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RI Gen L § 21-28.10-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28.10 - Opioid Stewardship Act|Section 21-28.10-10 - Creation of opioid stewardship fund.

§ 21-28.10-10. Creation of opioid stewardship fund.(a) There is hereby established, in the custody of the department, a restricted-receipt account to be known as the "opioid stewardship fund."(b) Monies in the opioid stewardship fund shall be kept separate and shall not be commingled with any other monies in the custody of the department.(c) The opioid stewardship fund shall consist of monies appropriated for the purpose of such account; monies transferred to such account pursuant to law; contributions consisting of promises or grants of any money or property of any kind or value, or any other thing of value, including grants or other financial assistance from any agency of government; and monies required by the provisions of this chapter or any other law to be paid into or credited to this account.(d) Monies of the opioid stewardship fund shall be available to provide opioid treatment, recovery, prevention, education services, and other related programs, subject to appropriation by the general assembly.(e) The budget officer is hereby authorized to create restricted receipt accounts entitled "opioid stewardship fund allocation" in any department or agency of state government wherein monies from the opioid stewardship fund are appropriated by the general assembly for the programmatic purposes set forth in subsection (d) of this section.History of Section.P.L. 2019, ch. 88, art. 13, § 17; P.L. 2021, ch. 162, art. 2, § 2, effective July 6, 2021.
RI Gen L § 21-28.10-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28.10 - Opioid Stewardship Act|Section 21-28.10-11 - Allocation.

§ 21-28.10-11. Allocation.The monies, when allocated, shall be paid out of the opioid stewardship fund and subject to the approval of the director and the approval of the director of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals (BHDDH), pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 2019, ch. 88, art. 13, § 17.
RI Gen L § 21-28.10-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28.10 - Opioid Stewardship Act|Section 21-28.10-12 - Severability.

§ 21-28.10-12. Severability.If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or section of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or section directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of the legislature that this act would have been enacted even if such invalid provisions had not been included herein.History of Section.P.L. 2019, ch. 88, art. 13, § 17.
RI Gen L § 21-28.10-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28.10 - Opioid Stewardship Act|Section 21-28.10-13 - Rules and regulations.

§ 21-28.10-13. Rules and regulations.The director may prescribe rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, to carry into effect the provisions of this chapter 28.10 of title 21, which rules and regulations, when reasonably designed to carry out the intent and purpose of this chapter, are prima facie evidence of its proper interpretation. Such rules and regulations may be amended, suspended, or revoked, from time to time and in whole or in part, by the director. The director may prescribe, and may furnish, any forms necessary or advisable for the administration of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 2019, ch. 88, art. 13, § 17.
RI Gen L § 21-29-1 - 21-29-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-29 - Barbiturates and Hypnotic Drugs|Section 21-29-1 - 21-29-23 - Repealed.

§ 21-29-1 — 21-29-23. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 21-29.1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-29.1 - Re-Use of Syringes|Section 21-29.1-1 - Re-use of syringes prohibited.

§ 21-29.1-1. Re-use of syringes prohibited.All facilities or persons legally entitled to use disposable syringes and needles including, but not limited to, hospitals and physicians, shall destroy them after one use. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 194, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-30-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-30 - Drugs and Poisons Generally|Section 21-30-1 - Distribution in streets or from house to house prohibited.

§ 21-30-1. Distribution in streets or from house to house prohibited.No person shall, by himself or herself or by his or her servant or agent, sell, distribute, or give away in any street or highway or from house to house any bottle, box, envelope, or package containing any liquid medicine or any pills, powder, tablets, or other article which contains any drug or poison; provided, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to any person acting as a member, officer, or agent of any pharmaceutical house in the distribution of samples of its products to physicians. Any person, whether acting for himself or herself or for another, or as member, officer, or agent of any partnership or corporation, who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than fifty dollars ($50.00), or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.History of Section.P.L. 1913, ch. 938, §§ 1, 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 168, §§ 23, 24; G.L. 1938, ch. 274, §§ 1, 2; G.L. 1956, § 21-30-1.
RI Gen L § 21-30-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-30 - Drugs and Poisons Generally|Section 21-30-2 - Prosecution of violations.

§ 21-30-2. Prosecution of violations.It shall be the duty of the department of health to prosecute any person, firm, or corporation violating the provisions of § 21-30-1, and the director or any other duly authorized agent of the department making a complaint shall not be required to give surety for the payment of costs.History of Section.P.L. 1913, ch. 938, § 4; P.L. 1916, ch. 1337, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 168, § 25; G.L. 1938, ch. 274, § 3; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 180; G.L. 1956, § 21-30-2.
RI Gen L § 21-30-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-30 - Drugs and Poisons Generally|Section 21-30-3 - Labeling of wood alcohol.

§ 21-30-3. Labeling of wood alcohol.Any person who sells, exchanges, or delivers to another person any wood alcohol, sometimes known as methyl alcohol, shall affix to the vessel or container holding the wood alcohol a label bearing the words, "Wood alcohol poison," printed or written on the vessel or container in letters not less than one-fourth of an inch (¼") in height, and in addition the words "it is unlawful to use this fluid in any article of food or drink, or in any medicinal or toilet preparation, intended to be used internally or externally," printed or written on the vessel or container in letters not less than one-eighth of an inch (⅛") in height. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 834, § 1; P.L. 1915, ch. 1183, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 168, § 26; G.L. 1938, ch. 274, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 21-30-3.
RI Gen L § 21-30-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-30 - Drugs and Poisons Generally|Section 21-30-4 - Sale or possession of wood alcohol with unlawful intent.

§ 21-30-4. Sale or possession of wood alcohol with unlawful intent.Any person who sells, exchanges, or delivers or has in his or her possession with intent to sell, exchange, or deliver any article of food or drink, or any drug, intended for external or internal use, or perfumes or toilet articles, containing any wood alcohol, sometimes known as methyl alcohol, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00), nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or by both fine and imprisonment.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 834, § 2; P.L. 1915, ch. 1183, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 168, § 27; G.L. 1938, ch. 274, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 21-30-4.
RI Gen L § 21-30-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-30 - Drugs and Poisons Generally|Section 21-30-5 - Prosecution of violations.

§ 21-30-5. Prosecution of violations.It shall be the duty of the department of health to prosecute any person, firm, or corporation violating the provisions of §§ 21-30-3 and 21-30-4, and the director of the department, or any duly authorized agent of the director, may make complaint for the violation of those sections, and the director or agent making the complaint shall not be required to give surety for the payment of costs.History of Section.P.L. 1915, ch. 1183, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 168, § 28; G.L. 1938, ch. 274, § 6; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 180; G.L. 1956, § 21-30-5.
RI Gen L § 21-30-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-30 - Drugs and Poisons Generally|Section 21-30-6 - Labeling of poisons - Registration of sales - Prescriptions.

§ 21-30-6. Labeling of poisons — Registration of sales — Prescriptions.No person shall sell, either by wholesale or retail, any of the poisons enumerated in § 21-30-7, without distinctly labeling the bottle, box, vessel, or paper and wrapper or cover in which the poison is contained with the name of the article, the word "poison," and the name and place of business of the seller; and every registered pharmacist selling or dispensing any of these poisons shall first enter in a book, to be kept for that purpose only, and subject always to inspection by the board of pharmacy or any officer or agent of the board or other proper authority, and to be preserved for at least five (5) years, a record of the sale or dispensing; provided, that if any of the poisons form a part of the ingredients of any medicine or medicines compounded in accordance with the written prescription of a medical practitioner, the medicine need not be labeled with the word "poison"; but all prescriptions, whether or not composed in part or in whole of any of these ingredients, shall be carefully kept by the pharmacist on a file or in a book used for that purpose only and numbered in the order in which they are received or dispensed, and every box, bottle, vial, vessel, or packet containing medicines so dispensed shall be labeled with the name and place of business of the registered pharmacist so dispensing the medicine, and be numbered with a number corresponding with that on the original prescription retained by the pharmacist on the book or file. The prescriptions shall be preserved at least five (5) years and shall be open to the inspection of the writer of them, and a copy shall be furnished free of expense whenever demanded by either the writer or the purchaser.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 152, § 9; G.L. 1909, ch. 178, § 11; G.L. 1923, ch. 167, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 276, § 11; impl. am. P.L. 1948, ch. 2040, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 21-30-6; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 63.
RI Gen L § 21-30-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-30 - Drugs and Poisons Generally|Section 21-30-7 - Poisons subject to labeling and registration.

§ 21-30-7. Poisons subject to labeling and registration.The following substances are poisons subject to labeling as provided in § 21-30-6:(1) Arsenic and its preparations.(2) Carbolic acid.(3) Corrosive sublimate.(4) Cotton root and its preparations.(5) Cyanide of potassium.(6) Ergot and its preparations.(7) Hydrocyanic acid.(8) Opium and its preparations, paregoric excepted.(9) Oxalic acid.(10) Savin.(11) Strychnia.(12) Volatile oil of bitter almonds, of pennyroyal, of savin, and of tansy.(13) Proprietary or secret medicines recommended, sold or advertised as emmenagogues and parturients.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 152, § 10; G.L. 1909, ch. 178, § 12; P.L. 1912, ch. 841, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 167, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 276, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 21-30-7; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 63.
RI Gen L § 21-30-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-30 - Drugs and Poisons Generally|Section 21-30-8 - Repealed.

§ 21-30-8. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 21-30-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-30 - Drugs and Poisons Generally|Section 21-30-9 - Adulteration of drugs.

§ 21-30-9. Adulteration of drugs.Every person who shall knowingly adulterate, or cause to be mixed with any foreign or inert substance, any drug or medicinal substance, or any compound medicinal preparation recognized by the pharmacopoeia of the United States or of other countries, as employed in medicinal practice, with the effect of weakening or destroying its medicinal power, or who shall sell the adulterated drug knowing it to be adulterated shall, in addition to the penalties prescribed in §§ 21-30-1 and 21-31-5, forfeit to the use of the state all adulterated articles found in that person's possession and shall be deprived of the right of practicing as a pharmacist in this state after this. Whenever a complaint shall be made of any violation of the provisions of this section, the board of pharmacy, on being notified of it, shall investigate the complaint, employing competent persons when necessary to make analysis of the articles alleged to be adulterated; and if the complaint shall be substantiated, the board shall assist in prosecuting the respondent.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 152, § 10; G.L. 1909, ch. 178, § 12; P.L. 1912, ch. 841, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 167, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 276, § 12; impl. am. P.L. 1948, ch. 2040, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 21-30-9.
RI Gen L § 21-31-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-31 - Rhode Island Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics Act|Section 21-31-1 - Short title.

§ 21-31-1. Short title.This chapter may be cited as the "Rhode Island Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics Act."History of Section.P.L. 1959, ch. 56, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-31-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-31 - Rhode Island Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics Act|Section 21-31-4 - Injunctions authorized.

§ 21-31-4. Injunctions authorized.In addition to the remedies provided in this chapter the director of health is authorized to apply to the superior court for, and the court shall have jurisdiction upon hearing and for cause shown to grant, a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating any provision of § 21-31-3, irrespective of whether or not there exists an adequate remedy at law.History of Section.P.L. 1959, ch. 56, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-31-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-31 - Rhode Island Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics Act|Section 21-31-5 - Violations of chapter - Penalty - Exceptions.

§ 21-31-5. Violations of chapter — Penalty — Exceptions.(a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of § 21-31-3 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than six (6) months or a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or both imprisonment and fine; but if the violation is committed after a conviction of that person under this section has become final, the person shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than one year or a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both that imprisonment and fine.(b) No person shall be subject to the penalties of subsection (a) of this section for having violated § 21-31-3(1) or (3) if that person establishes a guaranty or undertaking signed by, and containing the name and address of, the person residing in the state of Rhode Island from whom the person received the article in good faith, to the effect that the article is not adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this chapter, designating this chapter.(c) No publisher, radio broadcast licensee, or agency or medium for the dissemination of an advertisement, except the manufacturer, packer, distributor, or seller of the article to which a false advertisement relates, shall be liable under this section by reason of the dissemination by that person of a false advertisement, unless he or she has refused the request of the director of health to furnish the director of health the name and post office address of the manufacturer, packer, distributor, seller, or advertising agency residing in the state of Rhode Island who caused the person to disseminate the false advertisement.History of Section.P.L. 1959, ch. 56, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-31-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-31 - Rhode Island Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics Act|Section 21-31-7 - Violations reported to attorney general - Notice and hearing on violation.

§ 21-31-7. Violations reported to attorney general — Notice and hearing on violation.It shall be the duty of the attorney general, to whom the director of health reports any violation of this chapter, to cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted in the proper courts without delay and to be prosecuted in the manner required by law. Before any violation of this chapter, except those violations which involve attempts to procure or procurement of drugs by unlawful means, or the unlawful manufacture, possession, sale, barter, gift, transfer, or delivery in any manner to another of a drug as defined in this chapter, is reported to the attorney general for the institution of a criminal proceeding, the person against whom the proceeding is contemplated shall be given appropriate notice and opportunity to present his or her views before the director of health or the director's designated agent, either orally or in writing in person, or by attorney, with regard to the contemplated proceeding.History of Section.P.L. 1959, ch. 56, § 1; P.L. 1975, ch. 267, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-31-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-31 - Rhode Island Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics Act|Section 21-31-8 - Notice of minor violations - Warnings.

§ 21-31-8. Notice of minor violations — Warnings.Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring the director of health to report for the institution of proceedings under this chapter minor violations of this chapter, whenever the director of health believes that the public interest will be adequately served in the circumstances by a suitable written notice or warning.History of Section.P.L. 1959, ch. 56, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-31-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-31 - Rhode Island Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics Act|Section 21-31-9 - Promulgation of reasonable standards by director.

§ 21-31-9. Promulgation of reasonable standards by director.Whenever in the judgment of the director of health an action will promote honesty and fair dealing in the interest of consumers, the director of health shall promulgate regulations fixing and establishing for any food or class of food a reasonable definition and standard of identity, and/or reasonable standard of quality and/or fill of container. In prescribing a definition and standard of identity for any food or class of food in which optional ingredients are permitted, the director of health shall, for the purpose of promoting honesty and fair dealing in the interest of consumers, designate the optional ingredients which shall be named on the label. The definitions and standards promulgated shall conform so far as practicable to the definitions and standards promulgated under authority of the Federal Act.History of Section.P.L. 1959, ch. 56, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-31-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-31 - Rhode Island Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics Act|Section 21-31-10 - Adulterated food.

§ 21-31-10. Adulterated food.A food shall be deemed to be adulterated:(1) If: (i) it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render it injurious to health; but in case the substance is not an added substance the food shall not be considered adulterated under this clause if the quantity of that substance in the food does not ordinarily render it injurious to health; (ii) it bears or contains any added poisonous or added deleterious substance which is unsafe within the meaning of § 21-31-13; (iii) it consists in whole or in part of a diseased, contaminated, filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance, or if it is unfit for food; (iv) it has been produced, prepared, packed, or held under unsanitary conditions by which it may have become contaminated with filth, or by which it may have been rendered diseased, unwholesome, or injurious to health; (v) it is the product of a diseased animal or an animal which has died otherwise than by slaughter, or that has been fed upon the uncooked offal from a slaughterhouse; or (vi) its container is composed, in whole or in part, of any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render the contents injurious to health.(2) If: (i) any valuable constituent has been in whole or in part omitted or abstracted from it; (ii) any substance has been substituted wholly or in part for it; (iii) damage or inferiority has been concealed in any manner; or (iv) any substance has been added to it or mixed or packed with it so as to increase its bulk or weight or reduce its quality or strength or make it appear better or of greater value than it is.(3) If it is confectionery and it bears or contains any alcohol or non-nutritive article or substance except harmless coloring, harmless flavoring, harmless resinous glaze not in excess of four-tenths of one percent (0.4%), harmless natural wax not in excess of four-tenths of one percent (0.4%), harmless natural gum, or pectin; provided, that this subdivision shall not apply to any confectionery by reason of its containing less than one-half of one percent (.5%) by volume of alcohol derived solely from the use of flavoring extracts, or to any chewing gum by reason of its containing harmless non-nutritive masticatory substances.(4) If it bears or contains a coal-tar color other than one from a batch which has been certified under authority of the Federal Act.History of Section.P.L. 1959, ch. 56, § 1.