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RI Gen L § 23-7.1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-7.1 - Rodent Control and Eradication|Section 23-7.1-2 - Declaration of purpose.

§ 23-7.1-2. Declaration of purpose.The purpose of this chapter is to regulate the systematic control and eradication of rodents in the state so as to promote the public health, welfare, and safety, and to prevent injury, disease, or detriment to human life. It shall be the responsibility of the local communities to institute rodent control programs; however, since an effective rodent control program requires close cooperation between the local communities and the state department of health in planning and carrying out any rodent control program, this chapter requires the department of health to cooperate with local communities in developing and carrying out rodent control programs and to promulgate regulations establishing minimum standards which must be followed by all local communities in the state. This chapter also establishes incentives that encourage local communities to undertake more comprehensive rodent control programs.History of Section.P.L. 1968, ch. 277, § 1: G.L. 1956, § 23-45-2; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1: G.L. 1956, § 23-7.1-2.
RI Gen L § 23-7.1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-7.1 - Rodent Control and Eradication|Section 23-7.1-3 - Definitions.

§ 23-7.1-3. Definitions.As used in this chapter, the following terms shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as follows:(1) "Director" means the director of the department of health, or any subordinate or subordinates to whom he or she has delegated the powers and duties vested in him or her by this chapter.(2) "Federal government" means the government of the United States of America.(3) "Local communities" means any cities and towns of Rhode Island.(4) "Person" means any individual, firm, private corporation, association, partnership, municipal corporation, or any other entity recognized by the law as a subject of rights and duties.(5) "Rodent" means rats, mice, and/or bats.(6) "State" means the government of the state of Rhode Island.History of Section.P.L. 1968, ch. 277, § 1: G.L. 1956, § 23-45-3; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1: G.L. 1956, § 23-7.1-3.
RI Gen L § 23-7.1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-7.1 - Rodent Control and Eradication|Section 23-7.1-4 - Powers and duties of the director.

§ 23-7.1-4. Powers and duties of the director.It shall be the responsibility of the director to administer this chapter. In addition to the other powers and duties granted in this chapter, the director shall have and may exercise the following powers and duties:(1) Exercise general supervision of the administration and enforcement of this chapter.(2) Promulgate statewide minimum standards for rodent control and any other rules and regulations that may be necessary to further the purposes of this chapter.(3) Advise, consult, and cooperate with the local communities in furthering the purposes of this chapter.(4) Assist the local communities in the preparation of rodent control programs and in the preparation of applications to the federal government for the financing of rodent control programs.(5) Make agreements with local communities with respect to state financing pursuant to this chapter and certify disbursements pursuant to those agreements.(6) Make available, so far as is feasible and practicable, technical and advisory assistance to aid the local communities in furthering the purposes of this chapter.(7) Foster and establish continuing biological studies as part of the department of health's program for the systematic control and eradication of rodents.(8) Exercise all incidental powers necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1968, ch. 277, § 1: G.L. 1956, § 23-45-4; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1: G.L. 1956, § 23-7.1-4.
RI Gen L § 23-7.1-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-7.1 - Rodent Control and Eradication|Section 23-7.1-5 - Contributions to local communities.

§ 23-7.1-5. Contributions to local communities.The state may contribute to local communities for comprehensive rodent control programs approved by the director an amount not to exceed one-half (½) of the cost of those programs as determined by the director. If any rodent control programs receive financing from the federal government, the state contribution may not exceed one-half (½) of the excess of the cost of those programs over the federal grant-in-aid for those programs as follows:(1) If the federal government is financing a given percentage of the total costs of a program, the state contribution will be fixed as a percentage of the total costs and state disbursements will be made on a pro-rata basis at the time disbursements are made by the federal government.(2) If certain costs are not eligible for federal financing, the director shall nevertheless have the discretion to include those costs in the local contribution for the purpose of determining the maximum state contribution. In those cases, the disbursements of the state contribution will be related to the federal disbursements to the greatest extent possible.(3) Costs of the department of health attributable to carrying out its duties pursuant to this chapter as well as its regular activities with respect to environmental health will not be counted in determining the maximum amount of the state contribution.History of Section.P.L. 1968, ch. 277, § 1: G.L. 1956, § 23-7.1-5; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1: G.L. 1956, § 23-7.1-5.
RI Gen L § 23-7.1-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-7.1 - Rodent Control and Eradication|Section 23-7.1-6 - Penalty for violation.

§ 23-7.1-6. Penalty for violation.Any person who shall knowingly violate any rule or regulation promulgated by the director pursuant to this chapter shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500).History of Section.P.L. 1968, ch. 277, § 1: G.L. 1956, § 23-45-6; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1: G.L. 1956, § 23-7.1-6.
RI Gen L § 23-7.1-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-7.1 - Rodent Control and Eradication|Section 23-7.1-7 - Bite report not violation of physician-patient relationship.

§ 23-7.1-7. Bite report not violation of physician-patient relationship.Any report of rodent bites made pursuant to regulations promulgated by the director shall not be deemed a violation of the physician-patient relationship or otherwise contrary to the ethics of the medical profession.History of Section.P.L. 1968, ch. 277, § 1: G.L. 1956, § 23-45-7; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1: G.L. 1956, § 23-7.1-7.
RI Gen L § 23-7.1-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-7.1 - Rodent Control and Eradication|Section 23-7.1-8 - Severability.

§ 23-7.1-8. Severability.If any provision of this chapter or the application of any provision to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect the provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of the chapter are declared to be severable.History of Section.P.L. 1968, ch. 277, § 1: G.L. 1956, § 23-45-8; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1: G.L. 1956, § 23-7.1-8.
RI Gen L § 23-8-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-8 - Quarantine Generally|Section 23-8-1 - Reports of communicable diseases.

§ 23-8-1. Reports of communicable diseases.In addition to the provisions of chapters 10 and 11 of this title, the director of health may by regulation declare any disease to be a reportable disease. Every physician or other person having knowledge of a case or suspected case of a reportable disease shall give notice to the department of health in a manner prescribed by the director. The director may add or remove, at any time, the name of any disease to or from the list of diseases which he or she shall declare to be reportable and may, at any time, revise the manner of reporting. The regulations in respect to the reportable diseases shall state the time within which the notification to the department of health must be made, the individual by whom it is to be made, the method, whether by writing, telegraph, or telephone, in which it shall be made, and whether the case or suspected case is to be identified by name, address, and date of onset of illness.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 94, § 13; G.L. 1909, ch. 110, § 13; P.L. 1916, ch. 1382, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 154, § 13; P.L. 1931, ch. 1766, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 256, § 13; P.L. 1942, ch. 1159, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-8-1; P.L. 1963, ch. 88, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-8-1.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-8 - Quarantine Generally|Section 23-8-1.1 - Consent to testing and treatment - Reportable - Communicable diseases.

§ 23-8-1.1. Consent to testing and treatment — Reportable — Communicable diseases.Persons under eighteen (18) years of age may give legal consent for testing, examination, and/or treatment for any reportable communicable disease.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 169, § 6.
RI Gen L § 23-8-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-8 - Quarantine Generally|Section 23-8-2 - Authority of the governor to authorize immunization programs.

§ 23-8-2. Authority of the governor to authorize immunization programs.Whenever it shall be determined by the governor that a voluntary mass immunization program is necessary to protect the health and welfare of the people, he or she may issue a proclamation authorizing the program, and a copy of the proclamation shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. All individuals or public or private agencies that participate in the authorized mass immunization projects shall not be liable to any person who experiences or purports to experience adverse effects arising from the immunization or attendant procedures; provided, however, that informed consent is obtained. Nothing in this chapter shall exempt from liability for gross negligence any individual or public or private agency participating in an authorized mass immunization project, nor shall the provisions of this chapter exempt any drug manufacturer from any liability, regardless of the degree of negligence for any drug or vaccine used in the projects.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 316, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-8-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-8 - Quarantine Generally|Section 23-8-3 - Repealed.

§ 23-8-3. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 23-8-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-8 - Quarantine Generally|Section 23-8-4 - Quarantine.

§ 23-8-4. Quarantine.If the state director of health, or his or her duly authorized agent, determines, upon investigation, that a threat to the public health exists because any person is suffering, or appears to be suffering, from a communicable disease, the director or his or her authorized agent may require or provide that person to be confined, in some proper place, for the purpose of isolation or quarantine, or another less restrictive intervention treatment, including, but not limited to, immunization, treatment, exclusion or other protective actions until the threat to the public health has abated. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a person who is unable or unwilling for reasons of health, religion, or conscience to undergo immunization or treatment from choosing to submit to quarantine or isolation as an alternative to immunization or treatment. Orders under this chapter shall be in accordance with the procedures for compliance order and immediate compliance orders set forth in §§ 23-1-20 — 23-1-24. A person subject to quarantine under this section shall be entitled to file a petition for relief from such order at any time, included, but not limited to, a petition based upon compliance with a treatment under less restrictive alternatives.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 94, § 15; G.L. 1909, ch. 110, § 15; G.L. 1923, ch. 154, § 15; G.L. 1938, ch. 256, § 15; G.L. 1956, § 23-8-4; P.L. 1967, ch. 60, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 185, § 2; P.L. 2003, ch. 189, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-8-4.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-8 - Quarantine Generally|Section 23-8-4.1 - Power to examine suspected cases - Right of individual to own physician.

§ 23-8-4.1. Power to examine suspected cases — Right of individual to own physician.For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the state department of health is empowered to make examinations of persons reasonably suspected of having a communicable disease; provided, however, that any person so examined shall have the right to have present at that examination, a physician of his or her own choice, at his or her own expense. The state department of health shall inform him or her of this right and afford him or her a reasonable opportunity to exercise that right; and at the trial of any person being prosecuted under the provisions of § 23-1-25, the prosecution must demonstrate that he or she was so informed and was afforded that opportunity.History of Section.P.L. 2003, ch. 185, § 3; P.L. 2003, ch. 189, § 3.
RI Gen L § 23-8-5, 23-8-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-8 - Quarantine Generally|Section 23-8-5, 23-8-6 - Repealed.

§ 23-8-5, 23-8-6. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 23-8-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-8 - Quarantine Generally|Section 23-8-7 - Violation of quarantine.

§ 23-8-7. Violation of quarantine.Any person who is confined by the director or his or her authorized agent under the provision of § 23-8-4 and who violates that confinement shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) or by imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or both.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 94, § 24; G.L. 1909, ch. 110, § 24; G.L. 1923, ch. 154, § 24; G.L. 1938, ch. 256, § 24; G.L. 1956, § 23-8-7; P.L. 1967, ch. 60, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-8-8 - 23-8-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-8 - Quarantine Generally|Section 23-8-8 - 23-8-17 - Repealed.

§ 23-8-8 — 23-8-17. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 23-8-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-8 - Quarantine Generally|Section 23-8-18 - Proclamation of general quarantine.

§ 23-8-18. Proclamation of general quarantine.The power to establish quarantine in this state shall also be vested in the governor; and whenever the governor shall deem it advisable for the preservation of public health and the prevention of the spread of infectious diseases, he or she may, by proclamation, place under quarantine the whole state or that portion of the state that he or she may deem necessary, and he or she shall authorize and empower the state director of health to take any action and make and enforce any rules and regulations that may be deemed necessary to prevent the introduction and to restrict the spread of infectious diseases in the state.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 95, § 13; G.L. 1909, ch. 114, § 13; G.L. 1923, ch. 157, § 13; G.L. 1938, ch. 258, § 13; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 180; G.L. 1956, § 23-8-18.
RI Gen L § 23-8-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-8 - Quarantine Generally|Section 23-8-19 - Compliance with quarantine by transportation agencies.

§ 23-8-19. Compliance with quarantine by transportation agencies.Whenever quarantine is declared, all railroad and steamboat corporations, stage lines, the owners, assignees, officials, and employees of those companies, and all vehicles and modes of conveyance of passengers, baggage, and freight, shall observe and comply with the rules and regulations made by the director of health; and any person knowingly violating any of the rules and regulations of the director shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than fifty dollars ($50.00), or be imprisoned not more than two (2) years.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 95, § 14; G.L. 1909, ch. 114, § 14; G.L. 1923, ch. 157, § 14; G.L. 1938, ch. 258, § 14; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 180; G.L. 1956, § 23-8-19.
RI Gen L § 23-8-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-8 - Quarantine Generally|Section 23-8-20 - Expense of quarantine and suppression of disease.

§ 23-8-20. Expense of quarantine and suppression of disease.The state department of health, with the approval of the governor, may incur all necessary expenses for preventing and restricting the prevalence of epidemic diseases and of carrying out the provisions of §§ 23-8-18 and 23-8-19, and the state controller shall draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of those expenses out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, upon receipt of itemized bills for those expenses approved by the governor.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 95, § 15; G.L. 1909, ch. 114, § 15; G.L. 1923, ch. 157, § 15; G.L. 1938, ch. 258, § 15; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, §§ 65, 180; G.L. 1956, § 23-8-20.
RI Gen L § 23-8-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-8 - Quarantine Generally|Section 23-8-21 - Ship quarantine powers preserved - Local enforcement of quarantine - Rules and regulations - Penalty.

§ 23-8-21. Ship quarantine powers preserved — Local enforcement of quarantine — Rules and regulations — Penalty.Nothing in §§ 23-8-18 — 23-8-20 shall be construed to impair the validity of any rules and regulations made and in force under the provisions of §§ 23-9-1 — 23-9-11, nor to abridge the powers of any officer mentioned in §§ 23-9-1 — 23-9-11; and every officer shall also have power, within the city or town for which he or she was appointed, to enforce, during the period that any proclamation made by the governor for the purpose of establishing quarantine shall be in force, all rules and regulations made by the state director of health; and it shall be the duty of the several city and town councils to require those officers to enforce the rules and regulations mentioned and referred to in this section within their respective cities and towns; provided, that the director of health, during the period when any proclamation of quarantine shall be in force, shall have power at any time, and from time to time, to suspend any of the rules and regulations mentioned and referred to in this section, and to make and establish rules and regulations in substitution for them and in addition to them, respecting quarantine in any city or town, and that any person knowingly violating any of those rules and regulations so made and established shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) or be imprisoned not more than two (2) years; and provided, further, that any and all powers and duties in this chapter conferred and imposed upon any officer or city or town council shall, during any quarantine period, be exercised and performed by that officer or city or town council subject to the orders and directions of the director of health.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 95, § 16; G.L. 1909, ch. 114, § 16; G.L. 1923, ch. 157, § 16; G.L. 1938, ch. 258, § 16; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 180; G.L. 1956, § 23-8-21.
RI Gen L § 23-9-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-9 - Quarantine of Vessels|Section 23-9-1 - Appointment of seaport health officers - Duties and compensation.

§ 23-9-1. Appointment of seaport health officers — Duties and compensation.Each seaport city or town, or the city or town council of each seaport city or town, may appoint a health officer for the city or town who shall visit all vessels which shall be subject to examination of quarantine, and carry into execution all regulations established by the city or town council, and shall be at all times accountable to the city or town council, and shall receive for his or her services compensation that the council may allow, to be paid by the owners, agents or commanders of any vessels that may be subjected to quarantine or examination.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 95, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 114, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 157, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 258, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-9-1.
RI Gen L § 23-9-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-9 - Quarantine of Vessels|Section 23-9-2 - Publication of city or town quarantine regulations.

§ 23-9-2. Publication of city or town quarantine regulations.The city or town council shall publish in one or more newspapers published in the state, within or nearest the city or town where the rules and regulations shall be adopted, at the expense of the city or town, all rules and regulations made by it respecting quarantine.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 95, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 114, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 157, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 258, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 23-9-2.
RI Gen L § 23-9-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-9 - Quarantine of Vessels|Section 23-9-3 - Places from which vessels arriving are subject to quarantine.

§ 23-9-3. Places from which vessels arriving are subject to quarantine.The city or town council shall prescribe from time to time the several ports, places, or countries from which vessels arriving shall be subject to examination or quarantine.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 95, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 114, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 157, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 258, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 23-9-3.
RI Gen L § 23-9-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-9 - Quarantine of Vessels|Section 23-9-4 - Designation of time and place of quarantine.

§ 23-9-4. Designation of time and place of quarantine.The city or town council shall designate the particular place in the harbor, bay, or river adjacent to the city or town where all arriving ships or vessels subject to examination or quarantine shall come to anchor; and shall define the limits of the quarantine ground, and assign the time for which those ships or vessels shall be detained, and where and how unladen.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 95, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 114, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 157, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 258, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 23-9-4.
RI Gen L § 23-9-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-9 - Quarantine of Vessels|Section 23-9-5 - Sentinel to order ships into quarantine.

§ 23-9-5. Sentinel to order ships into quarantine.The city or town council may appoint a sentinel, who shall be paid by the city or town and stationed in some convenient place on shore, or in some properly situated boat or vessel, to hail all ships or vessels which may arrive in that river, bay, or harbor; and if the sentinel shall find that any ship or vessel is subject to quarantine, he or she shall direct the commander of that ship or vessel to come to anchor within the limits of that quarantine ground, and remain there until visited by the health officer, and to place a signal in the shrouds of the vessel in a manner as to be seen at a proper distance.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 95, § 5; G.L. 1909, ch. 114, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 157, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 258, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 23-9-5.
RI Gen L § 23-9-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-9 - Quarantine of Vessels|Section 23-9-6 - Penalty for refusal to anchor in quarantine.

§ 23-9-6. Penalty for refusal to anchor in quarantine.Every commander of a ship or vessel who shall, upon being hailed and directed by the sentinel, refuse or neglect to bring his or her ship or vessel to anchor within the limits as described in § 23-9-4, shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) nor less than twenty dollars ($20.00), to the use of the city or town.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 95, § 6; G.L. 1909, ch. 114, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 157, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 258, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 23-9-6; P.L. 2001, ch. 86, § 68.