Title 23, Title 23 and Safety

The director of the department of environmental management may deny an application for a license, or suspend or revoke a license after it has been granted, or refuse to renew a license for any of the following reasons: (1) Proof of unfitness of the applicant or licensee to engage…

All money collected under §§ 23-19.12-12 and 23-19.12-15 shall be deposited as general revenues. The program will be funded by a general revenue appropriation. The director shall submit to the general assembly by January 15 of each year a detailed report of the amount of funds ob…

(a) Failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter or the rules, regulations, standards and procedures promulgated under the authority of this chapter shall be punishable by a civil or administrative penalty for an amount not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000). In th…

As a result of a violation of the rules, regulations, standards, and procedures promulgated under the provisions of this chapter, the generator, transporter, treatment, storage, and disposal facility operator and owner shall be responsible for the disposal of regulated medical wa…

The regulations promulgated to this chapter shall supersede the rules and regulations governing the management of infectious waste in health care facilities (R23-17-INF, R23-16.2INF) promulgated by the Rhode Island department of health.

The department of environmental management may enter into a cooperative agreement with the department of health for the department of health to conduct inspections of facilities where regulated medical waste is generated. The department of environmental management shall adequatel…

The provisions of this chapter are severable and if any provisions or part of any provision shall be held invalid or unconstitutional or inapplicable to any person or circumstances, that invalidity, unconstitutionality, or inapplicability shall not affect or impair the remaining …

The purpose of this chapter is to ensure the public health and quality of the environment of the state by vesting in the department of environmental management the power necessary to regulate and license persons and other legal entities engaged in the generation, transportation, …

The following words and phrases have the following meanings ascribed to them in this chapter unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) “Body fluids” means liquids emanating or derived from humans and limited to blood; cerebrospinal, synovial, pleural, peritoneal and per…

The director shall under the provisions of this chapter have all powers necessary to promulgate any rules, regulations, procedures, and standards that may be necessary to ensure proper, adequate, and sound management of regulated medical waste and to protect the public health and…

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person or legal entity to transport regulated medical waste from any person or legal entity within the state without a medical waste tracking form prepared and maintained in conformity with any requirements that the director by regulation may adop…

(a)(1) It shall be unlawful for any person or legal entity to generate, store, transport, treat, destroy, or dispose of regulated medical waste within the state without complying with any record keeping requirements of regulations established by the director in accordance with th…

In order to carry out the purposes of this chapter the director is authorized to conduct any inspections of facilities that he or she deems necessary or desirable, where regulated medical waste is generated, stored, treated, destroyed, transferred, or otherwise managed. The direc…

No person or legal entity shall engage in the transportation of regulated medical waste unless that person or legal entity has received a permit issued by the director of the department of environmental management. Exempt from this section are generators that transport regulated …

Application for a permit shall be made to the director of the department of environmental management upon a form prescribed by the director. Upon approval of the application by the director, a permit shall be issued. Permits shall expire three (3) years from the date of issue, un…