Title 23, Title 23 and Safety

If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance shall, for any reason, be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, that judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of this chapter …

The purposes of this act are: (1) To establish a safe and environmentally sound used cooking oil collection initiative in Rhode Island that covers all commercial facilities that generate used cooking oil in the state; (2) To promote the recycling of used cooking oil; (3) To devel…

The general assembly hereby finds and declares: (1) Used cooking oil clogs septic and municipal sewer systems, leading to overflowing manholes and high maintenance fees; (2) Sewer overspill causes environmental pollution and leads to disease in humans and animals; (3) In order to…

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) “Used cooking oil” means grease generated from using vegetable oil or animal fat for cooking; (2) “Receptacle” means a container that holds, contains, or receives liquids (grease); (3) “U…

Used cooking oil generators shall maintain receptacles for the collection of used cooking oil and deposit all used cooking oil into said receptacles for recycling purposes.

After the effective date of this act, no used cooking oil generator shall dispose of used cooking oil in a manner other than by recycling.

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Consumer PFAS Ban Act of 2024”.

It is the intent of the general assembly to ban uses of PFAS in covered products by January 1, 2029, unless the use of PFAS in the covered product is considered unavoidable.

As used in this chapter: (1) “Adult mattress” means a mattress other than a crib mattress or toddler mattress. (2) “Apparel” means any of the following: (i) Clothing items intended for regular wear or formal occasions, including, but not limited to: undergarments, shirts, pants, …

(a) Except as provided otherwise in this section, on and after January 1, 2027, no person shall manufacture, sell, offer for sale, or distribute for sale in the state any covered product that contains intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS. (b) …

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) “Class B firefighting foam” means foams designed for flammable liquid fires. (2) “Firefighting personal protective equipment” means any clothing designed, intended, or marketed to be …

The department of environmental management may promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this chapter.

Effective January 1, 2027, a violation of any of the provisions of this law or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant thereto shall be punishable, in the case of a first violation, by a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). In the case of a second and an…

As used in this chapter: (1) “Corporation” means the Rhode Island resource recovery corporation. (2) “Department” means the department of environmental management. (3) “Private entities” means any entity, including for-profit and nonprofit organizations, involved in the collectio…

The department shall, in collaboration with the corporation, create a public education outreach program to educate residential households and commercial businesses on the value of, and proper methods to, recycle textiles in the state. The department and the corporation shall crea…

(a) Beginning January 1, 2028, all private entities involved in textile collection shall provide to the department an annual reporting on the estimated total tonnage of textiles collected. The department shall include this data along with municipal textile data in any reports gen…

The department shall commence collecting data pursuant to § 23-18.19-3, and shall be responsible for formulating and promulgating rules and regulations related to textile waste collection and recycling. The department shall report these regulations to the secretary of state to be…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as “The Maureen A. Sebastianelli and Daniel B. Miller Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.”

(a) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under § 23-18.6.1-9 may make an anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the person making the gift or by that person’s oral communication that is electronically recorded or is contemporaneously reduced to a record and sig…

(a) An anatomical gift may be made to the following persons named in the document of gift: (1) A hospital; accredited medical school, dental school, college, or university; organ procurement organization; or other appropriate person, for research or education; (2) Subject to subs…

(a) The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the person reasonably believes is dead or near death for a document of gift or other information identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual who made a refusal: (1) A law enforcement offic…

(a) A document of gift need not be delivered during the donor’s lifetime to be effective. (b) Upon or after an individual’s death, a person in possession of a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift with respect to the individual shall allow examination and copyi…

(a) When a hospital refers an individual at or near death to a procurement organization, the organization shall make a reasonable search of the records of the department of motor vehicles and any donor registry that it knows exists for the geographical area in which the individua…

Each hospital in this state shall enter into agreements or affiliations with procurement organizations for coordination of procurement and use of anatomical gifts.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a person that for valuable consideration, knowingly purchases or sells a part for transplantation or therapy if removal of a part from an individual is intended to occur after the individual’s death commits a felony and upon con…

A person that, in order to obtain a financial gain, intentionally falsifies, forges, conceals, defaces, or obliterates a document of gift, an amendment or revocation of a document of gift, or a refusal commits a felony and upon conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding fifty …

(a) A person that acts in accordance with this chapter or with the applicable anatomical gift law of another state, or attempts in good faith to do so, is not liable for the act in a civil action, criminal prosecution, or administrative proceeding. (b) Neither the person making a…

(a) A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with: (1) This chapter; (2) The laws of the state where it was executed; or (3) The laws of the state where the person making the anatomical gift was domiciled, has a place of residence, or was a national at the time the d…

For purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Adult” means an individual who is at least eighteen (18) years of age. (2) “Agent” means an individual: (i) Authorized to make health care decisions on the principal’s behalf by a power of attorney for heal…

(a) A donor registry must: (1) Allow a donor or other person authorized pursuant to this chapter to include an individual on the donor registry who has made an anatomical gift; (2) Be accessible to a procurement organization to allow it to obtain relevant information on the donor…

A medical examiner shall cooperate with procurement organizations to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education.

(a) The medical examiner or his or her designee shall provide the federally designated organ procurement organization and other nonprofit federally registered eye and tissue banks, in a timely manner, all information necessary to facilitate organ and tissue donation including, bu…

In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.

This act modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. § 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit or supersede § 101(a) of that act, 15 U.S.C. § 7001, or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in §…

This chapter applies to an anatomical gift or amendment to, revocation of, or refusal to make an anatomical gift, whenever made.

Subject to the provisions of this chapter, an anatomical gift of a donor’s body or part may be made during the life of the donor for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education by: (1) The donor, if the donor is an adult or if the donor is a minor and is: (i) …

(a) A donor may make an anatomical gift: (1) By authorizing a statement or symbol indicating that the donor has made an anatomical gift to be imprinted on the donor’s driver’s license or identification card; (2) In a will; (3) During a terminal illness or injury of the donor, by …

(a) Subject to the provisions of this chapter, a donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift may amend or revoke an anatomical gift by: (1) A record signed by: (i) The donor; (ii) The other person so authorized; or (iii) Subject to subsection (b), another individu…

(a) An individual may refuse to make an anatomical gift of the individual’s body or part by: (1) A record signed by: (i) The individual; or (ii) Subject to subsection (b), another individual acting at the direction of the individual if the individual is physically unable to sign;…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor, a person other than the donor is barred from making, amending, or revoking an anatomical gift of a donor’s body or part if the donor made an anatomical gift of the do…

(a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c) and unless barred by this chapter, an anatomical gift of a decedent’s body or part for purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education may be made by any member of the following classes of persons who is reasonably available, in …

(a) There shall be a public education advisory council for organ and tissue donations consisting of the administrator of the division of motor vehicles or his/her representative, the director of the department of revenue or his/her representative, the director of public health or…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Hazardous Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Treatment Research and Demonstration Act”.

(a) The department may issue grants to, and enter into contracts with, universities, governmental agencies, and private organizations to research and develop hazardous waste reduction, recycling, or treatment technology. (b) These grants may be applied to personnel, equipment, an…

It is found and declared that: (1) Whenever possible, the generation of hazardous waste is to be reduced or eliminated as expeditiously as possible, and that waste that is generated should be recycled, treated, or disposed of in a manner that minimizes any present or future threa…