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Title 23 - Health and Safety

• 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