Title 23, Title 23 and Safety

Any person who violates a provision of this chapter shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000). Each day that the violation continues or exists shall constitute a separate offense.

The director may promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement this chapter.

The legislature finds that there is a need to train public high school students in the life-saving technique known as cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). In order to initiate this program, it is the purpose of this chapter to provide for the establishment of a pilot program of t…

(a) The department of elementary and secondary education shall establish a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training program for public high schools in the state. This program shall be conducted for a one-year pilot period and shall be coordinated by the department of elementa…

The American Heart Association, Rhode Island Affiliate, Inc., shall submit the requirements and criteria for the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training program to the department of elementary and secondary education for approval.

The department of elementary and secondary education shall promulgate program guidelines and take any other actions that will promote the full implementation of all provisions of this chapter. A copy of the program guidelines issued by the department shall be sent to all particip…

The general assembly shall appropriate the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), to be administered by the department of elementary and secondary education, to carry out the purpose of this chapter, and the state controller is authorized and directed to draw his or her order…

The general assembly recognizes that radon is an odorless, colorless, tasteless, and radioactive gas that occurs naturally in soil and groundwater; that radon enters homes and buildings through openings in foundations, decays to form radon progeny, and unless vented to the atmosp…

The provisions of §§ 45-13-7 — 45-13-10 shall not apply to 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 or a limitation of, the provisions of any other law. If any provision or part thereof of this chapter or application thereof to any person or circumstan…

Implementation and enforcement of this chapter is contingent upon the availability of resources to fund necessary administrative, personnel, and other related costs.

The purpose of this chapter is to protect the public health and public interest by establishing a comprehensive program to reduce exposure to radon/radon progeny levels in public and high priority buildings and to ensure that all radon/radon progeny mitigation activity in these b…

For purposes of this chapter: (1) “Department” means the state department of health. (2) “Director” means the director of health. (3) “High priority building” means any public building or public, private and/or parochial schools (grades pre-K to 12), day care centers, and nurseri…

The director is authorized to: (1) Designate a unit within the department to administer the provisions of this chapter and provide that unit with the necessary staff, equipment, and operating funds. (2) Receive and administer funding allocated for radon control programs by the st…

(a) All persons providing or offering to provide the following services must be certified or licensed in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to the authority conferred by this chapter: (1) Screening sampling/testing of air for radon/radon progeny; (2) Diagnostic sampling…

The owner of any public and high priority building who intends to take measures, including but not limited to renovation of the building for the purpose of reducing radon/radon progeny levels and/or installation of recognized radon mitigation systems, must submit formal notificat…

(a) The director, or his or her designee, is authorized to inspect any public or high priority building, during business hours, or by appointment at another time agreed to by the inspector and the owner, occupant or other person in charge of the building. The owner, occupant or o…

A one-time surcharge shall be assessed on new residential construction, excluding renovations, at the rate of two cents ($0.02) per square foot under roof floor space. This surcharge shall be collected by the local building official at the time an application for a building permi…

Funds appropriated shall be used to carry out the provisions of this chapter, including but not limited to, personnel costs, operating costs, and capital expenditures associated with the regulatory and public education mandates placed on the department by this chapter, as well as…

(a) The legislature recognizes the work of the American Heart Association in establishing that heart disease is a leading cause of death in this country as over three hundred and fifty thousand (350,000) Americans, including three thousand (3,000) Rhode Islanders, die from sudden…

On or after September 30, 1998, the Rhode Island municipal police academy, after consultation with the coalition for public safety defibrillators, shall provide two (2) defibrillators for distribution to each and every city or town in the state, one defibrillator to the State Hou…

All retail preparers of food, including but not limited to bakeries and restaurants, shall make available upon request a list of all preservatives and artificial ingredients added to food prepared on the premises. Excluded from these provisions are preservatives and artificial in…

Any individual(s), corporation, partnership, or other entity who violates the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and for each violation shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).

The purpose of this chapter is to reduce vulnerability to HIV/AIDS transmission, protect persons who are infected with HIV from discrimination, ensure informed consent for testing, and to provide consistent terms and standards within this title and as applicable to chapters 34.1 …

(a) In all cases when an individual’s HIV test results are disclosed to a third-party, other than a person involved in the care and treatment of the individual, and except as permitted by § 23-6.3-7 (permitted disclosures re: confidentiality), and permitted by and disclosed in ac…

No person, agency, organization, or legal entity may discriminate against an individual on the basis of a positive HIV test result, or perception of a positive test, in housing, education, employment, the granting of credit, public accommodation, or delivery of services, nor shal…

Any individual who believes that he or she has been unlawfully discriminated against in housing, education, employment, the granting of credit, public accommodations, or delivery of services on the basis of a positive HIV test, or perception of a positive test, may bring action f…

The department shall designate and fund HIV CTRS sites, for providing both anonymous and confidential HIV testing and HIV counseling and referral services. Anonymous and confidential HIV testing provided by HIV CTRS sites funded by the department shall screen individuals for thei…

(a) Except in the case of anonymous HIV testing, a diagnosis of HIV or AIDS shall be notifiable and reportable to the department by name. The following shall be reported to the department: (1) A diagnosis of HIV, according to the most current CDC case definition of HIV. (2) A dia…

(a) All biological samples or specimens taken for the purpose of performing laboratory analysis for the detection of antibody to HIV, by or under the direction or order of any healthcare provider working within the scope of his or her practice, shall be sent to the department of …

(a) Sections 23-6.3-1 — 23-6.3-14 do not apply to the offering or sale of life insurance in Rhode Island; provided, however, that any insurance company offering or selling life insurance within Rhode Island that requires an individual to be tested for infection with human immunod…

The director is authorized to promulgate regulations as he or she deems necessary or desirable to implement the provisions of this chapter, in accordance with the provisions set forth in § 23-1-17 and chapter 35 of title 42.

If any provision of this chapter is held by a court to be invalid, that invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions of the chapter, and to this end the provisions of the chapter are declared severable.

This chapter shall be liberally construed to accomplish the purposes sought in it.

As used in this chapter the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) “Agent” means a person empowered by the patient to assert or waive the confidentiality, or to disclose or consent to the disclosure of confidential information, as established by chapter 37.3 of ti…

(a) This section shall pertain to patients in all healthcare settings and HIV CTRS sites. (b) HIV screening and testing shall be based on the most current recommendations for HIV counseling, testing and referral of adults, adolescents and pregnant women issued by the CDC. Provide…

(a) A healthcare provider may test for the presence of HIV without obtaining consent from the individual to be tested under the following conditions: (1) When the individual to be tested is under one year of age; (2) When a child between one and thirteen (13) years of age appears…

No involuntary testing for HIV shall take place under any of the exceptions set forth in § 23-6.3-4, unless reasonable efforts have been made to: (1) Secure voluntary consent from the individual to be tested, or in the case of a minor patient, from the legal parent or guardian of…

Nothing in §§ 23-6.3-1 to 23-6.3-16 shall be construed to limit or deprive any person of his or her right to due process of law, or to bar an action of relief and/or damages before a court of competent jurisdiction.

(a) It is unlawful for any person to disclose to a third-party the results of an individual’s HIV test without the prior written consent of that individual, except for: (1) A licensed laboratory or other healthcare facility that performs HIV tests shall report test results to the…

(a) Providers of health care, public health officials, and any other person who maintains records containing information on HIV test results of individuals are responsible for maintaining full confidentiality of this data and shall take appropriate steps for their protection, inc…

The penalties and remedies contained in chapter 37.3 of title 5 entitled “Confidentiality of Health Care Communications and Information” shall apply to violations of §§ 23-6.3-7 confidentiality and 23-6.3-8 protection of records.

The general assembly finds and declares that accumulation of stored used vehicle tires and the disposal of the tires by land filling present an unacceptable risk to the public health and safety, and that it is necessary to control disposal and promote safe recycling or recovery o…

As used in this chapter: (1) “Consumer” means an individual who purchases a vehicle tire for use, consumption, or any use other than resale; (2) “Corporation” means the Rhode Island economic development corporation created and established pursuant to chapter 64 of title 42. (3) “…

(a)(1) No person shall dispose of any vehicle tire within the state except by delivery of the tire to a facility operated by the Rhode Island resource recovery corporation designated for that purpose, or to a privately operated tire storage or tire recycling or recovery facility …

No export of tires for burning shall be permitted to a facility which has not submitted to the satisfaction of the director, in accordance with reasonable rules and regulations, an environmental impact statement conforming to the United States environmental protection agency stan…