Title 23, Title 23 and Safety

Except for the standards under the federal act which come in effect under the provisions of § 23-24.1-3, each regulation establishing a special packaging standard shall specify the date the standard is to take effect, which date shall not be sooner than one hundred and eighty (18…

This chapter may be cited as the “Flammable Fabrics Act”.

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply: (1) To any common carrier, contract carrier, or freight forwarder in transporting a product, fabric, or related material shipped or delivered for shipment into commerce in the ordinary course of its business; (2) To any converter, p…

(a) The consumer protection unit of the department of attorney general shall conduct a continuing study and investigation of the deaths, injuries, and economic losses resulting from the accidental burning of products, fabrics, or related materials. The consumer protection unit of…

(a) The consumer protection unit of the department of attorney general shall appoint a state advisory committee for the Flammable Fabrics Act, composed of not less than nine (9) members who are fairly representative of manufacturers, distributors, and the consuming public. Each m…

As used in this chapter: (1) “Article of wearing apparel” means any costume or article of clothing worn or intended to be worn by individuals. (2) “Attorney general” means the attorney general of the state. (3) “Commerce” means the advertising, offering for sale, sale, or distrib…

(a) The manufacture for sale, the sale, or the offering for sale, in commerce, or the introduction, delivery for introduction, transportation or causing to be transported, in commerce, or the sale or delivery after a sale or shipment, of any product, fabric, or related material w…

(a) Whenever the director finds on the basis of the investigations or research conducted pursuant to § 23-24.2-11 that a new or amended flammability standard or other regulation, including labeling, for a fabric, related material, or product may be needed to protect the public ag…

(a) Except as otherwise specifically provided, §§ 23-24.2-3, 23-24.2-6, 23-24.2-8(b) and this section shall be enforced by the attorney general of Rhode Island under rules, regulations, and procedures provided for in the Deceptive Trade Practices Act, chapter 13.1 of title 6. (b)…

(a) Whenever the consumer protection unit of the department of attorney general finds or has probable cause to believe that any product, fabric, or related material fails to conform to an applicable standard under the provisions of § 23-24.2-4, the consumer protection unit of the…

Any person who violates § 23-24.2-3 or 23-24.2-8(b) of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or be imprisoned not more than one year or both in the discretion of the court; provided, that not…

(a)(1) No person shall be subject to prosecution under § 23-24.2-7 for a violation of § 23-24.2-3 if that person: (i) Establishes a guaranty received in good faith, signed by and containing the name and address of the person by whom the product, fabric, or related material guaran…

The provisions of this chapter shall be held to be in addition to, and not in substitution for or limitation of, the provisions of any other law. If any provision of this chapter or the application of this chapter to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of t…

Some chemical solvents containing toxic chemicals including halogenated hydrocarbons and aromatic hydrocarbons are sold as sewerage system cleaners and degreasers. These chemicals are toxic, generally nonbiodegradable, and are a significant and unnecessary source of water polluti…

(a) “Director” means the director of environmental management or his or her designee. (b) “Groundwater” means water collected and stored in the saturated zone beneath the ground surface. (c) “Person” means an individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, corporation (including a …

(a) No person shall sell, distribute, or offer for sale in any manner any restricted chemical material for use as a sewerage system cleaner in this state. (b) No person shall use, introduce, or apply or cause any other person to use, introduce, or apply any restricted chemical ma…

(a) The director shall have the authority to designate any sewerage system cleaner a restricted chemical material if he or she shall after investigation determine that its usage as a sewerage system cleaner may render groundwater unusable for drinking water purposes without physi…

The superior court for Providence County shall have jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this chapter and any rule, regulation, or order issued pursuant to this chapter. Proceedings for enforcement may be instituted and prosecuted in the name of the director or state of Rhod…

Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter, or of any rule, regulation, or order issued pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty to be assessed by the court or the director not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1000). In the case of a continuing vio…

(a) In addition to the civil sanctions provided for in § 23-24.3-6, any person who knowingly violates any provision of this chapter or an order of the director shall, for the first offense, be guilty of a violation punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500)…

The attorney general shall prosecute all actions to enforce the provisions of this chapter and the regulations and orders issued pursuant to this chapter.

This chapter shall be liberally construed in order to achieve the purposes of this chapter. If any provision of this chapter shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the remainder of the statute shall not be affected.

This chapter may be cited as the “Hazardous Substances Community Right To Know Act”.

(a) It is found that the health and safety of the people of the state are threatened by the proliferation of hazardous substances and that the people can begin to control exposure to these substances and to remediate the effects of that exposure only by knowledge of what hazardou…

For the purpose of this chapter: (1) “Department” means the department of labor and training. (2) “Designated substance” means any material designated as hazardous or toxic under the provisions of chapter 21 of title 28; (3) “Employer” includes an individual, partnership, associa…

(a) Any resident of the state shall have the right to make a reasonable request from the department for copies of lists of designated substances and material safety data sheets as defined in this chapter. These requests may be made in person during normal business hours or by mai…

(a) All employers in the state shall, upon request by the department and in accordance with the provisions of chapter 21 of title 28 and any amendments to this chapter, submit, in duplicate, copies of those lists of designated substances and material safety data sheets to the dep…

An employer is not required to submit information to the department of labor and training if that information has been exempted under the trade secret exemption provided for in chapter 21 of title 28.

Any employer who willfully, knowingly, and intentionally violates the requirements of this chapter shall be subject to a fine imposed by the department of labor and training of not more than one hundred dollars ($100) for every day the violation exists. The department may impose …

Any resident who makes a reasonable request for material covered by this chapter and does not receive that material within ninety (90) days of making the request will have the right to take civil action against the employer or employers in question and the department of labor and…

If any provisions or parts of this chapter or application of this chapter to any person or circumstance is held unconstitutional or invalid, the remaining provisions of this chapter and the application of those provisions to other persons or circumstances other than those to whic…

This chapter may be cited as the “Asbestos Abatement Act”.

(a) The director may limit or ban the use or sale of an asbestos or asbestiform product after notice and hearing when that product is found to be a likely risk of or a potential cause of injury or death from the normal and intended use of the product. (b) Any person or entity sel…

(a) An occupant of any building or the parent or guardian of any minor who is an occupant of a building or an employee working in a building or that employee’s representative may request the director to undertake an inspection of that building for the purpose of detecting friable…

(a) No person or entity shall undertake an asbestos abatement project or dispose of friable asbestos materials in or from any building or demolition of any portion of a structure containing friable asbestos or asbestiform material unless the director has licensed that person or e…

(a) The “owner” (or supervisor) of a publicly owned building or administrator of a group of public buildings or the owner of a private building, excluding a private residence, shall appoint from his or her employees sufficient persons competent in the basic aspects of asbestos in…

(a)(1) The director shall establish procedures and regulations for the following procedures: (i) For the certification of a competent person, of designated public maintenance employees, of designated teacher and parent representatives, of laboratories performing analysis of asbes…

(a) Any physician or employee of a licensed medical facility making the diagnosis of mesothelioma, asbestosis, or any illness or death suspected as being due to asbestos exposure must be reported to the director of health within six (6) months of the diagnosis. (b) The physician …

Except for the provisions of this chapter relating to rule making, penalties, standards, and appeals, the director may after filing notice with the secretary of state delegate to another state agency any of the chapter’s administrative duties, including, but not limited to, inspe…

Except as provided in this chapter, the inspection, enforcement, and penalties for violations of the provisions of this chapter shall be in accordance with the provisions and procedures set forth in §§ 23-1-19 — 23-1-25.

Except as provided in this chapter, asbestos is declared to be a hazardous substance subject to the provisions and limitations of chapter 24 of this title.

(a) There is established within the department of administration an asbestos and dangerous product abatement fund. The purpose of this fund shall be: (1) To provide funds for the purchase or lease of testing and removal equipment by the department; (2) To provide grants and low i…

For the purpose of this chapter: (1) “Abatement” means the repair, enclosure, encapsulation, or removal of friable asbestos in significant quantities as determined by the director by regulation. The term shall not apply to those spot repairs of limited areas of asbestos as determ…

(a) The general treasurer is authorized and empowered with the approval of the governor and in accordance with the provisions of this chapter to issue from time to time bonds in the name and behalf of the state and in any amounts as may be specified by the governor in an aggregat…

The general treasurer is authorized from time to time with the approval of the governor in the anticipation of the issue of notes or bonds under the authority of this chapter to advance to the fund money to be used for the purposes specified in this chapter.

The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed and shall be held to be in addition to, and not in substitution for a limitation of, the provisions of any other law. If any provision of this chapter or the application of this chapter to any person or circumstances is …