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 23-1.7 Rhode Island Program to Address Alzheimer’s Disease
Chapter 23-1.8 Commission on the Deaf and Hard-Of-Hearing
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 23-4.13 Reproductive Privacy Act
Chapter 23-4.14 Feminine Hygiene Product Donation Act
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 23-6.4 Life-Saving Allergy Medication – Stock Supply of Epinephrine Auto-Injectors – Emergency Administration
Chapter 23-6.5 Automated External Defibrillators Required at Public Places
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 23-12.9 Dense Breast Notification and Education
Chapter 23-12.10 Harm Reduction Center Advisory Committee and Pilot Program.
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 23-13.6 Lactation Consultant Practice Act of 2014
Chapter 23-13.7 The Rhode Island Family Home-Visiting Act
Chapter 23-14 Childhood Disease Fund
Chapter 23-14.1 Health Professional Loan Repayment Program
Chapter 23-15 Determination of Need for New Healthcare 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 Healthcare Facilities
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 23-17.7.1 Licensing of Nursing Service Agencies
Chapter 23-17.8 Abuse in Healthcare 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 Healthcare 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 23-17.25 Distressed Essential Community Hospitals
Chapter 23-17.26 Comprehensive Discharge Planning
Chapter 23-17.27 Caregiver Advise, Record and Enable Act
Chapter 23-17.28 Hospital Workplace Violence Protection 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 23-18.6.1 Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
Chapter 23-18.6.2 Rhode Island Public Education Advisory Council for Organ and Tissue Donation Registration
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 23-18.15 Plastic Bottle and Container Labeling Act
Chapter 23-18.16 Newspaper Recyclability
Chapter 23-18.17 Used Cooking Oil Recycling
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 23-19.16 Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund
Chapter 23-19.17 High-Heat Waste Facility Act of 2021History of Section.
Chapter 23-19.18 Plastic Waste Reduction Act
Chapter 23-20.5 Choke-Saving
Chapter 23-20.8 Licensing of Massage Therapists
Chapter 23-20.8.1 Registration of Music Therapists
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 23-20.12 Food Allergy Awareness in Food-Service Establishments
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 23-23.7 Biodiesel Products
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 23-24.11 Comprehensive Children’s Jewelry Safety Act
Chapter 23-24.12 Proper Management of Unused Paint
Chapter 23-25 Pesticide Control
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 23-25.5 The Return or Exchange of Drugs Act
Chapter 23-25.6 Pharmaceutical Redistribution Program Act
Chapter 23-26 Bedding and Upholstered Furniture
Chapter 23-27.3 State Building Code
Chapter 23-27.4 Interstate Compact on Industrialized/Modular Buildings
Chapter 23-28.01 Comprehensive Fire Safety Act
Chapter 23-28.1 Fire Safety Code – General Provisions
Chapter 23-28.2 Office of State Fire Marshal
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 23-28.11 Fireworks and Pyrotechnics
Chapter 23-28.12 Schools
Chapter 23-28.13 Boarding Homes
Chapter 23-28.15 Child Day Care Centers
Chapter 23-28.19 Tents – Grandstands – Air-Supported Structures
Chapter 23-28.20 Storage and Handling of Liquefied Petroleum Gas
Chapter 23-28.22 Flammable and Combustible Liquids
Chapter 23-28.25 Fire Alarm Systems
Chapter 23-28.28 Explosives
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 23-29.1 Rehabilitation Building and Fire Code for Existing Buildings and Structures
Chapter 23-33 Elevators, Escalators, and Dumbwaiters
Chapter 23-34.1 Amusement Ride Safety Act
Chapter 23-37 Powers of Fire Companies
Chapter 23-38 Degradable Connectors and Non-Detachable Metal Openers for Beverage Containers
Chapter 23-39 Respiratory Care Act
Chapter 23-42 Disposition of Bodies to Be Buried with Public Funds
Chapter 23-50 Blood Bank Services
Chapter 23-51 Consent to Medical and Surgical Care
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 23-64.1 Commission for Health Advocacy and Equity
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 23-80 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
Chapter 23-84 The Rhode Island Climate Risk Reduction Act of 2010
Chapter 23-85 Green Economy Roundtable
Chapter 23-86 Women’s Cardiovascular Screening and Risk Reduction Pilot Program
Chapter 23-87 The Rhode Island Lupus Education and Awareness Plan
Chapter 23-88 Code Consistency Council
Chapter 23-89 The Rhode Island Palliative Care and Quality of Life Act
Chapter 23-90 Responsible Recycling, Reuse and Disposal of Mattresses
Chapter 23-91 Service Member Licensure
Chapter 23-92 Military Spouse Licensure
Chapter 23-93 Rhode Island Access to Medical Technology Innovation Act
Chapter 23-94 Prevention of Conversion Therapy for Children
Chapter 23-95 Nondiscrimination in Access to Anatomical Gifts and Organ Transplants Act (Isaac’s Law)History of Section.
Chapter 23-96 Prohibited Release of Balloons
Chapter 23-97 Consumer Protection in Eye Care Act
Chapter 23-98 Sexual Assault Evidence Kits