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RI Gen L § 23-9-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-9 - Quarantine of Vessels|Section 23-9-7 - Council order to anchor in quarantine.

§ 23-9-7. Council order to anchor in quarantine.The city or town council may order a ship or vessel to be anchored on the quarantine ground, at the expense of the owners, master, or commanding officer of the ship or vessel, to remain there until legally discharged from the quarantine ground.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 95, § 7; G.L. 1909, ch. 114, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 157, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 258, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 23-9-7.
RI Gen L § 23-9-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-9 - Quarantine of Vessels|Section 23-9-8 - Unauthorized departure from vessel under quarantine.

§ 23-9-8. Unauthorized departure from vessel under quarantine.Every person who shall leave any ship or vessel under order of quarantine without permission from the health officer or the city or town council of that city or town, shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00); and the city or town council may order that person to be returned on board of that vessel, and to remain there until the council orders him or her to be dismissed.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 95, § 8; G.L. 1909, ch. 114, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 157, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 258, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 23-9-8.
RI Gen L § 23-9-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-9 - Quarantine of Vessels|Section 23-9-9 - Quarantine of vessels bound for Providence.

§ 23-9-9. Quarantine of vessels bound for Providence.If any vessel shall arrive in the waters of the state bound to the port of Providence at any time while the quarantine regulations of the city of Providence are in force, no person on board that vessel shall leave it until it has been visited and examined by the health officer of Providence, and permission to land has been given by that health officer or by the city council of Providence to that person to enter the city. Every person leaving that vessel without first obtaining permission, shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00); and the city council may cause that person to be returned to the vessel in case it is under quarantine, and to remain there until permitted to depart.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 95, §§ 9, 10; G.L. 1909, ch. 114, §§ 9, 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 157, §§ 9, 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 258, §§ 9, 10; G.L. 1956, § 23-9-9.
RI Gen L § 23-9-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-9 - Quarantine of Vessels|Section 23-9-10 - Enforcement by sheriffs, sergeants, and constables.

§ 23-9-10. Enforcement by sheriffs, sergeants, and constables.Every sheriff, deputy sheriff, town sergeant, and town constable shall carry the rules and regulations of the city or town council within his or her precinct into effect.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 95, § 11; G.L. 1909, ch. 114, § 11; G.L. 1923, ch. 157, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 258, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 23-9-10; P.L. 2015, ch. 260, § 29; P.L. 2015, ch. 275, § 29.
RI Gen L § 23-9-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-9 - Quarantine of Vessels|Section 23-9-11 - Disposition of fines.

§ 23-9-11. Disposition of fines.The fines for the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be recovered to the use of the city or town where the offense was committed.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 95, § 12; G.L. 1909, ch. 114, § 12; G.L. 1923, ch. 157, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 258, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 23-9-11.
RI Gen L § 23-9-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-9 - Quarantine of Vessels|Section 23-9-12 - Federal quarantine system superseding Providence regulations.

§ 23-9-12. Federal quarantine system superseding Providence regulations.Whenever the United States of America shall put in force a system of national quarantine inspection for the port of Providence, the duties of the quarantine health officer and sentinel of that city shall be suspended for so long a period as the quarantine inspection shall be maintained, and whenever the United States shall establish a quarantine station, ground, or anchorage on or in the Providence River or Narragansett Bay, north of Conimicut Point, and put in force a complete system of national quarantine for the port of Providence, the provisions of §§ 23-9-1 — 23-9-11 shall not apply to the city of Providence or the port of Providence.History of Section.G.L. 1909, ch. 114, § 17; P.L. 1912, ch. 801, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 157, § 17; G.L. 1938, ch. 258, § 17; G.L. 1956, § 23-9-12.
RI Gen L § 23-9-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-9 - Quarantine of Vessels|Section 23-9-13 - Repealed.

§ 23-9-13. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 23-9-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-9 - Quarantine of Vessels|Section 23-9-14 - Hoisting of quarantine colors.

§ 23-9-14. Hoisting of quarantine colors.The commander of a vessel as described in this chapter, on his or her arrival in any of the waters of the state, shall immediately hoist and keep his or her colors in the shrouds of that vessel as a signal that he or she has come from some infected place or has infection or contagion on board.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 94, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 110, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 154, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 256, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 23-9-14; P.L. 2008, ch. 475, § 40.
RI Gen L § 23-9-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-9 - Quarantine of Vessels|Section 23-9-15 - Unauthorized departure from infected vessel.

§ 23-9-15. Unauthorized departure from infected vessel.If any person shall come on shore from on board a vessel as described in this chapter without first obtaining a license, the city or town council may immediately send that offender back on board that vessel, or confine him or her on shore in a convenient place that appears to the city or town council most effectual to prevent the spreading of any infection; and the offending person shall satisfy and pay all charges that shall arise on the confinement, and shall be fined forty dollars ($40.00).History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 94, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 110, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 154, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 256, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 23-9-15; P.L. 2008, ch. 475, § 40.
RI Gen L § 23-9-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-9 - Quarantine of Vessels|Section 23-9-16 - Examination of vessel - Guards to prevent unauthorized communication.

§ 23-9-16. Examination of vessel — Guards to prevent unauthorized communication.The city or town council of the city or town where a vessel as described in this chapter arrives shall send a physician or other suitable person to examine and report to them of the true state of that vessel and the people on board, at the charge of the master or owner of that vessel; and they shall immediately put on board that vessel some suitable person or persons to secure that vessel and effectually prevent any communication with that vessel, at the like charge of the master or owner of that vessel.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 94, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 110, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 154, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 256, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 23-9-16; P.L. 2008, ch. 475, § 40.
RI Gen L § 23-9-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-9 - Quarantine of Vessels|Section 23-9-17 - Confinement or removal of persons on board.

§ 23-9-17. Confinement or removal of persons on board.The city or town council of the city or town where a vessel as described in this chapter arrives shall confine on board that vessel, or send to some hospital or other suitable place, all persons who came in that vessel, for a convenient time, until those of them that have, or are likely to have, the smallpox or other infectious or contagious distemper are perfectly recovered and cleansed from that distemper, or have passed a suitable quarantine, and also all persons who have gone on board that vessel without license, at the charge and expense of those persons respectively.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 94, § 5; G.L. 1909, ch. 110, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 154, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 256, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 23-9-17; P.L. 2008, ch. 475, § 40.
RI Gen L § 23-9-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-9 - Quarantine of Vessels|Section 23-9-18 - Disinfection of imported goods.

§ 23-9-18. Disinfection of imported goods.The city or town council of a city or town where a vessel as described in this chapter arrives shall appoint suitable persons to take effectual care that all goods, wares, and merchandise imported in that vessel which they think may hold and communicate the infection or contagion are landed in some suitable place to be appointed by the council and cleansed in the manner directed by the council before they are permitted to be brought into any house, shop, or warehouse, other than that in which they are cleansed.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 94, § 6; G.L. 1909, ch. 110, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 154, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 256, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 23-9-18; P.L. 2008, ch. 475, § 40.
RI Gen L § 23-9-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-9 - Quarantine of Vessels|Section 23-9-19 - Certification and delivery of disinfected goods - Expense of disinfection.

§ 23-9-19. Certification and delivery of disinfected goods — Expense of disinfection.Whenever infected or contagious goods are sufficiently aired and cleansed, those persons described in § 23-9-18 shall give the owners or persons entitled to possession of those goods a certificate to that effect; and the city or town council shall allow and order those goods, wares, and merchandise to be delivered to their owners; and the charge and expense of airing, landing, and cleansing those goods, wares, and merchandise shall be borne by the respective owners; and that charge shall be a lien on those goods, wares, and merchandise.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 94, § 7; G.L. 1909, ch. 110, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 154, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 256, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 23-9-19.
RI Gen L § 23-9-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-9 - Quarantine of Vessels|Section 23-9-20 - Delivery of goods not infected - Cleansing or destruction of infected goods.

§ 23-9-20. Delivery of goods not infected — Cleansing or destruction of infected goods.All goods that are judged by the city or town council not to be infected shall be delivered to the owners without delay and expense of airing and as soon as may be consistent with the safety of the city or town; and all goods, wares, and merchandise imported into any city or town by land from any place infected with the smallpox or other contagious or infectious distemper, shall be aired and cleansed at the discretion of the city or town council of that city or town and at the expense of their owners, or destroyed if necessary.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 94, § 8; G.L. 1909, ch. 110, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 154, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 256, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 23-9-20.
RI Gen L § 23-9-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-9 - Quarantine of Vessels|Section 23-9-21 - Forfeiture of unlawfully imported goods.

§ 23-9-21. Forfeiture of unlawfully imported goods.All goods imported in a vessel as described in this chapter that shall be clandestinely landed or brought into any house, shop, or warehouse without a certificate and allowance as provided in § 23-9-19, or that shall be imported by land as provided in § 23-9-20 and not cleansed or aired by order of the city or town council, shall be forfeited; one-third (⅓) of those goods to the use of the state and two-thirds (⅔) to the use of the person who shall sue for the goods.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 94, § 9; G.L. 1909, ch. 110, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 154, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 256, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 23-9-21; P.L. 2008, ch. 475, § 40.
RI Gen L § 23-9-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-9 - Quarantine of Vessels|Section 23-9-22 - Settlement of wages and charges.

§ 23-9-22. Settlement of wages and charges.The city and town councils of the respective cities and towns shall fix, settle, and adjust all wages and charges demanded by persons employed by them to secure a vessel, or to air and cleanse those goods, or to attend upon and nurse those persons as provided in this chapter.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 94, § 10; G.L. 1909, ch. 110, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 154, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 256, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 23-9-22.
RI Gen L § 23-9-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-9 - Quarantine of Vessels|Section 23-9-23 - Action for recovery of expenses.

§ 23-9-23. Action for recovery of expenses.If any owner, freighter, mariner, or passenger shall refuse to pay those wages and charges settled, adjusted, and fixed pursuant to § 23-9-22, then the city or town shall sue for and recover those wages and charges, and the court where the action is brought and maintained shall tax double costs for the plaintiff.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 94, § 11; G.L. 1909, ch. 110, § 11; G.L. 1923, ch. 154, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 256, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 23-9-23.
RI Gen L § 23-9-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-9 - Quarantine of Vessels|Section 23-9-24 - Waters under concurrent jurisdiction of Newport.

§ 23-9-24. Waters under concurrent jurisdiction of Newport.The health officer of the city of Newport shall, under the direction of the council of that city, have authority concurrent with the city or town councils of the several cities or towns in the county of Newport bordering on the public waters of the state in all matters arising under this chapter in relation to any vessel coming within Dutch Island Harbor or within the waters of the East River below the bridges between Portsmouth and Tiverton.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 94, § 32; G.L. 1909, ch. 110, § 32; G.L. 1923, ch. 154, § 32; G.L. 1938, ch. 256, § 32; G.L. 1956, § 23-9-24.
RI Gen L § 23-10-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-10 - Tuberculosis|Section 23-10-1 - Report of tubercular cases by state institutions.

§ 23-10-1. Report of tubercular cases by state institutions.The superintendent or other person in charge or control of any hospital, school, reformatory, or other institution, deriving the whole or any part of its support from the public funds of the state, having in charge or under its care or custody any person or persons suffering with tuberculosis, shall, within forty-eight (48) hours after recognition of that disease, make or cause to be made in the manner and form prescribed by the state department of health a record of the name, age, sex, color, race, occupation, social condition, and residence of the person or persons, so affected, together with any other appropriate information that may be demanded by the state department of health. That information shall be furnished on blanks supplied by the state department of health, and that information shall be forwarded each week to the office of the director of health, on those blanks. Any superintendent, or any other person, charged with any duty under this section who shall fail or refuse to comply with the requirements of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00).History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 96, § 11; P.L. 1909, ch. 386, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 153, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 255, § 9; P.L. 1939, ch. 713, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-10-1.
RI Gen L § 23-10-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-10 - Tuberculosis|Section 23-10-2 - Reports by physicians.

§ 23-10-2. Reports by physicians.Whenever any physician knows that any person under his or her professional care is affected with tuberculosis, he or she shall transmit to the director of the state department of health within seven (7) days, upon blanks provided by the state department of health for that purpose, the name, sex, age, color, race, occupation, social condition, and residence of that person. Any physician failing or refusing to comply with the requirements of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be subject to a fine of ten dollars ($10.00).History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 96, § 12; P.L. 1909, ch. 386, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 153, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 255, § 10; P.L. 1939, ch. 713, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-10-2.
RI Gen L § 23-10-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-10 - Tuberculosis|Section 23-10-3 - Prosecution of violations.

§ 23-10-3. Prosecution of violations.It shall be the duty of the director of health to report to the prosecuting officers of the different cities and towns in this state any violation of the requirements of §§ 23-10-1 and 23-10-2, and it shall be the duty of the prosecuting officers of the several cities and towns to immediately obtain warrants for the apprehension of persons violating the requirements of §§ 23-10-1 and 23-10-2.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 96, § 13; P.L. 1909, ch. 386, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 153, § 13; G.L. 1938, ch. 255, § 11; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 180; G.L. 1956, § 23-10-3.
RI Gen L § 23-10-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-10 - Tuberculosis|Section 23-10-4 - Register of tubercular cases.

§ 23-10-4. Register of tubercular cases.It shall be the duty of the state department of health to keep a register of all persons in this state known to be affected with tuberculosis. The state department of health shall have sole, exclusive control of that register and shall not permit its inspection nor disclose any of its personal particulars except to officials authorized under the laws of this state to receive that information.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 96, § 10; P.L. 1909, ch. 386, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 153, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 255, § 8; P.L. 1939, ch. 713, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-10-4.
RI Gen L § 23-10-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-10 - Tuberculosis|Section 23-10-5 - Transmission of reports to local agencies.

§ 23-10-5. Transmission of reports to local agencies.The state department of health shall be authorized to submit reports of cases of tuberculosis which it receives and has on file in its register to city and town health departments and to other community agencies, voluntary and official, properly organized to receive those reports, capable of maintaining an adequate system of tuberculosis control within their respective communities.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 255, § 15; P.L. 1939, ch. 713, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 255, § 151/2; P.L. 1941, ch. 1014, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 23-10-5.
RI Gen L § 23-10-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-10 - Tuberculosis|Section 23-10-7 - Laboratory culture for tuberculosis.

§ 23-10-7. Laboratory culture for tuberculosis.All biological samples or specimens taken from Rhode Island residents for the purpose of performing laboratory culture for tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) or for determining antibiotic sensitivities of cases of tuberculosis, by or under the direction or order of any physician licensed to practice medicine in this state, shall be sent to the Rhode Island department of health laboratory for analysis. Those biological samples or specimens may be split at the time of procurement to permit one portion of the sample or specimen to be sent to the department of health laboratory for analysis and the other portion to be analyzed at another appropriately credentialed laboratory. In the case of split samples or specimens, third party payers shall pay both the department of health laboratory and the appropriately credentialed laboratory for analyzing those samples or specimens. The department of health shall waive the requirement for samples or specimens to be sent to the department of health laboratory and shall establish a written memorandum of agreement with any appropriately credentialed laboratory which can meet or exceed the most current laboratory standard of practice for tuberculosis testing, including maximum turnaround time.History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 374, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-10.1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-10.1 - Emergency Commitment for Drug Intoxication|Section 23-10.1-1 - Short title.

§ 23-10.1-1. Short title.This chapter shall be known as the "Emergency Commitment for Drug Intoxication Law".History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 14, § 20.
RI Gen L § 23-10.1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-10.1 - Emergency Commitment for Drug Intoxication|Section 23-10.1-2 - Definitions.

§ 23-10.1-2. Definitions.Whenever used in this chapter, or in any order, rule, or regulation made or promulgated pursuant to this chapter, or in any printed forms prepared by the department or the director, unless otherwise expressly stated, or unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires:(1) "Approved public treatment facility" means a treatment agency operating under the direction and control of the department or providing treatment under this chapter through a contract with the department.(2) "Department" means the state department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals.(3) "Director" means the director of the state department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals.(4) "Drug intoxication" means an altered physiological substance or psychoactive substances, in which normal functioning is seriously impeded.(5) "Likely to injure him or herself or others" means:(i) A substantial risk of physical harm to himself or herself as manifested by behavior evidencing serious threats of, or attempts at, suicide or by behavior which will result in serious bodily harm; or(ii) A substantial risk of physical harm to other persons as manifested by behavior or threats evidencing homicidal or other violent behavior.(6) "Physician" means a person duly licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy in this state.(7) "Psychoactive substance" means a drug that affects the central nervous system and alters mood, perception, and/or consciousness.History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 14, § 20.
RI Gen L § 23-10.1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-10.1 - Emergency Commitment for Drug Intoxication|Section 23-10.1-3 - General powers and duties.

§ 23-10.1-3. General powers and duties.(a) The department is charged with the execution of the laws relating to the emergency admission and custody of drug intoxicated individuals.(b) The department may adopt rules and regulations that it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter to insure the safety and promote the welfare of individuals committed to its custody pursuant to this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 14, § 20.