Title 21, Title 21 and Drugs

(a) Any poisonous or deleterious substance added to any food, except where the substance is required in the production of it or cannot be avoided by good manufacturing practice, shall be deemed to be unsafe for purposes of the application of § 21-31-10(1)(ii); but when a substanc…

A drug or device shall be deemed to be adulterated: (1) If: (i) it consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance; (ii) it has been produced, prepared, packed, or held under unsanitary conditions by which it may have been contaminated with filth, or b…

(a) A drug or device shall be deemed to be misbranded: (1) If its labeling is false or misleading in any way. (2) If in package form unless it bears a label containing: (i) the name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor; and (ii) an accurate statement …

(a) No person shall sell, deliver, offer for sale, hold for sale, or give away any new drug unless: (1) an application with respect to the new drug has become effective under § 505 of the Federal Act, 21 U.S.C. § 355; or (2) when not subject to the Federal Act unless the drug has…

(a) Drug product selection. The director shall permit substitution of drugs and pharmaceuticals, excluding biological products, considered as therapeutically equivalent and interchangeable with specific drugs and pharmaceuticals, if they are found to be in compliance with § 21-31…

A cosmetic shall be deemed to be adulterated: (1) If it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render it injurious to users under the conditions of use prescribed in its labeling or advertisement, or under any conditions of use that are customary or us…

A cosmetic shall be deemed to be misbranded: (1) If its labeling is false or misleading in any way. (2) If in package form unless it bears a label containing: (i) the name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor; and (ii) an accurate statement of the qua…

(a) An advertisement of a food, drug, device, or cosmetic shall be deemed to be false if it is false or misleading in any particular. (b) For the purpose of this chapter the advertisement of a drug or device representing it to have any effect in albuminuria, appendicitis, arterio…

For the purpose of this chapter: (1) “Advertisement” means all representations disseminated in any manner or by any means, other than by labeling, for the purpose of inducing, or which are likely to induce, directly or indirectly, the purchase of food, drugs, devices, or cosmetic…

(a) The authority to promulgate regulations for the efficient enforcement of this chapter is vested in the director of health. The director of health is authorized to make the regulations promulgated under this chapter conform, insofar as practicable, with those promulgated under…

(a) The director of health or the director’s duly authorized agent shall have free access at all reasonable hours to any factory, warehouse, or other establishment, except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), in which foods, drugs, devices, or cosmetics are manufactured, proc…

(a) The director of health may cause to be published from time to time reports summarizing all judgments, decrees, and court orders which have been rendered under this chapter, including the nature of the charge and its disposition. (b) The director of health may also cause to be…

If any provision of this chapter is declared unconstitutional or the applicability of this chapter to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the constitutionality of the remainder of the chapter and the applicability of it to other persons and circumstances shall not be aff…

(a) Notwithstanding any provisions of the general or public laws to the contrary, any city or town may authorize the use of its police department to display a container suitable for use as a receptacle for used, expired, or unwanted drugs or drug products. The receptacle shall on…

The following acts and the causing of those acts within the state of Rhode Island are prohibited: (1) The manufacture, sale, or delivery, or holding or offering for sale of any food, drug, device, or cosmetic that is adulterated or misbranded. (2) The adulteration or misbranding …

In addition to the remedies provided in this chapter the director of health is authorized to apply to the superior court for, and the court shall have jurisdiction upon hearing and for cause shown to grant, a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating…

(a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of § 21-31-3 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than six (6) months or a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or both imprisonment and fine; but if the vi…

(a) Whenever a duly authorized agent of the director of health finds or has probable cause to believe that any food, drug, device, or cosmetic is adulterated, or so misbranded as to be dangerous or fraudulent, within the meaning of this chapter, the agent shall affix to that arti…

It shall be the duty of the attorney general, to whom the director of health reports any violation of this chapter, to cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted in the proper courts without delay and to be prosecuted in the manner required by law. Before any violation of thi…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring the director of health to report for the institution of proceedings under this chapter minor violations of this chapter, whenever the director of health believes that the public interest will be adequately served in the circ…

Whenever in the judgment of the director of health an action will promote honesty and fair dealing in the interest of consumers, the director of health shall promulgate regulations fixing and establishing for any food or class of food a reasonable definition and standard of ident…