Rhode Island General Laws Title 23. Health and Safety

• Chapter 1. Department of Health

• Chapter 1.1. Division of Occupational Health

• Chapter 1.2. Division of Legal Services

• Chapter 1.3. Radiation Control

• Chapter 1.7. The Rhode Island Program to Address Alzheimer's Disease

• Chapter 1.8. Commission on the Deaf and Hard-Of-Hearing

• Chapter 1.10. Alcoholism

• Chapter 1.11. Needlestick Safety and Injury Prevention Act

• Chapter 2. Local Health Officers

• Chapter 3. Vital Records

• Chapter 4. Office of State Medical Examiners

• Chapter 4.1. Emergency Medical Transportation Services

• Chapter 4.5. Blood Bank Services

• Chapter 4.6. Consent to Medical and Surgical Care

• Chapter 4.7. Informed Consent for Abortion

• Chapter 4.9. Retention of X-Rays

• Chapter 4.10. Health Care Power of Attorney

• Chapter 4.11. Rights of the Terminally Ill Act

• Chapter 4.13. Reproductive Privacy Act

• Chapter 5. Reports of Disease and Disability

• Chapter 5.1. Identification of Persons Suffering from Certain Disabilities

• Chapter 6. Prevention and Suppression of Contagious Diseases

• Chapter 6.1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training Program in High Schools

• Chapter 6.2. Public Access Defibrillation

• Chapter 6.3. Prevention and Suppression of Contagious Diseases--HIV/Aids

• Chapter 6.4. Life-Saving Allergy Medication -- Stock Supply of Epinephrine Auto-Injectors -- Emergency Administration

• Chapter 6.5. Automated External Defibrillators Required at Public Places

• Chapter 7. Mosquito Abatement

• Chapter 7.1. Rodent Control and Eradication

• Chapter 8. Quarantine Generally

• Chapter 9. Quarantine of Vessels

• Chapter 10. Tuberculosis

• Chapter 10.1. Emergency Commitment for Drug Intoxication

• Chapter 11. Sexually Transmitted Diseases

• Chapter 12. Cancer

• Chapter 12.1. Hemophilia Care Program

• Chapter 12.5. New England Compact on Radiological Health Protection

• Chapter 12.6. Ovarian Cancer Education, Detection, and Prevention

• Chapter 12.7. The Breast Cancer Act

• Chapter 12.8. The Firefighter Cancer Wellness Act

• Chapter 12.9. Dense Breast Notification and Education

• Chapter 12.10. Harm Reduction Center Advisory Committee and Pilot Program

• Chapter 13. Maternal and Child Health Services for Children with Special Health Care Needs

• Chapter 13.1. The Safe Haven for Infants Act

• Chapter 13.2. Nursing Working Mothers

• Chapter 13.3. Birth Defects Surveillance and Information System

• Chapter 13.4. Hazardous Chemicals--Contamination of Breast Milk and Environment

• Chapter 13.5. Breastfeeding in Public Places

• Chapter 13.6. Lactation Consultant Practice Act of 2014

• Chapter 13.7. The Rhode Island Family Home-Visiting Act

• Chapter 14. Childhood Disease Fund

• Chapter 14.1. Health Professional Loan Repayment Program

• Chapter 15. Determination of Need for New Health-Care Equipment and New Institutional Health Services

• Chapter 16. Health Facilities Construction

• Chapter 16.1. New England Health Services and Facilities Compact

• Chapter 16.2. Laboratories

• Chapter 16.4. Human Cloning

• Chapter 17. Licensing of Health-Care Facilities

• Chapter 17.2. Accountability of Services to Patients of Nursing or Personal Care Homes

• Chapter 17.3. Long-Term Care Coordinating Council

• Chapter 17.4. Assisted Living Residence Licensing Act

• Chapter 17.5. Rights of Nursing Home Patients

• Chapter 17.6. Mobile Intensive Care Unit Program

• Chapter 17.7.1. Licensing of Nursing Service Agencies

• Chapter 17.8. Abuse in Health Care Facilities

• Chapter 17.9. Registration of Nursing Assistants

• Chapter 17.10. Administrative Penalties

• Chapter 17.11. The Nursing Facilities Receivership Act

• Chapter 17.14. The Hospital Conversions Act

• Chapter 17.15. Long-Term Health Care Goals and Values

• Chapter 17.16. Home Care Patient Rights

• Chapter 17.17. Health Care Quality Program

• Chapter 17.19. Immunization in Long Term Care Facilities

• Chapter 17.20. Health Care Facilities Staffing

• Chapter 17.21. The Rhode Island Patient Safety Act of 2008

• Chapter 17.22. Healthy Rhode Island Reform Act of 2008

• Chapter 17.23. Center for Health Professions

• Chapter 17.24. the Adult Supportive Care Residence Act

• Chapter 17.25. Distressed Essential Community Hospitals

• Chapter 17.26. Comprehensive Discharge Planning

• Chapter 17.27. Caregiver Advise, Record and Enable Act

• Chapter 17.28. Hospital Workplace Violence Protection Act

• Chapter 18. Cemeteries

• Chapter 18.1. Disposition of Bodies to Be Buried with Public Funds

• Chapter 18.2. Preservation and Care of Burial Places and Memorials for the Dead

• Chapter 18.3. Advisory Commission on Historical Cemeteries

• Chapter 18.6.1. Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act

• Chapter 18.6.2. Rhode Island Public Education Advisory Council for Organ and Tissue Donation Registration

• Chapter 18.7. Bone Marrow Donation

• Chapter 18.8. Waste Recycling

• Chapter 18.9. Refuse Disposal

• Chapter 18.10. Prohibition of Products Containing Chlorofluorocarbons Products

• Chapter 18.11. Promotion of Paper Bag Usage

• Chapter 18.12. Beverage Container Recyclability

• Chapter 18.13. Toxic Packaging Reduction Act

• Chapter 18.15. Plastic Bottle and Container Labeling Act

• Chapter 18.16. Newspaper Recyclability

• Chapter 18.17. Used Cooking Oil Recycling

• Chapter 19. Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation

• Chapter 19.1. Hazardous Waste Management

• Chapter 19.2. Local Health Regulations

• Chapter 19.3.1. Residential Sanitary Sewer Connections

• Chapter 19.4. Septage, Industrial Wastes and Waste Oil Pumping, Cleaning and Transportation

• Chapter 19.5. Percolation Tests and Water Table Elevation Determinations

• Chapter 19.6. Used Oil Recycling

• Chapter 19.7. Hazardous Waste Management Facilities

• Chapter 19.8. Hazardous Waste Cleanup

• Chapter 19.9. Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact

• Chapter 19.10. Hazardous Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Treatment Research and Demonstration Act of 1986

• Chapter 19.11. Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal

• Chapter 19.12. Generation--Transportation--Storage--Treatment--Management and Disposal of Regulated Medical Waste

• Chapter 19.13. Gull Control Program

• Chapter 19.14. Industrial Property Remediation and Reuse Act

• Chapter 19.15. The Rhode Island Cesspool Act of 2007

• Chapter 19.16. Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund

• Chapter 19.17. High-Heat Waste Facility Act of 2021

• Chapter 20.5. Choke-Saving

• Chapter 20.8. Licensing of Massage Therapists

• Chapter 20.8.1. Registration of Music Therapists

• Chapter 20.9. Smoking in Schools

• Chapter 20.10. Public Health and Workplace Safety Act

• Chapter 20.11. The Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity and Firefighter Protection Act

• Chapter 20.12. Food Allergy Awareness in Food-Service Establishments

• Chapter 21. Licensing of Recreational Facilities

• Chapter 21.1. Sanitation Standards for Bathing Beaches

• Chapter 22. Licensing of Swimming Pools

• Chapter 22.5. Drowning Prevention and Lifesaving

• Chapter 23. Air Pollution

• Chapter 23.1. Air Pollution Episode Control

• Chapter 23.5. Noxious Trades

• Chapter 23.6. Air Quality in Ice Arenas

• Chapter 23.7. Biodiesel Heating Oil Act of 2013

• Chapter 23.7. Biodiesel Products

• Chapter 24. Hazardous Substances

• Chapter 24.1. Poison Prevention Packaging

• Chapter 24.2. Flammable Fabrics

• Chapter 24.3. Substances or Compounds Used as Sewerage System Cleaners

• Chapter 24.4. Hazardous Substances Community Right to Know Act

• Chapter 24.5. Asbestos Abatement

• Chapter 24.6. Lead Poisoning Prevention Act

• Chapter 24.7. Occupational Health--Lead Protection

• Chapter 24.8. Mercury Fever Thermometers

• Chapter 24.9. Mercury Reduction and Education Act

• Chapter 24.10. Electronic Waste Prevention, Reuse and Recycling Act

• Chapter 24.11. Comprehensive Children’s Jewelry Safety Act

• Chapter 24.12. Proper Management of Unused Paint

• Chapter 25. Pesticide Control

• Chapter 25.2. Pesticide Relief Fund

• Chapter 25.3. Marine Tributyltin Antifoulant Paints

• Chapter 25.5. The Return or Exchange of Drugs Act

• Chapter 26. Bedding and Upholstered Furniture

• Chapter 27.3. State Building Code

• Chapter 27.4. Interstate Compact on Industrialized/Modular Buildings

• Chapter 28.01. Comprehensive Fire Safety Act

• Chapter 28.1. Fire Safety Code--General Provisions

• Chapter 28.2. Office of State Fire Marshal

• Chapter 28.3. Fire Safety Code Board of Appeal and Review

• Chapter 28.4. Safety and Health Programs for Fire Departments

• Chapter 28.5. Inspection of Buildings

• Chapter 28.6. Places of Assembly

• Chapter 28.11. Fireworks and Pyrotechnics

• Chapter 28.12. Schools

• Chapter 28.13. Boarding Homes

• Chapter 28.15. Child Day Care Centers

• Chapter 28.19. Tents--Grandstands--Air-Supported Structures

• Chapter 28.20. Storage and Handling of Liquefied Petroleum Gas

• Chapter 28.22. Flammable and Combustible Liquids

• Chapter 28.25. Fire Alarm Systems

• Chapter 28.28. Explosives

• Chapter 28.36. Notification of Fire Fighters, Police Officers and Emergency Medical Technicians After Exposure to Infectious Diseases

• Chapter 28.37. Vaccination of Firefighters to Prevent Hepatitis B

• Chapter 29.1. Rehabilitation Building and Fire Code for Existing Buildings and Structures

• Chapter 33. Elevators, Escalators, and Dumbwaiters

• Chapter 34.1. Amusement Ride Safety Act

• Chapter 37. Powers of Fire Companies

• Chapter 38. Degradable Connectors and Non-Detachable Metal Openers for Beverage Containers

• Chapter 39. Respiratory Care Act

• Chapter 59. Continuing Care Provider Registration and Disclosure

• Chapter 60. Battery Deposit and Control

• Chapter 60.1. Dry Cell Battery Control

• Chapter 61. Radon Control

• Chapter 62. Truth in Food Disclosure Law

• Chapter 63. Vehicle Tire Storage and Recycling

• Chapter 64. Minority Health Promotion Act

• Chapter 64.1. Commission for Health Advocacy and Equity

• Chapter 65. Board of Certification of Operators of Public Water Supply Facilities

• Chapter 66. Comprehensive Health Risk Assessments

• Chapter 67. The Rhode Island Research and Treatment Fund for Uninsured and Underinsured Women Stricken with Cancer

• Chapter 68. Tanning Facility Safety Standards Act

• Chapter 69. New England Compact on Involuntary Detention for Tuberculosis Control

• Chapter 70. Osteoporosis

• Chapter 71. Tobacco Product Manufacturers' Escrow Funds

• Chapter 72. Mercury in Fish Products

• Chapter 73. Latex Gloves Safety Act

• Chapter 74. Unlicensed Health Care Practices

• Chapter 75. Children's Product Safety Act

• Chapter 76. Vaccine Shortage Protection Act

• Chapter 77. Healthcare Information Technology and Infrastructure Development Fund

• Chapter 78. The Stroke Task Force

• Chapter 78.1. Stroke Prevention and Treatment Act of 2009

• Chapter 80. Safe Patient Handling Act of 2006

• Chapter 81. Rhode Island Coordinated Health Planning Act of 2006

• Chapter 82. Implementation of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Act

• Chapter 83. The Umbilical Cord Blood Donation Notification Act

• Chapter 84. The Rhode Island Climate Risk Reduction Act of 2010

• Chapter 86. Women’s Cardiovascular Screening and Risk Reduction Pilot Program

• Chapter 87. The Rhode Island Lupus Education and Awareness Plan

• Chapter 88. Code Consistency Council

• Chapter 89. The Rhode Island Palliative Care and Quality of Life Act

• Chapter 90. Responsible Recycling, Reuse and Disposal of Mattresses

• Chapter 91. Service Member Licensure

• Chapter 92. Military Spouse Licensure

• Chapter 93. Rhode Island Access to Medical Technology Innovation Act

• Chapter 94. Prevention of Conversion Therapy for Children

• Chapter 95. Nondiscrimination in Access to Anatomical Gifts and Organ Transplants Act (Isaac’s Law)

• Chapter 96. Prohibited Release of Balloons