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RI Gen L § 42-18-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-18 - Department of Health|Section 42-18-1 - Department established - Powers.

§ 42-18-1. Department established — Powers.There shall be a department of health. The head of the department shall be the director of health, who shall carry out, except as otherwise provided by this title, the provisions of chapters 10, 19, 27, 29 — 31, inclusive, and 33 — 37, inclusive, of title 5; chapters 1, 11, 14, 17, 22, 23, 27, 28, and 30 of title 21; chapters 1, 3, 5, 6, 8 — 11, inclusive, 13, 17, and 20 — 22, inclusive, of title 23; and chapter 13 of title 46 and of all other general laws and public laws heretofore carried out by the former director of public health and department of public health.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 180; G.L. 1956, § 42-18-1; Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970; P.L. 1977, ch. 182, § 13.
RI Gen L § 42-18-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-18 - Department of Health|Section 42-18-2 - Milk inspection powers.

§ 42-18-2. Milk inspection powers.The department of health and director of health shall enforce the provisions of chapter 2 of title 21, relating to milk; provided, however, that nothing contained in this section shall infringe upon the powers and duties of the department of environmental management relating to the inspection of cattle, milk herds, or the economic control of milk.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 184; G.L. 1956, § 42-18-2; P.L. 1962, ch. 80, § 7; impl. am. 1965, ch. 137, § 1; as reen. 1969.
RI Gen L § 42-18-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-18 - Department of Health|Section 42-18-3 - Additional transfer of functions from former department of social welfare.

§ 42-18-3. Additional transfer of functions from former department of social welfare.There are hereby transferred to the director of the department of health:(1) Those functions of the former department of social welfare which were administered through or with respect to the licensing of homes for aged and convalescent persons (title 40);(2) All functions relating to the licensing of homes for aged and convalescent persons formerly in the department of social welfare and of all other officers, employees, agencies and advisory councils, committees or commissions involved in the licensing of homes for aged and convalescent persons;(3) So much of other functions or parts of functions of the former director of the department of social welfare as is incidental to or necessary for the performance of the functions transferred by subdivisions (1) and (2).History of Section.Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970; G.L. 1956, § 42-18-3; P.L. 1977, ch. 142, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-18-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-18 - Department of Health|Section 42-18-4 - Cooperation with the department of environmental management.

§ 42-18-4. Cooperation with the department of environmental management.(a) The director of the department of health shall cooperate with the department of environmental management and shall make available to the department of environmental management such testing and laboratory facilities and such technical personnel as are within the jurisdiction of the department of health as directed by the environmental standards board.(b) Whenever there arises an emergency, condition, or threat to the public health as a result of a disease in the animal population under the jurisdiction of the director of environmental management by virtue of the provisions of title 4 or § 21-2-22, the director of environmental management shall immediately notify the director of health. The director of health shall, upon notification of the emergency condition or threat to the public health, assign an agent to work with the director of environmental management until such time as the emergency or threat has been removed.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 182, § 14; P.L. 1982, ch. 78, § 7.
RI Gen L § 42-18-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-18 - Department of Health|Section 42-18-5 - Transfer of powers and functions from department of health.

§ 42-18-5. Transfer of powers and functions from department of health.(a) There are hereby transferred to the department of administration:(1) Those functions of the department of health that were administered through or with respect to departmental programs in the performance of strategic planning as defined in § 42-11-10(c);(2) All officers, employees, agencies, advisory councils, committees, commissions, and task forces of the department of health who or that were performing strategic planning functions as defined in § 42-11-10(c); and(3) So much of other functions, or parts of functions, and employees and resources, physical and funded, related thereto of the director of health as are incidental to, and necessary for, the performance of the functions transferred by subdivisions (1) and (2).(b) [Deleted by P.L. 2016, ch. 142, art. 4, § 14].(c) There is hereby transferred to the executive office of health and human services the HIV/AIDS care and treatment programs and all functions and resources associated therewith. The department of health shall retain the HIV surveillance and prevention programs and all functions and resources associated therewith.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 181, art. 29, § 3; P.L. 2010, ch. 23, art. 7, § 2; P.L. 2011, ch. 151, art. 9, § 7; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 18, § 3; P.L. 2016, ch. 142, art. 4, § 14.
RI Gen L § 42-18-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-18 - Department of Health|Section 42-18-6 - Repealed.

§ 42-18-6. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 42-18-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-18 - Department of Health|Section 42-18-7 - Transfer of functions from the department of human services.

§ 42-18-7. Transfer of functions from the department of human services.There is hereby transferred to the department of health those functions and resources formerly administered by the department of human services relating to the administration and management of the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC) authorized by § 23-13-17.History of Section.P.L. 2016, ch. 142, art. 4, § 15.
RI Gen L § 42-18-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-18 - Department of Health|Section 42-18-8 - Cooperation with the department of corrections.

§ 42-18-8. Cooperation with the department of corrections.The director of the department of health shall coordinate and cooperate with the director of the department of corrections to ensure collaboration around existing department of health programs and initiatives, with regard to people under the care of the department of corrections, on probation, during incarceration, and upon release to the community.History of Section.P.L. 2017, ch. 343, § 3; P.L. 2017, ch. 349, § 3.
RI Gen L § 42-18.1-1 - 42-18.1-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-18.1 - Formulary Commission|Section 42-18.1-1 - 42-18.1-8 - Repealed.

§ 42-18.1-1 — 42-18.1-8. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 42-19-1 - 42-19-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-19 - Department of Employment and Training|Section 42-19-1 - 42-19-8 - Repealed.

§ 42-19-1 — 42-19-8. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 42-20-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-20 - Administration of State Departments|Section 42-20-1 - Effect of omission of citations.

§ 42-20-1. Effect of omission of citations.The omission in this title of a citation of any general law or public law now in force which make it mandatory upon or permissive for any department, division, or other agency of the state to perform certain functions which by this title are assigned or transferred and placed in the hands of any other department or agency, shall not suspend or annul the right of any department or agency created by this title to carry out those functions where the obvious intent was so to do.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 247; G.L. 1956, § 42-20-1.
RI Gen L § 42-20-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-20 - Administration of State Departments|Section 42-20-2 - Assignment of functions by department heads.

§ 42-20-2. Assignment of functions by department heads.Whenever it is provided by law that an officer under the direction of a department head shall perform certain duties or functions, the department head may designate some person in the department to perform those duties or functions, and the person designated shall have and possess all the rights, duties, and privileges appertaining thereto, notwithstanding any change in the title or designation of the office.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 243; G.L. 1956, § 42-20-2.
RI Gen L § 42-20-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-20 - Administration of State Departments|Section 42-20-3 - Powers exercised by heads of departments - Designations of subordinates.

§ 42-20-3. Powers exercised by heads of departments — Designations of subordinates.Whenever certain powers or duties are conferred or imposed by existing law upon an official or employee of the state having a definite title, those powers and duties shall be exercised and performed by the director or other head of a department by the independent agency, his or her or its assistants, to which the department or agency those powers and duties are by this title transferred. The head of any department may, with the approval of the governor, designate the official titles or designations of subordinate officers or employees to be used by them in the official business of the state whenever the necessity thereof may require, and they shall be so entitled and described in all official functions, duties, or business.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 244; G.L. 1956, § 42-20-3.
RI Gen L § 42-20-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-20 - Administration of State Departments|Section 42-20-4 - Reorganizations to comply with federal law.

§ 42-20-4. Reorganizations to comply with federal law.If not otherwise provided by law, the director or head of any department or agency may, with the approval of the governor, establish such administrative and organization units for the conduct of the affairs of the department as may be necessary or to conform with the requirements of federal legislation now in force or which may hereafter be enacted by the congress of the United States.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 241; G.L. 1956, § 42-20-4.
RI Gen L § 42-20-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-20 - Administration of State Departments|Section 42-20-5 - Appointment of deputies.

§ 42-20-5. Appointment of deputies.Wherever this title does not provide for a deputy director in any department, the director may designate some person in the department to act in his or her absence or incapacity, or whenever the circumstances may require. An alternate to the deputy may similarly be designated. Whenever in any general or public law provision is made for a director to be a member of or serve on a board, commission, committee or to act in some capacity as a result of the office he or she holds, he or she may, after filing written notice with the office of secretary of state as to his or her intention, designate the deputy or an alternate to serve in his or her place with the same powers as if he or she were present. Any designation may be revoked at any time by filing a written revocation in the office of secretary of state.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 242; G.L. 1956, § 42-20-5; P.L. 1964, ch. 116, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-20-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-20 - Administration of State Departments|Section 42-20-6 - Construction of laws fixing salaries and providing for expenses.

§ 42-20-6. Construction of laws fixing salaries and providing for expenses.Whenever in any general law or public law or resolution of the general assembly prior to February 7, 1939 there shall have been stated a fixed amount for a salary, wage, compensation, or for personal services, or for clerical assistance, or a fixed amount for office expense, printing and binding, advertising, traveling expense, repairs and replacements, or other specified charges, it shall be hereafter construed that the designation of a specified amount is eliminated from that law and the phrase "The general assembly shall annually appropriate such sum as it may deem necessary for such purpose" shall be substituted therefor.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 258; G.L. 1956, § 42-20-6.
RI Gen L § 42-20-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-20 - Administration of State Departments|Section 42-20-7 - Assignment of office space.

§ 42-20-7. Assignment of office space.The director of administration or a subordinate designated by him or her shall assign space in the state house and state office building, and in any other state property which may be required, to the various departments and other agencies in accordance with their needs.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 253; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2727, art. 1, §§ 2, 3; G.L. 1956, § 42-20-7.
RI Gen L § 42-20-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-20 - Administration of State Departments|Section 42-20-8 - Approval and filing of leases.

§ 42-20-8. Approval and filing of leases.All leases made by any department or subdivision thereof shall, prior to acceptance, be approved as to form by the attorney general and as to substance by the director of administration and a copy of all leases shall be filed with the director.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 240; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2727, art. 1, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 42-20-8.
RI Gen L § 42-20-8.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-20 - Administration of State Departments|Section 42-20-8.1 - Public access to state contracts.

§ 42-20-8.1. Public access to state contracts.A complete and legible copy of each contract entered into after September 30, 1994 by any state agency and department of state government, including without limitation public and quasi-public agencies, authorities, boards and commissions, involving the expenditure of more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) shall be made available to the public at the office of any state agency and department of state government entering into the contract. The director of administration shall be responsible for compliance with this section.History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 128, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-20-8.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-20 - Administration of State Departments|Section 42-20-8.2 - Audits.

§ 42-20-8.2. Audits.In the interest of open government and ease of access to public records, all state agencies and departments of state government, including without limitation, public and quasi-public agencies, authorities, boards, and commissions, which are required by law to prepare audits, shall prepare the three (3) most recent audits for read-only internet posting. The audits shall be posted on the appropriate website, for public viewing, within thirty (30) days of their completion. The state agency or department posting any such audit shall so notify the office of secretary of state. The office of secretary of state shall then post, on its own website, notice of the availability and website location of all such audits. The office of secretary of state is hereby authorized to promulgate the rules and regulations regarding the postings.History of Section.P.L. 2004, ch. 478, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 565, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-20-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-20 - Administration of State Departments|Section 42-20-9 - Bonding of officials.

§ 42-20-9. Bonding of officials.The director of administration may determine what directors or heads of departments and subordinate officials shall be bonded, either by a surety bond covering an individual employee or by position schedule bonds covering any group or groups of employees or positions or both. All clerks of courts shall be bonded either by a surety bond covering an individual employee or by position schedule bonds covering any group or groups of employees or positions, or both. These surety bonds and position schedule bonds shall be at the expense of the state and in such amounts and for such terms and in such form as the director of administration may determine and may at the discretion of the director of administration be underwritten as a result of competitive bidding.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 239; P.L. 1948, ch. 2097, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2727, art. 1, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 42-20-9; P.L. 1980, ch. 96, § 4.
RI Gen L § 42-20-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-20 - Administration of State Departments|Section 42-20-10 - Administration of oaths.

§ 42-20-10. Administration of oaths.Any director or head of a department shall have the power to administer oaths for all purposes required in the discharge of his or her duties.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 234; G.L. 1956, § 42-20-10.
RI Gen L § 42-20-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-20 - Administration of State Departments|Section 42-20-11 - Power to bring proceedings.

§ 42-20-11. Power to bring proceedings.All prosecutions or proceedings authorized by law to be made by an administrative officer of the state shall be prosecuted by a department head or a person duly designated by him or her or as the law may direct.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 235; G.L. 1956, § 42-20-11.
RI Gen L § 42-20-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-20 - Administration of State Departments|Section 42-20-12 - Law violation prosecutions - Exemption from costs bond.

§ 42-20-12. Law violation prosecutions — Exemption from costs bond.Complaints for the violation of the provisions of any general law or public law or any rule or regulation thereunder may be made by the head of any department or a person duly designated by him or her having proper jurisdiction thereof, and the department head or person duly designated by him or her shall be exempt from giving surety for costs in any such complaint.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 248; G.L. 1956, § 42-20-12.
RI Gen L § 42-20-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-20 - Administration of State Departments|Section 42-20-13 - Right of appeal - Power to recover penalties.

§ 42-20-13. Right of appeal — Power to recover penalties.The right of appeal to a court of competent jurisdiction as provided by law shall not be abridged or impaired by the passage of this title. The right of the head of any department or any subdivision thereof to prosecute for any offense to recover a penalty or forfeiture as provided by law for any department, division, board, commission, or officer shall henceforth be vested in the head of the department as set forth in this title.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 249; G.L. 1956, § 42-20-13.
RI Gen L § 42-20-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-20 - Administration of State Departments|Section 42-20-14 - Liberal construction.

§ 42-20-14. Liberal construction.This title shall be construed liberally in aid of its declared purpose, which purpose is the coordination of the functions of the several departments, divisions, and other administrative agencies of the state, and the allocation of these functions to the departments and agencies established by this title.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 256; G.L. 1956, § 42-20-14.
RI Gen L § 42-20-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-20 - Administration of State Departments|Section 42-20-15 - Severability.

§ 42-20-15. Severability.If any provision of this title or of any rule or regulation made thereunder, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of the title, rule or regulation, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. The invalidity of any section or sections or parts of any section or sections of this title shall not affect the validity of the remainder of the title.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 257; G.L. 1956, § 42-20-15.
RI Gen L § 42-20-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-20 - Administration of State Departments|Section 42-20-16 - Recycling plans.

§ 42-20-16. Recycling plans.(a) All state departments and agencies shall present a recycling plan to the department of environmental management by June 30, 1991. The plan will follow procedures and methods as prescribed by the current rules and regulations governing the commercial solid waste recycling plan.(b) The department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals and the department of corrections shall also provide, within the plan described in subsection (a), an evaluation of the cost, health, and safety implications of using reusable food service utensils, plates, and cups as alternatives to using disposable food service products.(c) The department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals and the department of corrections shall, in addition, provide an assessment of implementing a pilot program to recycle polystyrene food service products as a recycling alternative.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 504, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-21-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-21 - Effect of Transfer of Functions Between Departments|Section 42-21-1 - Transferred functions performed by department head - Rights of appeal.

§ 42-21-1. Transferred functions performed by department head — Rights of appeal.Except as otherwise provided in this title, the head of a department or any other agency assuming any duties formerly imposed upon any other department or agency, and transferred by chapter 660 of the Public Laws of 1939, shall perform the duties of such department or agency, notwithstanding that the department or agency formerly performing those duties was a board, commission, or single officer. Any ruling, decision, or order made by the department or agency head with regard to matters within his or her jurisdiction shall be subject to any existing right of appeal to a court of competent jurisdiction.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 237; G.L. 1956, § 42-21-1.
RI Gen L § 42-21-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-21 - Effect of Transfer of Functions Between Departments|Section 42-21-2 - Delegation of transferred functions.

§ 42-21-2. Delegation of transferred functions.Wherever the duties of the head of any existing department or agency or of a subdivision thereof or of any other officer were prescribed by law and the functions of that head of a department or agency or other officer were transferred to a new department under chapter 660 of the Public Laws of 1939, the head of the department to which the function was transferred may designate some officer or other subordinate within his or her department to perform such duties.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 236; G.L. 1956, § 42-21-2.