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RI Gen L § 23-1-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-1 - Department of Health|Section 23-1-13 - Appropriations and disbursements.

§ 23-1-13. Appropriations and disbursements.The general assembly shall annually appropriate those sums for the purposes of this chapter that it deems necessary; and the state controller is authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of those sums, or so much of those sums as may from time to time be required, upon the receipt by him or her of proper vouchers authenticated by the director of health.History of Section.P.L. 1929, ch. 1432, § 11; P.L. 1930, ch. 1549, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 255, § 22; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, §§ 65, 180; G.L. 1956, § 23-1-13.
RI Gen L § 23-1-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-1 - Department of Health|Section 23-1-14 - Vouchers for disbursements.

§ 23-1-14. Vouchers for disbursements.Notwithstanding the provisions of any general law, public law, or resolution which may provide for the personal approval of the director of health, the state controller is authorized to make payment for all expenditures of the department of health upon receipt of duly authenticated vouchers from that department.History of Section.P.L. 1945, ch. 1589, 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-1-14.
RI Gen L § 23-1-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-1 - Department of Health|Section 23-1-15 - Providing a physician for New Shoreham.

§ 23-1-15. Providing a physician for New Shoreham.Whenever it appears that the town of New Shoreham does not have a duly licensed physician in attendance, the director of health, with the approval of the governor, may request duly qualified state physicians from any department within the state government to accept assignment to be in residence there and to serve the people of the town of New Shoreham in the general practice of medicine. The town of New Shoreham shall provide the doctor with suitable living quarters and office facilities including light and heat free of charge, and the doctor shall charge regular fees for his or her services and shall account for the fees to the director of health. In addition to the regular remuneration being paid that doctor by the state at the time of the assignment, the doctor shall also receive a percentage of all fees collected by him or her that in the discretion of the director of health shall be deemed reasonable, and the proceeds of the remaining fees shall be paid to the general treasurer and become part of the general fund of the state.History of Section.P.L. 1962, ch. 168, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-1-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-1 - Department of Health|Section 23-1-16 - Receipt and use of funds.

§ 23-1-16. Receipt and use of funds.(a) The state department of health shall have authority to receive and expend any funds which may become available from the federal government for public health purposes whenever it is so authorized by the governor. The department of health, with the approval of the governor, shall have authority:(1) To meet those federal requirements with respect to the administration of those funds that may be set forth as conditions precedent to receiving those federal funds;(2) To enter into and execute contracts to perform services for which the state may be compensated from the federal government for public health services, and(3) To meet federal requirements with respect to the execution of public health services contracts between the federal government and the state.(b) To carry out the purposes of this chapter, the department of health, with the approval of the governor, shall also have the authority to receive and expend monies from any other sources, public or private, including but not limited to legislative enactments, bond issues, gifts, devises, grants, bequests, or donations. The department of health, with the approval of the governor, is authorized to enter into any contracts necessary to obtain and expend those funds.(c) All monies received by the state department of health from any federal agency, department, or any other source, as provided in this section, shall be paid into the state treasury and shall be for the use of the department of health. The monies so received shall be used solely for the purposes for which the grant or grants shall have been made and for no other purpose.History of Section.P.L. 1964, ch. 16, § 1; P.L. 1974, ch. 65, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-1-16.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-1 - Department of Health|Section 23-1-16.1 - Letters of license verification - Fees.

§ 23-1-16.1. Letters of license verification — Fees.(a) There shall be a fee, to be paid by the individual or entity making the request as set forth in § 23-1-54, for any letter issued by the department verifying a license which was issued by the department; and(b) The proceeds of any fees collected pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be paid into the state treasury and shall be for the use of the department of health to offset the costs of issuing the license verification letters.History of Section.P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 9, § 48.
RI Gen L § 23-1-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-1 - Department of Health|Section 23-1-17 - Additional general powers.

§ 23-1-17. Additional general powers.(a) In addition to the other powers given to the director of health or the department of health by other provisions of the general laws, and in order to permit the director to properly perform the duties given to him or her by the general assembly, and to enforce the rules and regulations the director is authorized to promulgate and adopt, the director is further authorized to promulgate and adopt rules and regulations for the establishment of information collection, minimum sanitary requirements, and other duties given to the director by § 23-1-1 or by any other provision of law, and to enforce those rules and regulations. The director is further authorized to issue licenses or permits, and to revoke, suspend, or annul them, to aid in the enforcement of those rules and regulations.(b) In the event of a public health emergency, the director is authorized to grant a temporary Rhode Island healthcare provider license for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days and limited to those healthcare providers who hold an active valid license in another state. The director is authorized to promulgate and adopt rules and regulations to establish a process for this temporary emergency license.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 109, § 1; P.L. 1967, ch. 61, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 51, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 67, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-1-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-1 - Department of Health|Section 23-1-19 - Inspection and examination - Penalty for obstruction.

§ 23-1-19. Inspection and examination — Penalty for obstruction.(a) The director is authorized to enter, examine, or survey at any reasonable time those places that he or she considers necessary to carry out his or her responsibilities under this chapter or under other provisions of law.(b) Any person who willfully impedes or obstructs an inspection, examination, or survey by the director shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100) or by imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days, or both.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 109, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-1-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-1 - Department of Health|Section 23-1-20 - Compliance order.

§ 23-1-20. Compliance order.Whenever the director determines that there are reasonable grounds to believe that there is a violation of any law administered by him or her or of any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to authority granted to him or her, the director may give notice of the alleged violation to the person responsible for it. The notice shall be in writing, shall set forth the alleged violation, shall provide for a time within which the alleged violation shall be remedied, and shall inform the person to whom it is directed that a written request for a hearing on the alleged violation may be filed with the director within ten (10) days after service of the notice. The notice will be deemed properly served upon a person if a copy of the notice is served upon him or her personally, or sent by registered or certified mail to the last known address of that person, or if that person is served with notice by any other method of service now or later authorized in a civil action under the laws of this state. If no written request for a hearing is made to the director within ten (10) days of the service of notice, the notice shall automatically become a compliance order.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 109, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-1-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-1 - Department of Health|Section 23-1-21 - Immediate compliance order.

§ 23-1-21. Immediate compliance order.Whenever the director determines that there exists a violation of any law, rule, or regulation within the jurisdiction of the director which requires immediate action to protect the health, welfare, or safety of the public or any member of the public, the director may, without prior notice of violation or hearing, issue an immediate compliance order stating the existence of the violation and the action he or she deems necessary. The compliance order shall become effective immediately upon service or within the time specified by the director in the order. No request for a hearing on an immediate compliance order may be made.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 109, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-1-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-1 - Department of Health|Section 23-1-22 - Hearing.

§ 23-1-22. Hearing.If a person upon whom a notice of violation has been served under the provisions of § 23-1-20 or if a person aggrieved by any notice of violation requests a hearing before the director within ten (10) days of the service of notice of violation, the director shall set a time and place for the hearing, and shall give the person requesting a hearing at least five (5) days written notice of the hearing. After the hearing, the director may make findings of fact and shall sustain, modify, or withdraw the notice of violation. If the director sustains or modifies the notice, that decision shall be deemed a compliance order and shall be served upon the person responsible in any manner provided for the service of the notice in § 23-1-20. The compliance order shall state a time within which the violation shall be remedied, and the original time specified in the notice of violation shall be extended to the time set in that order.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 109, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-1-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-1 - Department of Health|Section 23-1-23 - Enforcement of compliance orders.

§ 23-1-23. Enforcement of compliance orders.Whenever a compliance order has become effective, whether automatically where no hearing has been requested, where an immediate compliance order has been issued, or upon decision following a hearing, the director may institute injunction proceedings in the superior court of the state for enforcement of the compliance order and for appropriate temporary relief, and in the proceeding the correctness of a compliance order shall be presumed and the person attacking the order shall bear the burden of proving error in the compliance order, except that the director shall bear the burden of proving in the proceeding the correctness of an immediate compliance order. The remedy provided for in this section shall be cumulative and not exclusive and shall be in addition to remedies relating to the removal or abatement of nuisances or any other remedies provided by law.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 109, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-1-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-1 - Department of Health|Section 23-1-24 - Review by supreme court.

§ 23-1-24. Review by supreme court.Any party aggrieved by a final judgment of the superior court may, within thirty (30) days from the date of entry of the judgment, petition the supreme court for a writ of certiorari to review any questions of law. The petition shall set forth the errors claimed. Upon the filing of the petition with the clerk of the supreme court, the supreme court may, if it sees fit, issue its writ of certiorari.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 109, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-1-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-1 - Department of Health|Section 23-1-25 - Penalties.

§ 23-1-25. Penalties.Unless another penalty is provided by the laws of this state, any person who violates any law administered by the director or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to authority granted to the director shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100) or by imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days, or both, and for violation of a compliance order of the director by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars ($300) or by imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or both, for each offense or violation, and each day's failure to comply with any such law, rule, regulation, or order shall constitute a separate offense.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 109, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-1-26 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-1 - Department of Health|Section 23-1-26 - Adoption of regulations - Status of present regulations.

§ 23-1-26. Adoption of regulations — Status of present regulations.Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 35 of title 42, rules or regulations adopted by the director on or before December 31, 1966 and pursuant to authority granted to the director by law shall become effective twenty (20) days after filing those rules or regulations in the office of the secretary of state. The director shall hold a hearing on those rules and regulations, after reasonable notice, if within six (6) months of the adoption of the rules or regulations any interested person requests a hearing. At that hearing, all interested persons shall be given an opportunity to submit data, views, or arguments, orally or in writing, relative to the rules or regulations. Rules or regulations filed with the secretary of state under this section shall remain in effect notwithstanding that hearing, but following a hearing the director may file amendments to the rules or regulations as he or she deems advisable, those amendments to become effective twenty (20) days after filing. All rules and regulations of the director in effect on July 1, 1966 shall remain in full force and effect after that date unless expressly repealed by the director or by any provision of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 109, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-1-27 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-1 - Department of Health|Section 23-1-27 - Exemption from hearing provisions of Administrative Procedures Act.

§ 23-1-27. Exemption from hearing provisions of Administrative Procedures Act.The provisions of §§ 42-35-9 through 42-35-18 shall not apply to this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 109, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-1-28 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-1 - Department of Health|Section 23-1-28 - Definitions.

§ 23-1-28. Definitions.The following definitions apply in the interpretation of the provisions of this chapter:(1) "Director" means the director of health of the state or his or her duly authorized agent.(2) "Food" means:(i) Articles used for food or drink for people or other animals;(ii) Chewing gum; and(iii) Articles used for components of any such article.(3) "Food business" includes any establishment or place, whether fixed or mobile, where food or ice is held, processed, manufactured, packaged, prepared, displayed, served, transported, or sold.(4) "Person" includes any individual, group of individuals, firm, corporation, association, partnership or private or public entity, including a district, county, city, town, or other governmental unit or its agent, and in the case of a corporation, any individual having active and general supervision of the properties of that corporation.(5) "Service" upon a corporation under §§ 23-1-20 and 23-1-21 is deemed to include service upon both the corporation and upon the person having active and general supervision of the properties of the corporation.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 109, § 1; P.L. 1967, ch. 61, § 1; P.L. 1971, ch. 42, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-1-29 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-1 - Department of Health|Section 23-1-29 - Delegation.

§ 23-1-29. Delegation.(a) The director may from time to time designate in writing any person in any department of the state government or any official of a district, county, city, town, or other governmental unit, with that official's consent, to enforce any rule and regulation promulgated and adopted by the director under the provisions of this chapter.(b) For the purposes of this chapter, the building inspector of the city of Warwick is designated the duly authorized agent of the director and is vested with all the duties, powers, and authority granted to the director by § 23-1-19 and is authorized to exercise them only in the enforcement of minimum standards for the operation and maintenance of refuse disposal facilities or projects situated in the city of Warwick as standards are promulgated by the director of health in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.(c) Whenever the building inspector of the city of Warwick determines that there are reasonable grounds to believe that there is a violation of any law administered by him or her pursuant to this chapter or any rule or regulation adopted by the director, he or she may give notice of the alleged violation to the person responsible for it. The notice shall be in writing, shall set forth the alleged violation, shall provide for a time within which the alleged violation shall be remedied and shall inform the person to whom it is directed that a written request for a hearing on the violation may be filed with the director within ten (10) days after service of the notice. A copy of all notices of violations issued by the building inspector of the city of Warwick shall be forwarded immediately to the director. The notice will be deemed properly served upon a person if a copy of the notice is served upon him or her personally or sent by registered or certified mail to the last known address of that person, or if that person is served with notice by any other method of service now or later authorized in a civil action under the laws of this state. If no written request for a hearing is made to the director within ten (10) days of the service of notice, the notice shall automatically become a compliance order.(d) Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to divest the director of the department of health of any duties, powers, or authority contained in this section.History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 61, § 2; P.L. 1977, ch. 198, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-1-30 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-1 - Department of Health|Section 23-1-30 - Repealed.

§ 23-1-30. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 23-1-31 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-1 - Department of Health|Section 23-1-31 - Approval of construction by director.

§ 23-1-31. Approval of construction by director.(a) No person shall construct any facility to be used for a food business, or add to, or otherwise alter an existing one, without having obtained the approval of the director of the plans and specifications for the proposed construction, addition, or alteration.(b) A plan review fee for new establishments, and for establishments where the cost of renovation exceeds fifty percent (50%) of the value of the establishment, shall be charged. The plan review fee for these establishments shall equal the annual cost of the license/registration fee.History of Section.P.L. 1971, ch. 42, § 3; P.L. 1990, ch. 65, art. 50, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-1-32 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-1 - Department of Health|Section 23-1-32 - Limitation on civil liability.

§ 23-1-32. Limitation on civil liability.The director of health and his or her duly authorized agents, individually and severally, and when acting in good faith and without malice, shall not be personally liable for damages because of any act undertaken in the lawful performance of official duties. Any suit or other legal action against the director and his or her duly authorized agents, because of any act performed by them, individually or severally, in the lawful performance of official duties, shall be defended at state expense until the final termination of proceedings.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 129, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-1-33 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-1 - Department of Health|Section 23-1-33 - Dr. Charles V. Chapin Health Laboratory.

§ 23-1-33. Dr. Charles V. Chapin Health Laboratory.The state health laboratory facility located at 50 Orms Street in Providence, Rhode Island, shall be known as the "Dr. Charles V. Chapin Health Laboratory".History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 98, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-1-34 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-1 - Department of Health|Section 23-1-34 - Health promotion income.

§ 23-1-34. Health promotion income.The director shall maintain an accurate and timely accounting of money received from the sale of health promotional products, services, or data created by the department of health. This money shall be deposited as general revenue.History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 326, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 287, art. 14, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 40, § 58.
RI Gen L § 23-1-35 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-1 - Department of Health|Section 23-1-35 - Repealed.

§ 23-1-35. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 23-1-36 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-1 - Department of Health|Section 23-1-36 - Director's duties regarding health education, alcohol, and substance abuse programs.

§ 23-1-36. Director's duties regarding health education, alcohol, and substance abuse programs.The director shall establish health education, alcohol, and substance abuse programs for students in grades kindergarten through twelve (12), in accordance with § 35-4-18. The director shall make an annual report to the governor and the general assembly on the administration of the program.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 412, § 2; P.L. 2001, ch. 86, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-1-36.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-1 - Department of Health|Section 23-1-36.1 - [Repealed.]

§ 23-1-36.1. [Repealed.]
RI Gen L § 23-1-37 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-1 - Department of Health|Section 23-1-37 - Repealed.

§ 23-1-37. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 23-1-38 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-1 - Department of Health|Section 23-1-38 - HIV antibody testing - Sperm collection or donation.

§ 23-1-38. HIV antibody testing — Sperm collection or donation.The director shall promulgate guidelines for the prevention of transmission of HIV, and, particularly, in those instances of sperm collection or donation where the director shall require specific testing for HIV.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 507, § 1.