Title 23, Title 23 and Safety

(a) Provided the state is authorized by the administrator of EPA to issue experimental use permits, the director may: (1) Issue an experimental use permit to any person applying for an experimental use permit, if he or she determines that the applicant needs the permit in order t…

(a) Provided the state is certified by the administrator of EPA to register pesticides formulated to meet special local needs, the director shall consider the following for refusal to register, for cancellation, for suspension, or for legal recourse for those pesticides: (1) If i…

(a) The director is authorized after due notice and an opportunity for a hearing: (1) To declare as a pest any form of plant or animal life (other than humans and other than bacteria, viruses, and other micro-organisms on or in living humans or other living animals) which is inju…

The following words, as used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings: (1) “Bedding” or “article of bedding” includes upholstered furniture and filling material or its container (as herein defined) and any mattress, pillow, cushion…

No manufacturer or vendor shall deliver to any person any tags required by this chapter, unless it is affixed or attached to an article as required in this chapter; except that the director may, on application, permit the delivery of unattached tags.

No person shall have in his or her possession or shall make, use, or sell any counterfeit or colorable imitation of the inspection stamp or registration required by this chapter. Each counterfeited or imitated stamp or registration made, used, sold, offered for sale, delivered, o…

Any sterilization process, before being used in connection with this chapter, must receive the approval of the director. Every person, firm, or corporation desiring to operate the sterilization process shall first obtain a numbered registration from the director and shall not ope…

Every article of bedding made for sale, sold, or offered for sale shall have attached thereto a tag which shall state the name of the material used, that the material used is new, or second-hand and, when required to be sterilized, that the material has been sterilized, and the n…

Every remade or renovated article of bedding not for sale, but for return to the owner for his or her own use, shall have attached thereto a tag which, in addition to the statements otherwise required by this chapter, shall state the name and address of the owner, the date of the…

Any shipment or delivery, however contained, of material used for filling articles of bedding shall have firmly and conspicuously attached thereto a tag that shall state the name of the maker, preparer, or vendor, and the address of the maker, preparer, or vendor; the name of the…

In the description of material used on any tag attached to an article of bedding, no term or designation intended or likely to mislead shall be used; provided, however, that where the article contains more than one material, and rules adopted pursuant to this chapter require the …

No complete second-hand article of bedding, or piece of second-hand upholstered furniture, which has not been remade or renovated, shall be sold “as is” without first being sterilized by a process approved by the director of business regulation. The original tag shall be removed …

Nothing in this chapter shall authorize the sale of an article of bedding that has been exposed to infectious or contagious disease and which, after the exposure, has not been sterilized and approved for use. If the director shall find any article of bedding or filling material w…

Tags shall be prominently and securely attached to articles of bedding in such manner as the director may require.

No person shall sell as new any article of bedding unless it is made from all new material and is tagged as provided in this chapter.

Whenever a tag is required by this chapter, it shall be approved by the director and shall be made of muslin, linen, or other material of like durability and shall be the same color stock throughout. Paper faced tags shall not be used. For designating all new material, the tag sh…

Inspection stamps shall bear the seal of the state of Rhode Island and such other matter as the director may require.

Inspection stamps of the same value issued by another state shall be accepted in this state in lieu of the stamps required by this chapter, when attached to an article of bedding, before shipment from the other state, upon satisfactory proof to the director that the requirements …

Every place, where articles of bedding are made, remade, or renovated, or materials therefore are prepared or sterilized, or where the articles or materials are sold, shall be subject to inspection by the director who shall have the power to inspect the manufacture and sale or de…

(a) The director is hereby authorized and empowered to make general rules and regulations and specific rulings, demands, and findings for the enforcement of this chapter, in addition hereto and not inconsistent herewith. The director may suspend or revoke any registration for vio…

Any person aggrieved by the action of the director in denying an application for a registration, or in revoking or suspending any registration, or by any order or decision of the director, shall have the right to appeal to the supreme court and the procedure in case of the appeal…

Any person who: (1) Makes, remakes, renovates, sterilizes, prepares, sells, or offers for sale, exchange, or lease any article of bedding as defined by § 23-26-1, not properly tagged as required by this chapter; or (2) Uses in the making, remaking, renovating, or preparing of the…

Notwithstanding the provisions of any other general, local, or special law, all fees, fines, penalties, and other money derived from the operation of this chapter shall be paid to the department of business regulation and deposited as general revenues.

No person shall sell, representing it to be new material, any old or second-hand hair, down, feathers, wool, cotton, kapok, or other material used for filling articles of bedding.

(a) Beginning on January 1, 2020, no manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer may manufacture, knowingly sell, offer for sale, or distribute for use in this state any residential upholstered bedding or furniture that contains one thousand parts per million (1,000 ppm) or greater of …

No person shall be engaged: (1) As a manufacturer of articles of bedding for sale at wholesale; (2) As a manufacturer of articles of bedding for sale at retail; (3) As a supply dealer; (4) As a repairer-renovator; or (5) As a retailer of second-hand articles of bedding, unless he…

(a) The per annum fees imposed for registrations issued pursuant to § 23-26-30 shall be as follows: (1) Every applicant classified as a manufacturer of articles of bedding for sale at wholesale or retail or as a supply dealer shall pay, prior to the issuance of a general registra…

No person shall sell any article of bedding, made from old or second-hand material, or piece of second-hand upholstered furniture unless it shall have been sterilized and tagged as provided in this chapter.

The presence on the premises of any maker or vendor of any old or second-hand material or article shall be presumptive evidence of the sale or use.

No person shall make or sell any article of bedding, or any material used in the making thereof, which has been used by or about any person having an infectious or contagious disease, unless the article or material shall have been sterilized and is tagged as provided in this chap…

No person shall use any material to make any article of bedding for sale that is made from material: (1) That comes from an animal or fowl; (2) That contains any bugs, vermin, insects, or filth; (3) That is unsanitary; (4) That contains burlap or other material that has been used…

(a) No person shall sell, offer for sale, or include in a sale any item of secondhand bedding or any item of bedding of any type manufactured in whole or in part from secondhand material, including their component parts or wiping rags, unless such material has been sterilized, di…

No person shall sell, offer for sale, exchange or lease or deliver or consign for like purpose any article or material required by this chapter to be tagged, unless there is affixed on the tag an inspection stamp as required by this chapter; provided, however, that nothing in thi…

No person other than a purchaser at retail for his or her own use, or except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall remove, deface, alter, or cause to be removed, defaced, or altered any tag attached to an article of bedding; but immediately after material used for filling …

In this chapter unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Authorized inspector” means an inspector of elevators employed by (i) an insurance company, or making inspection for an insurance company, or (ii) any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of inspecting el…

Only the chief inspector and/or any of the chief’s compliance inspectors shall inspect new elevators, and other devices subject to the provisions of this chapter in any building within this state, including sidewalk elevators and outside wall elevators. Existing elevators and esc…

(a) The chief, or any compliance inspector, or any authorized inspector shall make the required inspection of each elevator or other device subject to the provisions of this chapter at least once a year, except that each elevator or other device subject to a full maintenance cont…

(a)(1) For every original inspection made by the inspectors under the provisions of this chapter, the owner shall pay to the division the required fee which shall include the cost of the certificate. The fee shall be paid in the amount of amounts as set forth as follows: Inspecti…

The chief inspector shall conduct a final acceptance inspection on completion of the installation, modification, or alteration of a private residence elevator before it is placed in service. Upon completion and final acceptance inspection of a private residence elevator, the home…

When any authorized inspector shall inspect an elevator, or any other device subject to the provisions of this chapter, the inspector shall immediately make a report of the inspection to the administrator, and if the elevator or device is adjudged to conform in all respects with …

Every authorized inspector holding a permit from the chief shall immediately report to the chief the name of the owner or user and the location of every elevator or escalator on which insurance has been refused, cancelled, or discontinued because of existing dangerous defects, an…

If as a result of inspection, the chief shall determine that any elevator or device is in such a condition as to be unsafe, and that the danger is imminent, the chief shall order the operation of that elevator or device to be stopped immediately, and the certificate revoked, and …

(a) After the issuance of a compliance order pursuant to § 23-33-15, the director shall, within a reasonable time after the termination of the inspection or investigation, notify the owner by certified mail of the penalty, if any, proposed to be assessed under § 23-33-20 and that…

Whenever a compliance inspector or an authorized inspector shall have inspected any existing elevator or device and shall have found it safe for operation; or whenever any repairs required by the inspector to be made on any existing elevator or device shall have been completed to…

No elevator or other device subject to the provisions of this chapter shall be erected in any building within the limits of this state unless it shall be constructed, installed, and equipped in compliance with the rules set forth in the code; and any person erecting or installing…

Any owner of an elevator or device may consult with the director of labor and training or the chief inspector for advice and assistance in complying with the provisions of the code of rules and of this chapter. In case the owner shall be dissatisfied with any decision of the dire…