboratory has been asked to perform a clinical laboratory service which is not offered by any other clinical laboratory then licensed in this state.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 94, § 1; P.L. 1971, ch. 85, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 356, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-39-6; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-39-6; P.L. 1982, ch. 126, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 413, § 1; P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 20, § 18.
RI Gen L § 23-16.2-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-16.2 - Laboratories|Section 23-16.2-7 - Suspension and revocation of license.

§ 23-16.2-7. Suspension and revocation of license.(a) The department of health may revoke or suspend the license or specific certification of any laboratory or station for conduct by or chargeable to the laboratory or stations as follows:(1) Failure to observe any term of the license or specific certification issued under authority of this chapter by the department of health;(2) Failure to observe any order made under authority of this chapter or under the statutory authority vested in the department of health;(3) Engaging in, aiding, abetting, causing, or permitting any action prohibited under this chapter;(4) Failing to observe any regulations promulgated by the department of health.(b) Whenever the director shall have reason to believe that any laboratory or station, for the maintenance of which the director has issued a license or specific certification as provided for in § 23-16.2-4, is being maintained in violation of the rules and regulations provided in § 23-16.2-5, the director may, pending an investigation and hearing, suspend for a period not exceeding thirty (30) days, any license or specific certification issued under authority of this chapter and may, after due notice and hearing, revoke the license or specific certification if the director finds that the laboratory or station is being maintained in violation of the rules and regulations. The holder of a license shall upon its revocation promptly surrender the license or specific certification to the director.(c) The director may revoke or suspend the license, or may impose appropriate fines as promulgated in regulation, of any laboratory or station that does not ensure that all personnel meet the requirements of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 94, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 356, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-39-7; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-16.2-7; P.L. 1982, ch. 126, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 59, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 72, § 1; P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 20, § 18.
RI Gen L § 23-16.2-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-16.2 - Laboratories|Section 23-16.2-8 - Judicial review of license action.

§ 23-16.2-8. Judicial review of license action.Any person aggrieved by a decision of the director refusing to grant an application for a license to maintain a laboratory or station or suspending or revoking a license or specific certification already issued, may appeal the decision to the superior court which shall have power to review the entire proceedings of any hearing before the department of health in the manner provided in chapter 35 of title 42.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 94, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 356, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-39-8; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-16.2-8; P.L. 1982, ch. 126, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 59, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 72, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-16.2-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-16.2 - Laboratories|Section 23-16.2-9 - Access and inspection powers.

§ 23-16.2-9. Access and inspection powers.For the purpose of this chapter, the director or the director's duly authorized agents or employees shall, at all reasonable times, have authority to enter upon any and all parts of the premises on which any laboratory or station is located and of the premises appurtenant to any laboratory or station to make any examination or investigation whatsoever for the purpose of determining whether the provisions of this chapter or rules or regulations of the department are being violated.History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 94, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 356, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-39-9; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-16.2-9; P.L. 1982, ch. 126, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-16.2-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-16.2 - Laboratories|Section 23-16.2-10 - Prohibition of transmission of material to unlicensed laboratory.

§ 23-16.2-10. Prohibition of transmission of material to unlicensed laboratory.No person owning, maintaining, or operating a station or laboratory shall transmit specimens originating from the human body to a laboratory, except when the laboratory in which the work is to be done is duly licensed by the department of health or by the United States government.History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 356, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 23-39-10; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-16.2-10; P.L. 1982, ch. 126, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-16.2-11, 23-16.2-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-16.2 - Laboratories|Section 23-16.2-11, 23-16.2-12 - Repealed.

§ 23-16.2-11, 23-16.2-12. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 23-16.2-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-16.2 - Laboratories|Section 23-16.2-13 - Violation of this chapter.

§ 23-16.2-13. Violation of this chapter.In addition to the revocation or suspension of the licenses granted under this chapter as provided for in § 23-16.2-7, any person who commits a violation of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisonment for a term of not more than one year, or both.History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 356, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 23-39-13; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-16.2-13.
RI Gen L § 23-16.2-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-16.2 - Laboratories|Section 23-16.2-14 - Enforcement.

§ 23-16.2-14. Enforcement.This chapter shall be enforced by the director and he or she shall be exempt from giving surety for costs.History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 356, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 23-39-14; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-16.2-14.
RI Gen L § 23-16.3-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-16.3 - Clinical Laboratory Science Practice|Section 23-16.3-1 - Repealed.

§ 23-16.3-1. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 97, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 20, § 19, effective June 30, 2015.
RI Gen L § 23-16.3-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-16.3 - Clinical Laboratory Science Practice|Section 23-16.3-2 - Repealed.

§ 23-16.3-2. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 97, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 20, § 19, effective June 30, 2015.
RI Gen L § 23-16.3-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-16.3 - Clinical Laboratory Science Practice|Section 23-16.3-3 - Repealed.

§ 23-16.3-3. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 97, § 1; P.L. 1994, ch. 394, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 20, § 19, effective June 30, 2015.
RI Gen L § 23-16.3-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-16.3 - Clinical Laboratory Science Practice|Section 23-16.3-4 - Repealed.

§ 23-16.3-4. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 97, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 20, § 19, effective June 30, 2015.
RI Gen L § 23-16.3-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-16.3 - Clinical Laboratory Science Practice|Section 23-16.3-5 - Repealed.

§ 23-16.3-5. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 97, § 1; P.L. 1994, ch. 394, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 467, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 317, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 20, § 19, effective June 30, 2015.
RI Gen L § 23-16.3-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-16.3 - Clinical Laboratory Science Practice|Section 23-16.3-6 - Repealed.

§ 23-16.3-6. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 97, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 20, § 19, effective June 30, 2015.
RI Gen L § 23-16.3-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-16.3 - Clinical Laboratory Science Practice|Section 23-16.3-7 - Repealed.

§ 23-16.3-7. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 97, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 20, § 19, effective June 30, 2015.
RI Gen L § 23-16.3-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-16.3 - Clinical Laboratory Science Practice|Section 23-16.3-8 - Repealed.

§ 23-16.3-8. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 97, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 475, § 47; Repealed by P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 20, § 19, effective June 30, 2015.
RI Gen L § 23-16.3-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-16.3 - Clinical Laboratory Science Practice|Section 23-16.3-9 - Repealed.

§ 23-16.3-9. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 97, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 20, § 19, effective June 30, 2015.
RI Gen L § 23-16.3-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-16.3 - Clinical Laboratory Science Practice|Section 23-16.3-10 - Repealed.

§ 23-16.3-10. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 97, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 20, § 19, effective June 30, 2015.
RI Gen L § 23-16.3-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-16.3 - Clinical Laboratory Science Practice|Section 23-16.3-11 - Repealed.

§ 23-16.3-11. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 97, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 20, § 19, effective June 30, 2015.
RI Gen L § 23-16.3-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-16.3 - Clinical Laboratory Science Practice|Section 23-16.3-12 - Repealed.

§ 23-16.3-12. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 97, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 20, § 19, effective June 30, 2015.
RI Gen L § 23-16.3-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-16.3 - Clinical Laboratory Science Practice|Section 23-16.3-13 - Repealed.

§ 23-16.3-13. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 97, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 20, § 19, effective June 30, 2015.
RI Gen L § 23-16.3-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-16.3 - Clinical Laboratory Science Practice|Section 23-16.3-14 - Repealed.

§ 23-16.3-14. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 97, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 20, § 19, effective June 30, 2015.
RI Gen L § 23-16.3-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-16.3 - Clinical Laboratory Science Practice|Section 23-16.3-15 - Repealed.

§ 23-16.3-15. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 97, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 40, § 62; Repealed by P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 20, § 19, effective June 30, 2015.
RI Gen L § 23-16.3-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-16.3 - Clinical Laboratory Science Practice|Section 23-16.3-16 - Repealed.

§ 23-16.3-16. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 97, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 20, § 19, effective June 30, 2015.
RI Gen L § 23-16.4-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-16.4 - Human Cloning|Section 23-16.4-1 - Declaration of intent and purpose.

§ 23-16.4-1. Declaration of intent and purpose.Whereas, recent medical and technological advances have had tremendous benefit to patients, and society as a whole, and biomedical research for the purpose of scientific investigation of disease or cure of a disease or illness should be preserved and protected and not be impeded by regulations involving the cloning of an entire human being; andWhereas, molecular biology, involving human cells, genes, tissues, and organs, has been used to meet medical needs globally for more than thirty (30) years, and has proved a powerful tool in the search for cures, leading to effective medicines to treat cystic fibrosis, diabetes, heart attack, stroke, hemophilia, and HIV/AIDS;The purpose of this legislation is to place a ban on the creation of a human being through division of a blastocyst, zygote, or embryo or somatic cell nuclear transfer, and to protect the citizens of the state from potential abuse deriving from cloning technologies. This ban is not intended to apply to the cloning of human cells, genes, tissues, or organs that would not result in the replication of an entire human being. Nor is this ban intended to apply to in vitro fertilization, the administration of fertility enhancing drugs, or other medical procedures used to assist a woman in becoming or remaining pregnant, so long as that procedure is not specifically intended to result in the gestation or birth of a child who is genetically identical to another conceptus, embryo, fetus, or human being, living or dead.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 189, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 319, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 387, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-16.4-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-16.4 - Human Cloning|Section 23-16.4-2 - Cloning of human beings prohibited.

§ 23-16.4-2. Cloning of human beings prohibited.(a) Prohibition. [Expires July 7, 2017] No person or entity shall utilize somatic cell nuclear transfer for the purpose of initiating or attempting to initiate a human pregnancy nor shall any person create genetically identical human beings by dividing a blastocyst, zygote, or embryo.(b) (1) Definitions. "Nucleus" means the cell structure that houses the chromosomes, and thus the genes;(2) "Oocyte" means the female germ cell, the egg;(3) "Somatic cell" means any cell of a conceptus, embryo, fetus, child, or adult not biologically determined to become a germ cell; and(4) "Somatic cell nuclear transfer" means transferring the nucleus of a human somatic cell into an oocyte from which the nucleus has been removed.(c) (1) Protected research and practices. Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict areas of biomedical, microbiological, and agricultural research or practices not expressly prohibited in this section, including research or practices that involve the use of:(i) Somatic cell nuclear transfer or other cloning technologies to clone molecules, DNA, cells, and tissues;(ii) Mitochondrial, cytoplasmic, or gene therapy; or(iii) Somatic cell nuclear transfer techniques to create animals.(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit:(i) In vitro fertilization, the administration of fertility-enhancing drugs, or other medical procedures used to assist a woman in becoming or remaining pregnant, so long as that pregnancy is not specifically intended to result in the production of a child who is genetically identical to another human being, living or dead;(ii) Any activity or procedure that results, directly or indirectly in two (2) or more natural identical twins.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 189, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 319, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 387, § 1.