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RI Gen L § 23-28.28-31 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-28.28 - Explosives|Section 23-28.28-31 - License to conduct blasting operations.

§ 23-28.28-31. License to conduct blasting operations.(a) No person shall conduct blasting operations unless he or she holds a license issued by the state fire marshal. Any person desiring to obtain a license to conduct blasting operations shall make application to the state fire marshal. A nonreturnable fee of ten dollars ($10.00) shall accompany each application; five dollars ($5.00) of which shall be for processing the application and five dollars ($5.00) for the examination. There shall be a fifty dollar ($50.00) fee for the license if issued. The application shall be in such form and contain such information as the state fire marshal may require. Within three (3) months after the date of receipt of his or her application, the applicant shall be examined as to his or her experience and ability to conduct blasting operations and, if found by the examiner to be qualified, he or she shall forthwith be issued a license. The license shall expire on June 30 of each year and may be renewed after its expiration without examination upon a payment fee of fifty dollars ($50.00). A holder of a license to conduct blasting operations whose license is lost, misplaced, or stolen may obtain a duplicate license from the state fire marshal upon payment of ten dollars ($10.00).(b) Persons holding a valid out-of-state blasting certificate of competency shall be subject to all the requirements under this chapter.(c) The state fire marshal is empowered to deny or immediately suspend or revoke the license of any holder found to be in violation of this law or any provision of chapter 28.28 of this title or rule or regulation related to explosives or has been convicted of arson at common law, or statutory burning involving the property of another.(d) All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited as general revenue.(e) No person shall be permitted to work with blasting explosives unless he or she possesses a valid blasting license or possesses an apprentice permit and work under direct supervision of a licensed blaster.(f) An apprentice permittee shall be required to be employed by a licensed blaster for a period of not less than eighteen (18) months prior to eligibility for examination. If the apprentice fails the examination, a re-examination can be given not less than one hundred eighty-three (183) days after the last examination date. A non-refundable fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall accompany each application for processing and issuance of each apprentice permit.History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 313, § 2; P.L. 1989, ch. 181, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 138, art. 47, § 1; P.L. 1994, ch. 120, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 40, § 78.
RI Gen L § 23-28.28-32 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-28.28 - Explosives|Section 23-28.28-32 - Bond for blasting operations.

§ 23-28.28-32. Bond for blasting operations.(a) The applicant for a permit to possess or to use explosives shall file a bond with the state fire marshal in the penal sum of not less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), running to the state, with sureties approved by the state fire marshal, and with such conditions as the state fire marshal shall reasonably deem necessary and for such additional penal sums as the state fire marshal shall determine to be necessary to cover the losses, damages, or injuries that might ensue to persons or property by reason thereof.(b) In addition to the requirement of section (a), prior to the use of explosives for demolition or prior to the issuance of a demolition permit, the local building inspector may require the applicant to file a bond with the locality in such amount, with such sureties and upon such conditions, as the local building inspector may reasonably deem necessary.(c) Any person may recover on such bonds as described in this section for injury to his or her person or property.History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 313, § 2; P.L. 1994, ch. 120, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 91.
RI Gen L § 23-28.28-33 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-28.28 - Explosives|Section 23-28.28-33 - Disposal of detonators and explosives prohibited.

§ 23-28.28-33. Disposal of detonators and explosives prohibited.Detonators or explosives shall not be disposed of except by turning them in to the state fire marshal.History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 313, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-28.28-34 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-28.28 - Explosives|Section 23-28.28-34 - Penalty for violations - Seizure of explosives.

§ 23-28.28-34. Penalty for violations — Seizure of explosives.(a) Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned for a term of not more than one year, or shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or both.(b) The state fire marshal or his or her deputies or any officer qualified to serve criminal process may arrest without a warrant any person found in violation of this chapter and shall seize immediately any and all explosives in illegal possession, use, or under his or her control, and the explosives seized shall upon conviction of that person be forfeited to the state.(c) Notice of seizure of the explosives under subsection (b) shall immediately be sent to the state fire marshal by the officer making the seizure and the explosives seized shall be turned over to the state fire marshal to be held pending the trial.History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 313, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-28.28-35 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-28.28 - Explosives|Section 23-28.28-35 - Forfeiture of vehicles, vessels, or aircraft.

§ 23-28.28-35. Forfeiture of vehicles, vessels, or aircraft.(a) Any vehicle, vessel, or aircraft being used to transport any explosives as defined under this chapter shall be seized and forfeited to the state if that vehicle, vessel, or aircraft is not being used by a person licensed to blast or a permittee to transport or possess explosives; provided, that no vehicle, vessel, or aircraft used by any person shall be forfeited under the provisions of this chapter unless it shall appear that the owner of the vehicle, vessel, or aircraft had knowledge, actual or constructive, and was a consenting party to the alleged illegal act.(b) Any law enforcement agency whose duty it is to enforce the laws of this state is empowered to authorize designated officers or agents to carry out the seizure provisions of this chapter. It shall be the duty of any officer or agent so authorized, designated, or authorized by law, whenever he or she shall discover any vehicle, vessel, or aircraft which has been or is being used in violation of any provisions of this chapter, or in, upon, or by means of which any violation of this chapter has taken or is taking place, to seize such vehicle, vessel, or aircraft and to place it in the custody of such person as may be authorized or designated for that purpose by the respective law enforcement agency pursuant to these provisions.(c) The attorney general shall proceed pursuant to §§ 12-21-23 — 12-21-32 to show cause why the vehicle, vessel, or aircraft shall be forfeited to the use of, or the sale by, the law enforcement agency making the seizure on producing due proof that the vehicle, vessel, or aircraft was being used in violation of the provisions of this chapter. Notice to the owner thereof of the seizure and of the time set for hearing thereon shall not be less than five (5) days nor more than fifteen (15) days after the seizure. When it appears by affidavit that the residence of the owner of a vehicle, vessel, or aircraft is out of the state or is unknown to the attorney general the court shall appoint an attorney to represent the absent owner within ten (10) days after the application. The affidavit may be made by the attorney general or one of his or her assistants. The attorney so appointed may waive service and citation of the petition but shall not waive time or any legal defense. At all times herein notice shall also be given to all recorded lienholders and the use or sale of any vehicle, vessel, or aircraft forfeited under this chapter shall be subject to the rights of those recorded lienholders.History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 313, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-28.28-36 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-28.28 - Explosives|Section 23-28.28-36 - Severability.

§ 23-28.28-36. Severability.If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 313, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-28.28-37 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-28.28 - Explosives|Section 23-28.28-37 - Notice to adjoining landowners.

§ 23-28.28-37. Notice to adjoining landowners.Prior to the commencement of blasting operations, any person, firm, corporation, or other entity that is regulated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall notify the owner or owners of record of any improved real property within five hundred (500′) feet, as measured from the nearest borehole to the closest improved real property, of an intended blast or detonation, excluding road, bridge, utility, and public works construction, no less than twenty-four (24) hours prior to the blast or detonation.History of Section.P.L. 1999, ch. 414, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-28.28-38 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-28.28 - Explosives|Section 23-28.28-38 - Transportation of explosives.

§ 23-28.28-38. Transportation of explosives.(a) All vehicles and associated equipment used for the transportation of Class A or Class B explosives shall be subject to annual inspection by the state fire marshal's office and a permit issued stating that the vehicle and associated equipment meets the requirements of N.F.P.A. 495. There shall be a one hundred dollar ($100) permit fee.(b) All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited as general revenue.History of Section.P.L. 2007, ch. 73, art. 33, § 4.
RI Gen L § 23-28.29-1 - 23-28.29-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-28.29 - Model Rocket Engines|Section 23-28.29-1 - 23-28.29-17 - Repealed.

§ 23-28.29-1 — 23-28.29-17. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 287, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 40; Repealed by P.L. 2004, ch. 220, § 33; P.L. 2004, ch. 225, § 33, effective June 30, 2004.
RI Gen L § 23-28.30-1 - 23-28.30-42 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-28.30 - Community Residences for the Mentally Retarded, Mentally Ill, Drug Abusers, and Alcoholics|Section 23-28.30-1 - 23-28.30-42 - Repealed.

§ 23-28.30-1 — 23-28.30-42. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1975, ch. 57, § 1; P.L. 1977, ch. 210, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 398, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 89, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 243, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 245, § 12; P.L. 1990, ch. 72, § 6; P.L. 1991, ch. 67, §§ 48-52; P.L. 1999, ch. 83, § 56; P.L. 1999, ch. 130, § 56; Repealed by P.L. 2004, ch. 220, § 34; P.L. 2004, ch. 225, § 34, effective June 30, 2004.
RI Gen L § 23-28.31-1 - 23-28.31-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-28.31 - Horse Stables|Section 23-28.31-1 - 23-28.31-12 - Repealed.

§ 23-28.31-1 — 23-28.31-12. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 271, § 25; P.L. 1983, ch. 245, § 13; P.L. 1989, ch. 181, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 67, §§ 53-56; Repealed by P.L. 2004, ch. 220, § 35; P.L. 2004, ch. 225, § 35, effective June 30, 2004.
RI Gen L § 23-28.32-1 - 23-28.32-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-28.32 - Sales or Leasing and Servicing of Portable Fire Extinguishers and Fixed Fire Extinguishing Systems|Section 23-28.32-1 - 23-28.32-11 - Repealed.

§ 23-28.32-1 — 23-28.32-11. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 271, § 26; P.L. 1986, ch. 162, § 2; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 41; Repealed by P.L. 2004, ch. 220, § 36; P.L. 2004, ch. 225, § 36, effective June 30, 2004.
RI Gen L § 23-28.33-1 - 23-28.33-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-28.33 - Storage and Handling of Liquefied Natural Gas|Section 23-28.33-1 - 23-28.33-6 - Repealed.

§ 23-28.33-1 — 23-28.33-6. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 270, § 3; P.L. 1976, ch. 271, § 27; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 42; Repealed by P.L. 2004, ch. 220, § 37; P.L. 2004, ch. 225, § 37, effective June 30, 2004.
RI Gen L § 23-28.34-1 - 23-28.34-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-28.34 - Fire and Carbon Monoxide Detection Systems|Section 23-28.34-1 - 23-28.34-7 - Repealed.

§ 23-28.34-1 — 23-28.34-7. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 238, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 67, §§ 57, 58; P.L. 1992, ch. 91, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 177, § 2; Repealed by P.L. 2004, ch. 220, § 38; P.L. 2004, ch. 225, § 38, effective June 30, 2004.
RI Gen L § 23-28.35-1 - 23-28.35-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-28.35 - Fire Detectors and Carbon Monoxide Systems in Existing Residential Occupancies|Section 23-28.35-1 - 23-28.35-15 - Repealed.

§ 23-28.35-1 — 23-28.35-15. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 332, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 2, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 41, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 344, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 91, § 2; P.L. 1995, ch. 312, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 356, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 63, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 166, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 25, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 177, § 4; P.L. 2001, ch. 393, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2004, ch. 220, § 39; P.L. 2004, ch. 225, § 39, effective June 30, 2004.
RI Gen L § 23-28.36-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-28.36 - Notification of Fire Fighters, Police Officers and Emergency Medical Technicians After Exposure to Infectious Diseases|Section 23-28.36-1 - Legislative findings.

§ 23-28.36-1. Legislative findings.The general assembly finds and declares that by reason of their employment, fire fighters, police officers, and emergency medical technicians are required to work in the midst of, and are subject to, exposure to infectious diseases, including, but not limited to, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV); that after exposure, fire fighters, police officers, and emergency medical technicians are not informed of the exposures; that fire fighters, police officers, and emergency medical technicians so exposed can potentially and unwittingly expose coworkers, families, and members of the public to infectious diseases. The general assembly further finds and declares that all the aforementioned conditions exist and arise out of or in the course of employment.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 288, § 1; 1988, ch. 382, § 2; P.L. 2001, ch. 390, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-28.36-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-28.36 - Notification of Fire Fighters, Police Officers and Emergency Medical Technicians After Exposure to Infectious Diseases|Section 23-28.36-2 - Definitions.

§ 23-28.36-2. Definitions.The following terms when used in this chapter shall have the following meanings herein ascribed:(1) "Contagious disease" means an infectious disease.(2) "Disability" means a condition of physical incapacity to perform any assigned duty or duties in the fire department or emergency medical service.(3) "Emergency medical technician" means a person licensed pursuant to chapter 4.1 of this title to provide emergency medical services.(4) "Fire department" means service groups (paid or volunteer) that are organized and trained for the prevention and control of loss of life and property from fire or other emergency.(5) "Fire fighter" means an individual who is assigned to fire fighting activity and is required to respond to alarms and perform emergency action at the location of a fire, hazardous materials, or other emergency incident.(6) "Infectious disease" means interruption, cessation, or disorder of body functions, systems, or organs transmissible by association with the sick or their secretions or excretions, excluding the common cold. Infectious disease includes, but is not limited to, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV).(7) "Licensed facility" means a hospital, nursing home, dialysis center, physician's office operatory, or the like, as may be licensed by the state to provide medical care.(8) "Police officer" means any permanently employed city or town police officer, state police officer, committing squad member, or other permanent law enforcement officer as defined in § 12-7-21; provided, however, this shall not include the highest ranking officer of any of the departments.(9) "Strike force member" means any member of the statewide strike force of the department of attorney general.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 288, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 382, § 2; P.L. 1991, ch. 315, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 390, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 599, § 8.
RI Gen L § 23-28.36-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-28.36 - Notification of Fire Fighters, Police Officers and Emergency Medical Technicians After Exposure to Infectious Diseases|Section 23-28.36-3 - Notification of infectious diseases.

§ 23-28.36-3. Notification of infectious diseases.(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 40.1-5-26 (disclosure of confidential information and records under mental health law) and 5-37.3-4 (confidentiality of health care information), if, while treating, investigating, or transporting an ill or injured person to a licensed facility, a fire fighter, police officer, strike force member or emergency medical technician is occupationally exposed (e.g. blood borne exposure) to a person who is subsequently diagnosed as having an infectious disease, and the exposure is sufficient to create the risk of transmission of the disease, the licensed facility receiving that person shall notify the highest ranking officer of the treating, investigating, or transporting individual's department of health of the exposure to that person which officer shall then notify the exposed individual. Further, any city or town police department notified of infectious diseases pursuant to the provisions of this section shall, within forty-eight (48) hours, notify any strike force member who was exposed to the infected person.(b) The notification shall be made within forty-eight (48) hours, or sooner, of confirmation of the patient's diagnosis.(c) The notified employee shall contact the licensed health care facility to determine the infectious disease to which he or she has been exposed, and to receive the appropriate medical direction for dealing with the infectious disease.(d) Notification made pursuant to this section shall be conducted in a manner which will protect the confidentiality of the patient, fire fighter, police officer, or emergency technician.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 288, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 382, § 2; P.L. 1988, ch. 503, § 2; P.L. 1991, ch. 315, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 599, § 8.
RI Gen L § 23-28.36-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-28.36 - Notification of Fire Fighters, Police Officers and Emergency Medical Technicians After Exposure to Infectious Diseases|Section 23-28.36-4 - Occupational disability for fire fighters.

§ 23-28.36-4. Occupational disability for fire fighters.Any active fire fighter or police officer who is unable to perform his or her duties in his or her department by reason of exposure to infectious disease as defined in § 23-28.36-2, which infectious disease develops or manifests itself as a result of the exposure during a period while the fire fighter or police officer is in the service of the department, shall be entitled to receive an occupational disability, and he or she shall be entitled to all of the benefits provided for in chapter 19 of title 45, as applicable.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 288, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 382, § 2; P.L. 1989, ch. 542, § 62.
RI Gen L § 23-28.37-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-28.37 - Vaccination of Firefighters to Prevent Hepatitis B|Section 23-28.37-1 - Findings.

§ 23-28.37-1. Findings.The general assembly finds and declares that, by reason of their employment, firefighters and emergency medical technicians are required to work in the midst of and are subject to exposure to infectious diseases, especially hepatitis B; that the U.S. center for disease control has estimated that two hundred thousand (200,000) persons in the U.S. are infected each year with hepatitis B, and of that number twenty-five percent (25%) become ill, ten thousand (10,000) require hospitalization, and five thousand (5,000) die; that it is estimated that there are from five hundred thousand (500,000) to one million (1,000,000) infectious hepatitis B carriers in the U.S. of which up to eighty percent (80%) of chronic carriers are unaware that they have hepatitis B and are capable of spreading it; that there is no known cure for hepatitis B, and for firefighters, there is no way of knowing who among those being helped at an accident or a fire is a hepatitis B carrier. The general assembly further finds and declares that all the aforementioned conditions exist and arise out of or in the course of employment.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 544, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-28.37-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-28.37 - Vaccination of Firefighters to Prevent Hepatitis B|Section 23-28.37-2 - Definitions.

§ 23-28.37-2. Definitions.The following terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings herein described:(1) "Emergency medical technician" means a person licensed pursuant to chapter 4.1 of this title to provide emergency medical services.(2) "Fire department" means service groups (paid or volunteer) that are organized and trained for the prevention and control of loss of life and property from fire or other emergency.(3) "Firefighter" means an individual who is assigned to firefighting activity and is required to respond to alarms and perform emergency action at the location of a fire, hazardous materials, or other emergency incident.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 544, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-28.37-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-28.37 - Vaccination of Firefighters to Prevent Hepatitis B|Section 23-28.37-3 - Vaccination.

§ 23-28.37-3. Vaccination.Any active firefighter or emergency medical technician, who may be exposed to hepatitis B during a period while the firefighter or emergency medical technician is in the service of the fire department, shall be vaccinated at the request of the firefighter or emergency medical technician for protection against hepatitis B.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 544, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-28.37-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-28.37 - Vaccination of Firefighters to Prevent Hepatitis B|Section 23-28.37-4 - Administration of program.

§ 23-28.37-4. Administration of program.The department of health shall conduct a series of clinics in the various geographic areas of the state for the purpose of administering the vaccination against hepatitis B. The department of health shall coordinate the scheduling and location of the vaccination clinics with the fire departments within the geographic areas.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 544, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-28.38-1, 23-28.38-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-28.38 - Detention and Correctional Occupancies|Section 23-28.38-1, 23-28.38-2 - Repealed.

§ 23-28.38-1, 23-28.38-2. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 68, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2004, ch. 220, § 40; P.L. 2004, ch. 225, § 40, effective June 30, 2004.