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RI Gen L § 23-18.6.1-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.6.1 - Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act|Section 23-18.6.1-23 - Facilitation of anatomical gift from decedent whose body is under jurisdiction of medical examiner.

§ 23-18.6.1-23. Facilitation of anatomical gift from decedent whose body is under jurisdiction of medical examiner.(a) The medical examiner or his or her designee shall provide the federally designated organ procurement organization and other nonprofit federally registered eye and tissue banks, in a timely manner, all information necessary to facilitate organ and tissue donation including, but not limited to, names and available contact information of individuals whose deaths have been reported to the medical examiner's office and jurisdiction accepted.(b) The medical examiner may release and permit the removal of a part from a body within that official's custody, for transplantation or therapy, if:(1) The official has received a request for the part from a hospital, physician, surgeon, or procurement organization;(2) A donation has been authorized in accordance with §§ 23-18.6.1-5 or 23-18.6.1-9;(3) The official does not know of a refusal or contrary indication by the decedent or objection by a person having authority to act as listed in § 23-18.6.1-9;(4) The removal will be by a physician, surgeon, or technician; but in the case of eyes, by one of them or by an enucleator;(5) The removal will not interfere with any autopsy, investigation, procedure, or other additional activity as deemed necessary by the medical examiner required to arrive at a reasonable cause and manner of death;(6) The removal will be in accordance with accepted medical standards; and(7) Cosmetic restoration will be done, if appropriate.(c) The medical examiner, or his or her designee, may permit the removal of the anatomical gift to occur at the medical examiner's office.(d) A permanent record of the names of the decedent, the person making the request, the date and purpose of the request, the part requested, and the person to whom it was released should be made by the hospital/physician/technician (enucleator) and forwarded to the medical examiner for his or her records.(e) The medical examiner, or his or her designee, shall be present during the removal of the anatomical gift if in his or her judgment such attendance would, in the opinion of the medical examiner or his or her designee, facilitate a donation that would otherwise be denied.(f) The medical examiner, or his or her designee, may only deny removal of the anatomical gift after explaining in writing or verbally with subsequent written documentation to the federally designated organ procurement organization and other nonprofit federally registered eye and tissue banks, reasons for determining that those tissues or organs may be involved in the cause of death.History of Section.P.L. 2007, ch. 476, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-18.6.1-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.6.1 - Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act|Section 23-18.6.1-24 - Uniformity of application and construction.

§ 23-18.6.1-24. Uniformity of application and construction.In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.History of Section.P.L. 2007, ch. 476, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-18.6.1-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.6.1 - Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act|Section 23-18.6.1-25 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.

§ 23-18.6.1-25. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.This act modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. § 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit or supersede § 101(a) of that act, 15 U.S.C. § 7001, or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in § 103(b) of that act, 15 U.S.C. § 7003(b).History of Section.P.L. 2007, ch. 476, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-18.6.2-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.6.2 - Rhode Island Public Education Advisory Council for Organ and Tissue Donation Registration|Section 23-18.6.2-1 - Advisory council.

§ 23-18.6.2-1. Advisory council.(a) There shall be a public education advisory council for organ and tissue donations consisting of the administrator of the division of motor vehicles or his/her representative, the director of the department of revenue or his/her representative, the director of public health or his/her representative, the president of the hospital association of Rhode Island or his/her representative, a representative of the federally designated organ procurement organization serving Rhode Island, a representative from the Rhode Island organ donor awareness coalition, and four (4) persons experienced in the field of organ and tissue donations to be appointed by the governor, at least one of whom shall be a recipient of a donated organ or tissue, at least one of whom shall be a family member of a donor, and at least one of whom shall be a PhD or MD experienced in the field of organ and tissue donation.The term of all appointive members shall be three (3) years and no such member shall be appointed to serve more than two (2) consecutive terms. Upon the expiration of the term of any appointive member, a successor shall be appointed in like manner for a term of three (3) years.(b) The council will annually designate the chairman from among its members. The council shall meet at least four (4) times each year, and shall convene special meetings at the call of the chairman. The council shall make an annual report to the governor, that shall include an account of all actions taken to further organ and tissue donation, and shall file a copy of the report with the secretary of state, the clerk of the senate and the clerk of the house of representatives. Members of the council shall serve without compensation.(c) The advisory council shall: (1) Assist in coordinating the efforts of all public and private agencies within the state concerned with organ and tissue donation public education; (2) Advise the state on comprehensive public education programs and efforts to increase organ and tissue donation registrations; (3) Develop strategies to increase organ and tissue donation registrations by any means which the council may find effective; and (4) Establish numerical goals for increasing organ and tissue registration rates in the state, which shall include a baseline account of current organ and tissue registration rates, as well as periodic benchmarks for success. The division of motor vehicles shall provide monthly donor designation rates for each motor vehicle branch to assist in identifying goals. The council's sole focus will be on public education to increase organ and tissue donation registrations.History of Section.P.L. 2013, ch. 157, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 226, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-18.7-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.7 - Bone Marrow Donation|Section 23-18.7-1 - Preamble.

§ 23-18.7-1. Preamble.The department of health and the Roger Williams Cancer Center shall facilitate, foster and assist in the education of residents of the state regarding bone marrow donors and shall further assist and promote annual, bone marrow donor drives. The director and the Roger Williams Cancer Center shall also assist in the dissemination of information regarding the need for bone marrow donor drives including special efforts to educate and encourage minority populations to volunteer as potential bone marrow donors. Means of communication may include use of press, radio, and television, and placement of educational materials in appropriate health care facilities, blood banks, and state and local agencies. The director, and the Roger Williams Cancer Center in conjunction with the administrator of the division of motor vehicles, shall make educational materials available at all places where drivers' licenses are issued or renewed.History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 184, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-18.7-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.7 - Bone Marrow Donation|Section 23-18.7-2 - Bone marrow drives - State employees.

§ 23-18.7-2. Bone marrow drives — State employees.The director of health shall encourage state employees to volunteer to be potential bone marrow donors. The director of health shall declare and designate the last week of April as the "Rhode Island Bone Marrow Awareness Week".History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 184, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-18.8-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.8 - Waste Recycling|Section 23-18.8-1 - Short title.

§ 23-18.8-1. Short title.This chapter shall be cited as the "Rhode Island Recycling Act".History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 522, § 4.
RI Gen L § 23-18.8-2.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.8 - Waste Recycling|Section 23-18.8-2.1 - Definitions.

§ 23-18.8-2.1. Definitions.As used in this chapter:(1) "Corporation" means the Rhode Island resource recovery corporation;(2) "Department" means the department of environmental management;(3) "Director" means the director of the department of environmental management;(4) "Post-consumer waste" has the meaning given "post-consumer content" in § 37-2-76.1(2).(5) "Telephone directory" means a soft cover listing of telephone numbers and addresses by telephone listing territories commonly listed alphabetically or by occupation and distributed to households and businesses on behalf of telecommunications utilities or private advertisers; and(6) "Telephone directory distributor" means any party which distributes telephone directories within the state, and shall include the principal of the party if the party is an agent and the principal is located or doing business in the state.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 518, § 2; P.L. 1996, ch. 404, § 30; P.L. 2001, ch. 86, § 73.
RI Gen L § 23-18.8-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.8 - Waste Recycling|Section 23-18.8-3 - Repealed.

§ 23-18.8-3. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 23-18.8-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.8 - Waste Recycling|Section 23-18.8-4 - Ash use in construction of roads.

§ 23-18.8-4. Ash use in construction of roads.The director of the department of transportation shall, where possible, utilize as fill in the construction of roads and highways, ash from resource recovery facilities owned and operated by the Rhode Island resource recovery corporation, so long as the ash conforms with all applicable environmental laws, rules, and regulations.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 363, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-18.8-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.8 - Waste Recycling|Section 23-18.8-5 - Telephone directory disposal.

§ 23-18.8-5. Telephone directory disposal.(a) No person shall dispose of any telephone directory within the state except through established systems of recycling.(b) Any telephone directory produced for distribution in the state shall be bound with a binder which will not interfere with recyclability.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 518, § 2; P.L. 1995, ch. 183, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 213, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-18.9-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.9 - Refuse Disposal|Section 23-18.9-2 - Repealed.

§ 23-18.9-2. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 23-18.9-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.9 - Refuse Disposal|Section 23-18.9-3 - Grants-in-aid.

§ 23-18.9-3. Grants-in-aid.(a) Funds annually appropriated by the general assembly for the purposes of this chapter shall not exceed forty cents ($.40) per capita as determined from the latest available federal census of population for the state.(b) Sixty-two and one-half percent (62.5%) of the total shall be apportioned to each community in the state, eighty percent (80%) on the basis of the ratio of the population of each community to the total population of the state, as determined by the latest available federal census of population, and twenty percent (20%) on the basis of the ratio of the number of employees located in each community to the total number of persons employed in the state, as reported for the month of December each year by the department of employment and training; provided, however, that Block Island is reported for the month of July. To be eligible to receive these funds, a community must first meet the requirements of § 23-18.9-1.(c) The remaining thirty-seven and one-half percent (37.5%) of the funds shall be apportioned by the same formula as the sixty-two and one-half percent (62.5%) of the funds described in subsection (b), and shall be distributed to each community which is a part of a duly authorized arrangement involving more than one community, which satisfies any rules and regulations which may be reasonably established by the department of environmental management concerning inter-local refuse disposal activities or which is a part of any refuse disposal district created by the general assembly.History of Section.P.L. 1968, ch. 192, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 23-46-3; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-18.9-3; P.L. 1980, ch. 71, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 188, art. 5, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 86, § 74.
RI Gen L § 23-18.9-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.9 - Refuse Disposal|Section 23-18.9-4 - Restricted use of state financial assistance by local communities.

§ 23-18.9-4. Restricted use of state financial assistance by local communities.(a) Any state financial assistance granted to a local community under the terms of this chapter shall be used solely in the design, construction, maintenance, and operation of refuse disposal facilities; provided, that the funds are used for the maintenance and operation of only those refuse disposal facilities which meet all rules and regulations promulgated by the department of environmental management.(b) Any state financial assistance granted to any local community under the terms of §§ 23-1-18, 23-18.9-1, 23-18.9-3 or this section must, at a minimum, be equally matched by local monies appropriated annually by the city or town for the design, construction, maintenance, and operation of refuse disposal facilities.History of Section.P.L. 1968, ch. 192, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 23-46-4; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-18.9-4.
RI Gen L § 23-18.9-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.9 - Refuse Disposal|Section 23-18.9-5 - Disposal of refuse at other than a licensed facility.

§ 23-18.9-5. Disposal of refuse at other than a licensed facility.(a) No person shall dispose of solid waste at other than a solid waste management facility licensed by the director, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.(b) The phrase "dispose of solid waste", as prohibited in this section, refers to the depositing, casting, throwing, leaving or abandoning of a quantity greater than three (3) cubic yards of solid waste. Used asphalt, concrete, Portland concrete cement, and solid waste temporarily in a vehicle or proper receptacle at a licensed place of business of a licensed solid waste hauler for a period not to exceed seventy-two (72) hours shall not be considered solid waste for purposes of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 543, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 391, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 258, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 263, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 60, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 64, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-18.9-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.9 - Refuse Disposal|Section 23-18.9-6 - Repealed.

§ 23-18.9-6. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 23-18.9-8.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.9 - Refuse Disposal|Section 23-18.9-8.1 - Criteria for public and private licenses.

§ 23-18.9-8.1. Criteria for public and private licenses.(a) The director shall grant licenses only to those public facilities that the director determines meet all relevant criteria by regulation to protect human health and the environment and that are reasonably required to dispose of wastes generated within this state. All public projects shall meet the criteria for need established in § 23-19-4(b) and the director shall require no further demonstration of need.(b) The director shall grant licenses only to those private facilities that he or she determines meet all relevant criteria established by regulation to protect human health and the environment.(c) (1) The director shall have the authority to grant emergency temporary refuse-transfer licenses to a municipality, as long as the municipality can provide sufficient assurances as to the municipality's ability to protect human health and the environment. Notice to the director of the municipality's intent to establish a temporary transfer station shall be deemed sufficient to begin emergency operations; provided that the municipal letter of notice is accompanied by proof of health, human, and environmental safety assurances.(2) The temporary license shall have a set expiration date that may be extended upon request by the entity, and is subject to a site inspection by a representative of the department.(3) The entity to which the temporary license is issued shall provide means to recycle any waste collected that is considered recyclable as defined by the department.(4) The department shall not charge a fee for the temporary refuse-transfer license, nor shall the department assess any fines to the municipal host of the collection station for the emergency establishment of the transfer station. Should the municipality determine a need for a permanent transfer station, the municipality shall abide by all department rules and regulations governing the establishment and operation of a transfer station, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 18.9 of title 23 and chapter 19 of title 23.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 255, § 2; P.L. 1989, ch. 508, § 4; P.L. 2016, ch. 218, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 258, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-18.9-9.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.9 - Refuse Disposal|Section 23-18.9-9.2 - Further requirements for landfills.

§ 23-18.9-9.2. Further requirements for landfills.In addition to any other requirements imposed by § 23-18.9-9, no license to operate a solid waste management facility which is a commercial landfill shall be issued and/or renewed by the director unless the applicant provides evidence of either: (1) bonding; and/or (2) a catastrophe fund, both to be in an amount and for a length of time as the director shall determine to be necessary to protect the general public's health and welfare from any potential complication arising from the landfill. The director's determination as to the amount and length of time for the bond and/or catastrophe fund shall be final. The applicant's evidence of the bonding and/or catastrophe fund shall be available for public inspection at the department.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 310, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-18.9-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-18.9 - Refuse Disposal|Section 23-18.9-10 - Penalties.

§ 23-18.9-10. Penalties.(a) (1) Criminal penalties. Any person who constructs a solid waste management facility or construction and demolition (C&D) debris processing facility or installs equipment in the facility or expands the facility without first obtaining approval of the plans and specifications for the facility, or any person who operates the facility without obtaining a license to do so from the director or who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or any rules, regulations, permits, licenses, and orders adopted pursuant to this chapter, in the operation of a licensed facility shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or both fine and imprisonment, and every person is guilty of a separate and distinct offense for each day during which the violation is repeated or continued.(2) Any person who disposes of solid waste at other than a licensed solid waste facility shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each day during which the violation is repeated or continued and all costs incurred in the removal of the solid waste or by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or both.(3) Any person who cocktails hazardous waste as defined by § 23-19.1-4(4) with construction and demolition debris prior to or contemporaneously with the transfer of that waste to a construction and demolition debris processing facility or a construction and demolition debris facility or who generates solid waste which is not disposed of in accordance with the general laws is absolutely liable for the cost of containment, cleanup, restoration and removal of the hazardous wastes and for all damages, losses or injuries, including environmental, which result directly or indirectly from the combination, mixing or addition of the hazardous waste with the construction and demolition debris and is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years or by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both. In any case of a continuing violation, each day's continuance is deemed to be a separate and distinct offense.(b) Civil penalty for violations. Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter, or of any rule, regulation, or order issued pursuant to this chapter, shall be subject to a civil penalty, of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000). In the case of a continuing violation, each day's continuance of the violation is deemed to be a separate and distinct offense.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 176, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 23-46-10; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-18.9-10; P.L. 1985, ch. 33, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 543, § 2; P.L. 1989, ch. 535, § 3; P.L. 1989, ch. 543, § 1; P.L. 1994, ch. 212, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 172, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 288, § 2.