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Chapter 23-1	Department of Health
Chapter 23-1.1	Division of Occupational Health
Chapter 23-1.2	Division of Legal Services
Chapter 23-1.3	Radiation Control
Chapter 23-1.8	Commission on the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing
Chapter 23-1.9	Sheath Needles
Chapter 23-1.10	Alcoholism
Chapter 23-1.11	Needlestick Safety And Injury Prevention Act
Chapter 23-2	Local Health Officers
Chapter 23-3	Vital Records
Chapter 23-4	Office of State Medical Examiners
Chapter 23-4.1	Emergency Medical Transportation Services
Chapter 23-4.5	Blood Bank Services
Chapter 23-4.6	Consent to Medical and Surgical Care
Chapter 23-4.7	Informed Consent for Abortion
Chapter 23-4.8	Spousal Notice for Abortion
Chapter 23-4.9	Retention of X-rays
Chapter 23-4.10	Health Care Power of Attorney
Chapter 23-4.11	Rights of the Terminally Ill Act
Chapter 23-4.12	Partial Birth Abortion
Chapter 23-5	Reports of Disease and Disability
Chapter 23-5.1	Identification of Persons Suffering from Certain Disabilities
Chapter 23-6	Prevention and Suppression of Contagious Diseases
Chapter 23-6.1	Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training Program in High Schools
Chapter 23-6.2	Public Access Defibrillation
Chapter 23-6.3	Prevention and Suppression of Contagious Diseases -- HIV/AIDS
Chapter 23-7	Mosquito Abatement
Chapter 23-7.1	Rodent Control and Eradication
Chapter 23-8	Quarantine Generally
Chapter 23-9	Quarantine of Vessels
Chapter 23-10	Tuberculosis
Chapter 23-10.1	Emergency Commitment for Drug Intoxication
Chapter 23-11	Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Chapter 23-12	Cancer
Chapter 23-12.1	Hemophilia Care Program
Chapter 23-12.5	New England Compact on Radiological Health Protection
Chapter 23-12.6	Ovarian Cancer Education, Detection, and Prevention
Chapter 23-12.7	The Breast Cancer Act
Chapter 23-12.8	The Firefighter Cancer Wellness Act
Chapter 23-13	Maternal and Child Health Services for Children with Special Health Care Needs
Chapter 23-13.1	The Safe Haven For Infants Act
Chapter 23-13.2	Nursing Working Mothers
Chapter 23-13.3	Birth Defects Surveillance and Information System
Chapter 23-13.4	Hazardous Chemicals -- Contamination of Breast Milk and Environment
Chapter 23-13.5	Breastfeeding in Public Places
Chapter 23-14	Childhood Disease Fund
Chapter 23-14.1	Health Professional Loan Repayment Program
Chapter 23-15	Determination of Need for New Health Care Equipment and New Institutional Health Services
Chapter 23-16	Health Facilities Construction
Chapter 23-16.1	New England Health Services and Facilities Compact
Chapter 23-16.2	Laboratories
Chapter 23-16.3	Clinical Laboratory Science Practice
Chapter 23-16.4	Human Cloning
Chapter 23-17	Licensing of Health Care Facilities
Chapter 23-17.1	Licensing of Nursing or Personal Care Homes
Chapter 23-17.2	Accountability of Services to Patients of Nursing or Personal Care Homes
Chapter 23-17.3	Long-term Care Coordinating Council
Chapter 23-17.4	Assisted Living Residence Licensing Act
Chapter 23-17.5	Rights of Nursing Home Patients
Chapter 23-17.6	Mobile Intensive Care Unit Program
Chapter 23-17.7	Licensing of Nursing Service Agencies
Chapter 23-17.7.1	Licensing of Nursing Service Agencies
Chapter 23-17.8	Abuse in Health Care Facilities
Chapter 23-17.9	Registration of Nursing Assistants
Chapter 23-17.10	Administrative Penalties
Chapter 23-17.11	The Nursing Facilities Receivership Act
Chapter 23-17.12	Health Care Services -- Utilization Review Act
Chapter 23-17.13	Health Care Accessibility and Quality Assurance Act
Chapter 23-17.14	The Hospital Conversions Act
Chapter 23-17.15	Long-Term Health Care Goals And Values
Chapter 23-17.16	Home Care Patient Rights
Chapter 23-17.17	Health Care Quality Program
Chapter 23-17.18	Health Plan Modification Act
Chapter 23-17.19	Immunization In Long Term Care Facilities
Chapter 23-17.20	Health Care Facilities Staffing
Chapter 23-17.21	The Rhode Island Patient Safety Act of 2008
Chapter 23-17.22	Healthy Rhode Island Reform Act of 2008
Chapter 23-17.23	Center for Health Professions
Chapter 23-17.24	The Adult Supportive Care Residence Act
Chapter 23-18	Cemeteries
Chapter 23-18.1	Disposition of Bodies to be Buried with Public Funds
Chapter 23-18.2	Preservation and Care of Burial Places and Memorials For the Dead
Chapter 23-18.3	Advisory Commission on Historical Cemeteries
Chapter 23-18.5	Anatomical Gifts
Chapter 23-18.6	Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
Chapter 23-18.6.1	Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
Chapter 23-18.7	Bone Marrow Donation
Chapter 23-18.8	Waste Recycling
Chapter 23-18.9	Refuse Disposal
Chapter 23-18.10	Prohibition of Products Containing Chlorofluorocarbons Products
Chapter 23-18.11	Promotion of Paper Bag Usage
Chapter 23-18.12	Beverage Container Recyclability
Chapter 23-18.13	Toxic Packaging Reduction Act
Chapter 23-18.14	Degradable Plastics and Packaging
Chapter 23-18.15	Plastic Bottle and Container Labeling Act
Chapter 23-18.16	Newspaper Recyclability
Chapter 23-19	Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation
Chapter 23-19.1	Hazardous Waste Management
Chapter 23-19.2	Local Health Regulations
Chapter 23-19.3	Sanitarians
Chapter 23-19.3.1	Residential Sanitary Sewer Connections
Chapter 23-19.4	Septage, Industrial Wastes and Waste Oil Pumping, Cleaning and Transportation
Chapter 23-19.5	Percolation Tests and Water Table Elevation Determinations
Chapter 23-19.6	Used Oil Recycling
Chapter 23-19.7	Hazardous Waste Management Facilities
Chapter 23-19.8	Hazardous Waste Cleanup
Chapter 23-19.9	Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact
Chapter 23-19.10	Hazardous Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Treatment Research and Demonstration Act of 1986
Chapter 23-19.11	Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal
Chapter 23-19.12	Generation -- Transportation -- Storage -- Treatment -- Management and Disposal of Regulated Medical Waste
Chapter 23-19.13	Gull Control Program
Chapter 23-19.14	Industrial Property Remediation and Reuse Act
Chapter 23-19.15	The Rhode Island Cesspool Act of 2007
Chapter 23-20	Sanitation in Hotels and Boarding Houses
Chapter 23-20.5	Choke-Saving
Chapter 23-20.6	Smoking in Public Places
Chapter 23-20.7	Workplace Smoking Pollution Control Act
Chapter 23-20.7.1	Off-Duty Rights to Privacy by Employees
Chapter 23-20.8	Licensing of Massage Therapy Establishments
Chapter 23-20.9	Smoking in Schools
Chapter 23-20.10	Public Health and Workplace Safety Act
Chapter 23-20.11	Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity and Firefighter Protection
Chapter 23-21	Licensing of Recreational Facilities
Chapter 23-21.1	Sanitation Standards for Bathing Beaches
Chapter 23-22	Licensing of Swimming Pools
Chapter 23-22.5	Drowning Prevention and Lifesaving
Chapter 23-23	Air Pollution
Chapter 23-23.1	Air Pollution Episode Control
Chapter 23-23.5	Noxious Trades
Chapter 23-23.6	Air Quality in Ice Arenas
Chapter 23-24	Hazardous Substances
Chapter 23-24.1	Poison Prevention Packaging
Chapter 23-24.2	Flammable Fabrics
Chapter 23-24.3	Substances or Compounds Used as Sewerage System Cleaners
Chapter 23-24.4	Hazardous Substances Community Right to Know Act
Chapter 23-24.5	Asbestos Abatement
Chapter 23-24.6	Lead Poisoning Prevention Act
Chapter 23-24.7	Occupational Health -- Lead Protection
Chapter 23-24.8	Mercury Fever Thermometers
Chapter 23-24.9	Mercury Reduction and Education Act
Chapter 23-24.10	Electronic Waste Prevention, Reuse and Recycling Act
Chapter 23-25	Pesticide Control
Chapter 23-25.1	Hazardous Pesticides, Insecticides, Fungicides, Herbicides, and Rodenticides
Chapter 23-25.2	Pesticide Relief Fund
Chapter 23-25.3	Marine Tributyltin Antifoulant Paints
Chapter 23-25.4	Utilization of Unused Prescription Drugs Act
Chapter 23-26	Bedding and Upholstered Furniture
Chapter 23-27	Building Regulation Generally
Chapter 23-27.1	Safety Glazing
Chapter 23-27.2	State Building Code
Chapter 23-27.3	State Building Code
Chapter 23-27.4	Interstate Compact on Industrialized/ Modular Buildings
Chapter 23-28	Fire Prevention and Investigation
Chapter 23-28.01	Comprehensive Fire Safety Act
Chapter 23-28.1	Fire Safety Code--General Provisions
Chapter 23-28.2	Division of Fire Safety
Chapter 23-28.3	Fire Safety Code Board of Appeal and Review
Chapter 23-28.4	Safety and Health Programs for Fire Departments
Chapter 23-28.5	Inspection of Buildings
Chapter 23-28.6	Places of Assembly
Chapter 23-28.7	Hotels and Motels
Chapter 23-28.8	Fire Escapes -- Outside Stairways
Chapter 23-28.9	Heating and Cooking Facilities
Chapter 23-28.10	Health Care Facilities
Chapter 23-28.11	Fireworks and Pyrotechnics
Chapter 23-28.12	Schools
Chapter 23-28.13	Boarding Homes
Chapter 23-28.14	Rooming Houses
Chapter 23-28.15	Child Day Care Centers
Chapter 23-28.16	Apartment Houses
Chapter 23-28.17	Industrial, Mercantile, Business, and Storage Buildings
Chapter 23-28.18	Theatres
Chapter 23-28.19	Tents--Grandstands--Air-Supported Structures
Chapter 23-28.20	Storage and Handling of Liquefied Petroleum Gas
Chapter 23-28.21	Fuel Oil Installations
Chapter 23-28.22	Flammable and Combustible Liquids
Chapter 23-28.23	Exit Signs
Chapter 23-28.24	Emergency Lighting
Chapter 23-28.25	Fire Alarm Systems
Chapter 23-28.26	Dip Tanks Containing Flammable or Combustible Liquid
Chapter 23-28.27	Spray Application Using Flammable or Combustible Material
Chapter 23-28.28	Explosives
Chapter 23-28.29	Model Rocket Engines
Chapter 23-28.30	Community Residences for the Mentally Retarded, Mentally Ill, Drug Abusers, and Alcoholics
Chapter 23-28.31	Horse Stables
Chapter 23-28.32	Sales or Leasing and Servicing of Portable Fire Extinguishers and Fixed Fire Extinguishing Systems
Chapter 23-28.33	Storage and Handling of Liquefied Natural Gas
Chapter 23-28.34	Fire and Carbon Monoxide Detection Systems
Chapter 23-28.35	Fire Detectors and Carbon Monoxide Systems in Existing Residential Occupancies
Chapter 23-28.36	Notification of Fire Fighters, Police Officers and Emergency Medical Technicians After Exposure to Infectious Diseases
Chapter 23-28.37	Vaccination of Firefighters to Prevent Hepatitis B
Chapter 23-28.38	Detention and Correctional Occupancies
Chapter 23-28.39	Housing for the Elderly--Emergency Generators Required
Chapter 23-29	Fire Regulations in Places of Public Assembly
Chapter 23-29.1	Rehabilitation Building And Fire Code For Existing Buildings And Structures
Chapter 23-30	Fire Escapes And Stairways
Chapter 23-31	Automatic Sprinkler Systems
Chapter 23-32	Inspection of Buildings
Chapter 23-33	Elevators, Escalators, and Dumbwaiters
Chapter 23-34	Amusement Ride Inspection and Insurance Act
Chapter 23-34.1	Amusement Ride Safety Act
Chapter 23-35	Motion Picture Projectors
Chapter 23-36	Inspection and Handling of Inflammable Substances
Chapter 23-37	Powers of Fire Companies
Chapter 23-38	Degradable Connectors and Non-Detachable Metal Openers for Beverage Containers
Chapter 23-38.1	Hazardous Substances
Chapter 23-38.2	Poison Prevention Packaging
Chapter 23-38.3	Flammable Fabrics
Chapter 23-39	Respiratory Care Act
Chapter 23-40	New England Health Services and Facilities Compact
Chapter 23-41	Hazardous Pesticides, Insecticides, Fungicides, Herbicides and Rodenticides
Chapter 23-41.1	Pesticide Control
Chapter 23-42	Disposition of Bodies to be Buried with Public Funds
Chapter 23-43	Office of Mental Retardation
Chapter 23-43.1	Retardation Law
Chapter 23-43.2	Parental Succession--Retarded Persons
Chapter 23-43.3	Licensing of Facilities and Programs for the Alcoholic, Drug Abuser, Mentally Ill and the Mentally Retarded
Chapter 23-44	New England Compact on Radiological Health Protection
Chapter 23-45	Rodent Control and Eradication
Chapter 23-46	Refuse Disposal
Chapter 23-46.1	Solid Waste Management Corporation
Chapter 23-46.2	Hazardous Waste Management
Chapter 23-47	Anatomical Gifts
Chapter 23-48	Sanitarians
Chapter 23-49	Septage, Industrial Wastes and Waste Oil Pumping, Cleaning and Transportation
Chapter 23-50	Blood Bank Services
Chapter 23-51	Consent to Medical and Surgical Care
Chapter 23-52	Emergency Medical Transportation Services
Chapter 23-53	Special Packaging of Poisonous Substances
Chapter 23-54	Choke-Saving Devices
Chapter 23-55	Percolation Tests and Water Table Elevation Determinations
Chapter 23-56	Smoking in Public Places
Chapter 23-57	Commission on the Deaf and Hearing Impaired
Chapter 23-58	Massage Parlors
Chapter 23-59	Continuing Care Provider Registration and Disclosure
Chapter 23-60	Battery Deposit and Control
Chapter 23-60.1	Dry Cell Battery Control
Chapter 23-61	Radon Control
Chapter 23-62	Truth in Food Disclosure Law
Chapter 23-63	Vehicle Tire Storage and Recycling
Chapter 23-64	Minority Health Promotion Act
Chapter 23-65	Board of Certification of Operators of Public Water Supply Facilities
Chapter 23-66	Comprehensive Health Risk Assessments
Chapter 23-67	The Rhode Island Research and Treatment Fund for Uninsured and Underinsured Women Stricken with Cancer
Chapter 23-68	Tanning Facility Safety Standards Act
Chapter 23-69	New England Compact on Involuntary Detention for Tuberculosis Control
Chapter 23-70	Osteoporosis
Chapter 23-71	Tobacco Product Manufacturers' Escrow Funds
Chapter 23-72	Mercury In Fish Products
Chapter 23-73	Latex Gloves Safety Act
Chapter 23-74	Unlicensed Health Care Practices
Chapter 23-75	Children's Product Safety Act
Chapter 23-76	Vaccine Shortage Protection Act
Chapter 23-77	Healthcare Information Technology and Infrastructure Development Fund
Chapter 23-78	The Stroke Task Force
Chapter 23-78.1	Stroke Prevention and Treatment Act of 2009
Chapter 23-79	The Rhode Island Autism Spectrum Disorder Evaluation and Treatment Act
Chapter 23-80	Safe Patient Handling Act of 2006
Chapter 23-81	Rhode Island Coordinated Health Planning Act of 2006
Chapter 23-82	Implementation of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Act
Chapter 23-83	The Umbilical Cord Blood Donation Notification Act

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