Title 23
Health and Safety

Chapter 1
Department of Health

R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-1-31

§ 23-1-31. Approval of construction by director.

(a) No person shall construct any facility to be used for a food business, or add to, or otherwise alter an existing one, without having obtained the approval of the director of the plans and specifications for the proposed construction, addition, or alteration.

(b) A plan review fee for new establishments, and for establishments where the cost of renovation exceeds fifty percent (50%) of the value of the establishment, shall be charged. The plan review fee for these establishments shall equal the annual cost of the license/registration fee.

History of Section.
P.L. 1971, ch. 42, § 3; P.L. 1990, ch. 65, art. 50, § 1.