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RI Gen L § 23-5-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-5 - Reports of Disease and Disability|Section 23-5-5 - Reporting of occupational diseases.

§ 23-5-5. Reporting of occupational diseases.Every physician licensed by the department of health attending on or called in to evaluate a patient whom he or she believes to be suffering from an occupational disease or condition identified by the department of health in regulation as a reportable occupational disease shall within thirty (30) days of that attendance or evaluation send to the department of health a report, on a form acceptable to the director of health, stating:(1) Name, address, and occupation of patient.(2) Name, address, and business of employer.(3) Nature of disease.(4) Any other information that may be reasonably required by the department of health.History of Section.P.L. 1915, ch. 1226, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 153, § 23; G.L. 1938, ch. 255, § 18; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 180; G.L. 1956, § 23-5-5; P.L. 1992, ch. 187, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-5-6, 23-5-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-5 - Reports of Disease and Disability|Section 23-5-6, 23-5-7 - Repealed.

§ 23-5-6, 23-5-7. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 23-5-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-5 - Reports of Disease and Disability|Section 23-5-8 - Reports not evidence.

§ 23-5-8. Reports not evidence.Reports made under § 23-5-5 shall not be evidence of the facts stated in the reports in any action arising out of the disease reported in the reports.History of Section.P.L. 1915, ch. 1226, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 153, § 25; G.L. 1938, ch. 255, § 20; G.L. 1956, § 23-5-8.
RI Gen L § 23-5-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-5 - Reports of Disease and Disability|Section 23-5-9 - Upon death - Report of infectious disease.

§ 23-5-9. Upon death — Report of infectious disease.(a) As used in this section, "infectious or communicable disease" includes the following:(1) Infectious hepatitis;(2) Tuberculosis;(3) Rabies;(4) Tularemia;(5) Herpes simplex;(6) Acquired immune deficiency syndrome;(7) Viral hemorrhagic fever;(8) Gonorrhea;(9) Syphilis;(10) Burkett's lymphoma; and(11) Kaposi's sarcoma.(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 40.1-5-26 and 5-37.3-4, when a person who has been diagnosed as having an infectious or communicable disease dies in a hospital or other health care facility, the attending physician or other responsible officer shall prepare a written notification describing the disease to accompany the body when the body is picked up for disposition.(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 40.1-5-26 and 5-37.3-4, when a person dies outside of a hospital or health care facility and without an attending physician, any family member or person making arrangements for the disposition of the dead body who knows that the dead person has been diagnosed as having an infectious or communicable disease at the time of death shall make known that disposition.(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 40.1-5-26 and 5-37.3-4, any person who picks up or transports a dead body for disposition and who has been notified pursuant to subdivision (2) or (3) of this section shall present a notification accompanying the dead body to any embalmer, funeral director, or other person taking possession of the dead body.(e) Information regarding a deceased's infectious or communicable disease contained in a notification required under this section shall be privileged and confidential and may be disclosed only if the disclosure is required under state or federal laws.(f) Any person having duties imposed upon him or her under subsection (b), (c), or (d) of this section who knowingly refuses or omits to perform those duties shall be subject to a fine of three hundred dollars ($300) for a first offense, five hundred dollars ($500) for a second offense, and one thousand dollars ($1000) for a third and subsequent offense within any calendar year.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 453, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 503, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-5.1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-5.1 - Identification of Persons Suffering from Certain Disabilities|Section 23-5.1-1 - Identification bracelet.

§ 23-5.1-1. Identification bracelet.Any person who has epilepsy, diabetes, a cardiac condition, or any other type of illness that causes temporary blackouts, semi-conscious periods, or complete unconsciousness, is authorized to wear an identification bracelet with the person's name, type of illness, physician's name, and medication required, engraved, stamped, or imprinted on that bracelet.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 251, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 83, § 45; P.L. 1999, ch. 130, § 45.
RI Gen L § 23-5.1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-5.1 - Identification of Persons Suffering from Certain Disabilities|Section 23-5.1-2 - Duty of law enforcement officers.

§ 23-5.1-2. Duty of law enforcement officers.It shall be the duty of all law enforcement officers in this state to make a diligent effort to determine if any person they may find in a semi-conscious or unconscious condition is an epileptic or diabetic or a person who is suffering from any other type of illness which would cause semi-consciousness or unconsciousness by looking for an identification bracelet. If any law enforcement officer shall determine that an epileptic or diabetic person is actually suffering from an affliction that would cause semi-consciousness or unconsciousness, it shall be his or her duty to have the person immediately transported to a physician or to some facility where the services of a physician are available.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 251, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-5.1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-5.1 - Identification of Persons Suffering from Certain Disabilities|Section 23-5.1-3 - Penalty for misrepresentation.

§ 23-5.1-3. Penalty for misrepresentation.Any person who willfully and knowingly falsifies an identification or deliberately misrepresents an illness that causes blackouts, unconsciousness, or semi-conscious periods as described in § 23-5.1-1 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or be imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 251, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-6-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-6 - Prevention and Suppression of Contagious Diseases|Section 23-6-1 - Common drinking cups and towels.

§ 23-6-1. Common drinking cups and towels.(a) In order to prevent the spread of communicable diseases, the state department of health is authorized to prohibit, in any public places, vehicles, or buildings that it may designate, the use of a common drinking cup and a common towel, and the director may establish rules and regulations for this purpose.(b) Whoever violates the provisions of this section, or any rule or regulation of the state department of health made under authority of the provisions of this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and may be fined not more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each offense.History of Section.G.L. 1909, ch. 115, § 15; P.L. 1915, ch. 1238, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 153, § 15; G.L. 1938, ch. 255, § 12; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 180; G.L. 1956, § 23-6-1.
RI Gen L § 23-6-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-6 - Prevention and Suppression of Contagious Diseases|Section 23-6-2 - Spitting in public places.

§ 23-6-2. Spitting in public places.No person shall spit upon the floor, or upon the sides, or upon any of the furnishings or equipment of any public conveyance, not devoted exclusively to smoking, or of any shop, store, hall, church, schoolhouse, railroad station, or other public building, or in the hallways of any private office building or upon the steps or platforms of the conveyance or buildings, or upon the sidewalk of any public highway in this state, except into suitable receptacles provided for that purpose. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00) for each offense.History of Section.P.L. 1908, ch. 1595, §§ 1, 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 110, §§ 33, 34; G.L. 1923, ch. 154, §§ 33, 34; G.L. 1938, ch. 256, §§ 33, 34; G.L. 1956, § 23-6-2.
RI Gen L § 23-6-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-6 - Prevention and Suppression of Contagious Diseases|Section 23-6-3 - Vaccinations provided by cities or towns.

§ 23-6-3. Vaccinations provided by cities or towns.The city or town councils in the several cities or towns shall provide annually for the gratuitous vaccination of the inhabitants of the several cities or towns.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 94, § 28; G.L. 1909, ch. 110, § 28; G.L. 1923, ch. 154, § 28; G.L. 1938, ch. 256, § 28; G.L. 1956, § 23-6-3.
RI Gen L § 23-6-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-6 - Prevention and Suppression of Contagious Diseases|Section 23-6-4 - Employment of physicians for vaccinations.

§ 23-6-4. Employment of physicians for vaccinations.The city or town councils shall contract with and provide a suitable number of physicians to vaccinate as provided in § 23-6-3 and order the city or town treasurers of the several cities or towns respectively to pay them the compensation that may be previously agreed upon; and the physicians shall give due and reasonable notice of the time and place of meeting for the purpose of vaccination.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 94, § 29; G.L. 1909, ch. 110, § 29; G.L. 1923, ch. 154, § 29; G.L. 1938, ch. 256, § 29; G.L. 1956, § 23-6-4.
RI Gen L § 23-6-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-6 - Prevention and Suppression of Contagious Diseases|Section 23-6-5 - Record of vaccinations.

§ 23-6-5. Record of vaccinations.The physicians contracted with in § 23-6-4, as soon after fulfilling their contract as may be convenient, shall deposit in the city or town clerk's office a book in which they have respectively recorded, in a fair and legible hand, the name and age of every person they have vaccinated as provided in § 23-6-4 and also any other remarks and observations they may deem useful.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 94, § 30; G.L. 1909, ch. 110, § 30; G.L. 1923, ch. 154, § 30; G.L. 1938, ch. 256, § 30; G.L. 1956, § 23-6-5.
RI Gen L § 23-6-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-6 - Prevention and Suppression of Contagious Diseases|Section 23-6-6 - Preservation of records.

§ 23-6-6. Preservation of records.City and town clerks shall safely keep the books described in § 23-6-5 for the accommodation of those physicians and others, without any compensation, and deliver them over to their successors; but they may charge lawful fees for searching them or for any copies.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 94, § 31; G.L. 1909, ch. 110, § 31; G.L. 1923, ch. 154, § 31; G.L. 1938, ch. 256, § 31; G.L. 1956, § 23-6-6.
RI Gen L § 23-6-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-6 - Prevention and Suppression of Contagious Diseases|Section 23-6-7 - Investigation and suppression of poliomyelitis.

§ 23-6-7. Investigation and suppression of poliomyelitis.The department of health is authorized and directed to investigate any conditions associated with any case or suspected case of, or the spread of, the disease known as anterior poliomyelitis or infantile paralysis in this state and, as far as possible, to aid in the suppression of that disease.History of Section.P.L. 1911, ch. 728, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 153, § 19; G.L. 1938, ch. 255, § 16; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 180; G.L. 1956, § 23-6-7.
RI Gen L § 23-6-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-6 - Prevention and Suppression of Contagious Diseases|Section 23-6-8 - Local authorization of hospital or camp for communicable disease.

§ 23-6-8. Local authorization of hospital or camp for communicable disease.No person, association, corporation, city, or town shall establish any hospital, camp, or other establishment for the treatment of patients suffering from contagious diseases or from the disease known as pulmonary tuberculosis, unless the department of health shall by resolution authorize its establishment in that city or town within definite limits to be specified in the resolution. Before authorizing the establishment of the hospital, camp, or other establishment, the department shall give public notice of the proposed site and give all persons concerned an opportunity to be heard by the department with reference to the establishment and location of the hospital, camp, or other establishment.History of Section.P.L. 1909, ch. 400, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 154, § 36; G.L. 1938, ch. 256, § 36; G.L. 1956, § 23-6-8.
RI Gen L § 23-6-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-6 - Prevention and Suppression of Contagious Diseases|Section 23-6-9 - Abatement of unauthorized hospital or camp.

§ 23-6-9. Abatement of unauthorized hospital or camp.Any hospital, camp, or other establishment, as described in § 23-6-8 established without the authority may be abated as a nuisance by any court of competent jurisdiction.History of Section.P.L. 1909, ch. 400, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 154, § 37; G.L. 1938, ch. 256, § 37; G.L. 1956, § 23-6-9.
RI Gen L § 23-6-10 - 23-6-27 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-6 - Prevention and Suppression of Contagious Diseases|Section 23-6-10 - 23-6-27 - Repealed.

§ 23-6-10 — 23-6-27. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 23-6.1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-6.1 - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training Program in High Schools|Section 23-6.1-1 - Declaration of policy.

§ 23-6.1-1. Declaration of policy.The legislature finds that there is a need to train public high school students in the life-saving technique known as cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). In order to initiate this program, it is the purpose of this chapter to provide for the establishment of a pilot program of training to be administered by the department of elementary and secondary education.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 148, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-6.1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-6.1 - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training Program in High Schools|Section 23-6.1-2 - Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training program established.

§ 23-6.1-2. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training program established.(a) The department of elementary and secondary education shall establish a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training program for public high schools in the state. This program shall be conducted for a one-year pilot period and shall be coordinated by the department of elementary and secondary education.(b) The training program shall be conducted in ten (10) public high schools during the year that the state pilot program is in existence.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 148, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-6.1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-6.1 - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training Program in High Schools|Section 23-6.1-3 - Criteria and requirements of program.

§ 23-6.1-3. Criteria and requirements of program.The American Heart Association, Rhode Island Affiliate, Inc., shall submit the requirements and criteria for the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training program to the department of elementary and secondary education for approval.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 148, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-6.1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-6.1 - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training Program in High Schools|Section 23-6.1-4 - Promulgation of guidelines.

§ 23-6.1-4. Promulgation of guidelines.The department of elementary and secondary education shall promulgate program guidelines and take any other actions that will promote the full implementation of all provisions of this chapter. A copy of the program guidelines issued by the department shall be sent to all participating high schools in the state.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 148, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-6.1-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-6.1 - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training Program in High Schools|Section 23-6.1-5 - Appropriations.

§ 23-6.1-5. Appropriations.The general assembly shall appropriate the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), to be administered by the department of elementary and secondary education, to carry out the purpose of this chapter, and the state controller is authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of that sum or so much of that sum as may be required from time to time, upon receipt by him or her of proper vouchers duly authenticated.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 148, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-6.2-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-6.2 - Public Access Defibrillation|Section 23-6.2-1 - Declaration of policy.

§ 23-6.2-1. Declaration of policy.(a) The legislature recognizes the work of the American Heart Association in establishing that heart disease is a leading cause of death in this country as over three hundred and fifty thousand (350,000) Americans, including three thousand (3,000) Rhode Islanders, die from sudden cardiac arrest every year. Rhode Islanders currently have a survival rate of over five percent (5%) to ten percent (10%) in instances of sudden cardiac arrests occurring outside of hospitals.(b) Greater public access to defibrillation devices may increase the rate of survival in those instances by up to forty-four percent (44%).(c) It is the intent and purpose of this chapter to provide greater public access to defibrillators by distributing those devices to law enforcement and safety personnel throughout the state.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 82, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-6.2-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-6.2 - Public Access Defibrillation|Section 23-6.2-2 - State to provide and distribute defibrillators.

§ 23-6.2-2. State to provide and distribute defibrillators.On or after September 30, 1998, the Rhode Island municipal police academy, after consultation with the coalition for public safety defibrillators, shall provide two (2) defibrillators for distribution to each and every city or town in the state, one defibrillator to the State House, one defibrillator to each campus of the University of Rhode Island, one defibrillator to Rhode Island College, and one defibrillator to each campus of the Community College of Rhode Island. On or after July 1, 1999, thirty-five (35) defibrillators shall be provided to the Rhode Island state police; two (2) defibrillators to the Licht Judicial Complex, two (2) defibrillators to the Garrahy Judicial Complex, two (2) defibrillators to the Kent County Leighton Judicial Complex, one defibrillator to the Washington County McGrath Judicial Complex, one defibrillator to the Newport County Murray Judicial Complex, and fifty (50) automated external defibrillators to cities or towns within the state based upon current deployment levels of automated external defibrillators, population, and geographic need. These devices shall be placed in the possession of the chief and/or the highest ranking member of the municipality's police department, the Rhode Island state police, the capitol police in the State House, the sheriff's department in each county judicial complex, the director of public safety or the chief of the campus police at the University of Rhode Island, the director of public safety or the chief of the department of security and safety at Rhode Island College, the director of public safety or the chief of campus police at the Community College of Rhode Island, or the Rhode Island state police in those municipalities where the state police provide law enforcement service, to be deployed by that officer in the manner in which he or she determines will best promote the availability of and access to the defibrillator by the general public. Provided that one or both defibrillators may be deployed to the municipality's fire department if the police chief determines that that deployment would best promote the intent and purpose of this chapter. These defibrillators will at all times be deployed and used in accordance with all applicable federal and state statutes. The Rhode Island municipal police academy will, in consultation with the coalition for public safety defibrillation, also provide training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator use for all law enforcement personnel serving the municipalities and agencies referenced in this section to which automated external defibrillators have been provided.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 82, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 185, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 209, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 258, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-6.3-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-6.3 - Prevention and Suppression of Contagious Diseases - HIV/AIDS|Section 23-6.3-1 - Purpose.

§ 23-6.3-1. Purpose.The purpose of this chapter is to reduce vulnerability to HIV/AIDS transmission, protect persons who are infected with HIV from discrimination, ensure informed consent for testing, and to provide consistent terms and standards within this title and as applicable to chapters 34.1 and 37 of title 11, chapter 28 of title 21, and chapter 24 of title 40.1.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 196, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 289, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 239, § 18.
RI Gen L § 23-6.3-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-6.3 - Prevention and Suppression of Contagious Diseases - HIV/AIDS|Section 23-6.3-5 - Reasonable efforts to secure consent.

§ 23-6.3-5. Reasonable efforts to secure consent.No involuntary testing for HIV shall take place under any of the exceptions set forth in § 23-6.3-4, unless reasonable efforts have been made to: (1) Secure voluntary consent from the individual to be tested, or in the case of a minor patient, from the legal parent or guardian of the minor patient; and (2) Provide verbal or written information as specified in § 23-6.3-3(h).History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 196, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 289, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-6.3-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-6.3 - Prevention and Suppression of Contagious Diseases - HIV/AIDS|Section 23-6.3-6 - Due process - Right to bring suit.

§ 23-6.3-6. Due process — Right to bring suit.Nothing in §§ 23-6.3-1 to 23-6.3-16 shall be construed to limit or deprive any person of his or her right to due process of law, or to bar an action of relief and/or damages before a court of competent jurisdiction.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 196, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 289, § 1.