§ 21-28.10-1 Definitions
§ 21-28.10-2 Opioid registration fee imposed on manufacturers, distributors, and wholesalers
§ 21-28.10-3 Determination of market share and registration fee
§ 21-28.10-4 Reports and records
§ 21-28.10-5 Payment of market share
§ 21-28.10-6 Rebate of market share
§ 21-28.10-7 Licensee opportunity to appeal
§ 21-28.10-8 Annual reporting
§ 21-28.10-9 Penalties
§ 21-28.10-10 Creation of opioid stewardship fund
§ 21-28.10-11 Allocation
§ 21-28.10-12 Severability
§ 21-28.10-13 Rules and regulations
§ 21-28.10-14 Transfer of powers and duties
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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 21-28.10 - Opioid Stewardship Act

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • in writing: include printing, engraving, lithographing, and photo-lithographing, and all other representations of words in letters of the usual form. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.