Chapter 23-1 Department of Health
Chapter 23-1.1 Division of Occupational Health
Chapter 23-1.2 Division of Legal Services
Chapter 23-1.3 Radiation Control
Chapter 23-1.7 Rhode Island Program to Address Alzheimer’s Disease
Chapter 23-1.8 Commission on the Deaf and Hard-Of-Hearing
Chapter 23-1.9 Sheath Needles [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-1.11 Needlestick Safety and Injury Prevention Act
Chapter 23-2 Local Health Officers
Chapter 23-4 Office of State Medical Examiners
Chapter 23-4.1 Emergency Medical Transportation Services
Chapter 23-4.5 Blood Bank Services
Chapter 23-4.6 Consent to Medical and Surgical Care
Chapter 23-4.7 Informed Consent for Abortion
Chapter 23-4.8 Spousal Notice for Abortion
Chapter 23-4.9 Retention of X-Rays
Chapter 23-4.10 Health Care Power of Attorney
Chapter 23-4.11 Rights of the Terminally Ill Act
Chapter 23-4.12 Partial Birth Abortion
Chapter 23-4.13 Reproductive Privacy Act
Chapter 23-4.14 Feminine Hygiene Product Donation Act
Chapter 23-5 Reports of Disease and Disability
Chapter 23-5.1 Identification of Persons Suffering from Certain Disabilities
Chapter 23-6 Prevention and Suppression of Contagious Diseases
Chapter 23-6.1 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training Program in High Schools
Chapter 23-6.2 Public Access Defibrillation
Chapter 23-6.3 Prevention and Suppression of Contagious Diseases — HIV/AIDS
Chapter 23-6.5 Automated External Defibrillators Required at Public Places and Healthcare Facilities
Chapter 23-7 Mosquito Abatement
Chapter 23-7.1 Rodent Control and Eradication
Chapter 23-8 Quarantine Generally
Chapter 23-9 Quarantine of Vessels
Chapter 23-10.1 Emergency Commitment for Drug Intoxication
Chapter 23-11 Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Chapter 23-12.1 Hemophilia Care Program
Chapter 23-12.5 New England Compact on Radiological Health Protection
Chapter 23-12.6 Ovarian Cancer Education, Detection, and Prevention
Chapter 23-12.7 The Breast Cancer Act
Chapter 23-12.8 The Firefighter Cancer Wellness Act
Chapter 23-12.9 Dense Breast Notification and Education
Chapter 23-13 Maternal and Child Health Services for Children with Special Health Care Needs
Chapter 23-13.1 The Safe Haven for Infants Act
Chapter 23-13.2 Nursing Working Mothers
Chapter 23-13.3 Birth Defects Surveillance and Information System
Chapter 23-13.4 Hazardous Chemicals — Contamination of Breast Milk and Environment
Chapter 23-13.5 Breastfeeding in Public Places
Chapter 23-13.6 Lactation Consultant Practice Act of 2014
Chapter 23-13.7 The Rhode Island Family Home-Visiting Act
Chapter 23-13.8 Lactation Counselors Practice Act of 2024
Chapter 23-14 Childhood Disease Fund
Chapter 23-14.1 Health Professional Loan Repayment Program
Chapter 23-16 Health Facilities Construction
Chapter 23-16.1 New England Health Services and Facilities Compact
Chapter 23-16.3 Clinical Laboratory Science Practice
Chapter 23-17 Licensing of Healthcare Facilities
Chapter 23-17.1 Licensing of Nursing or Personal Care Homes [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-17.2 Accountability of Services to Patients of Nursing or Personal Care Homes
Chapter 23-17.3 Long-Term Care Coordinating Council
Chapter 23-17.4 Assisted Living Residence Licensing Act
Chapter 23-17.5 Rights of Nursing Home Patients
Chapter 23-17.6 Mobile Intensive Care Unit Program
Chapter 23-17.7 Licensing of Nursing Service Agencies
Chapter 23-17.7.1 Licensing of Nursing Service Agencies
Chapter 23-17.8 Abuse in Healthcare Facilities
Chapter 23-17.9 Registration of Nursing Assistants
Chapter 23-17.10 Administrative Penalties
Chapter 23-17.11 The Nursing Facilities Receivership Act
Chapter 23-17.12 Health Care Services — Utilization Review Act
Chapter 23-17.13 Health Care Accessibility and Quality Assurance Act
Chapter 23-17.14 The Hospital Conversions Act
Chapter 23-17.15 Long-Term Health Care Goals and Values
Chapter 23-17.16 Home Care Patient Rights
Chapter 23-17.17 Health Care Quality Program
Chapter 23-17.18 Health Plan Modification Act
Chapter 23-17.19 Immunization in Long Term Care Facilities
Chapter 23-17.20 Healthcare Facilities Staffing
Chapter 23-17.21 The Rhode Island Patient Safety Act of 2008
Chapter 23-17.22 Healthy Rhode Island Reform Act of 2008
Chapter 23-17.23 Center for Health Professions
Chapter 23-17.24 The Adult Supportive Care Residence Act
Chapter 23-17.25 Distressed Essential Community Hospitals
Chapter 23-17.26 Comprehensive Discharge Planning
Chapter 23-17.27 Caregiver Advise, Record and Enable Act
Chapter 23-17.28 Hospital Workplace Violence Protection Act
Chapter 23-17.30 Primary Care Training Sites Program
Chapter 23-18.1 Disposition of Bodies to Be Buried with Public Funds
Chapter 23-18.2 Preservation and Care of Burial Places and Memorials for the Dead
Chapter 23-18.3 Advisory Commission on Historical Cemeteries
Chapter 23-18.5 Anatomical Gifts [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-18.6 Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
Chapter 23-18.6.1 Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
Chapter 23-18.7 Bone Marrow Donation
Chapter 23-18.8 Waste Recycling
Chapter 23-18.9 Refuse Disposal
Chapter 23-18.10 Prohibition of Products Containing Chlorofluorocarbons Products
Chapter 23-18.11 Promotion of Paper Bag Usage
Chapter 23-18.12 Beverage Container Recyclability
Chapter 23-18.13 Toxic Packaging Reduction Act
Chapter 23-18.14 Degradable Plastics and Packaging [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-18.15 Plastic Bottle and Container Labeling Act
Chapter 23-18.16 Newspaper Recyclability
Chapter 23-18.17 Used Cooking Oil Recycling
Chapter 23-18.18 Consumer PFAS Ban Act of 2024.
Chapter 23-19 Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation
Chapter 23-19.1 Hazardous Waste Management
Chapter 23-19.2 Local Health Regulations
Chapter 23-19.3.1 Residential Sanitary Sewer Connections
Chapter 23-19.4 Septage, Industrial Wastes and Waste Oil Pumping, Cleaning and Transportation
Chapter 23-19.5 Percolation Tests and Water Table Elevation Determinations
Chapter 23-19.6 Used Oil Recycling
Chapter 23-19.7 Hazardous Waste Management Facilities
Chapter 23-19.8 Hazardous Waste Cleanup
Chapter 23-19.9 Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact
Chapter 23-19.11 Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal
Chapter 23-19.13 Gull Control Program
Chapter 23-19.14 Industrial Property Remediation and Reuse Act
Chapter 23-19.15 The Rhode Island Cesspool Act of 2007
Chapter 23-19.16 Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund
Chapter 23-19.17 High-Heat Waste Facility Act of 2021
Chapter 23-19.18 Plastic Waste Reduction Act
Chapter 23-20 Sanitation in Hotels and Boarding Houses [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-20.6 Smoking in Public Places [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-20.7 Workplace Smoking Pollution Control Act [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-20.7.1 Off-Duty Rights to Privacy by Employees [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-20.8 Licensing of Massage Therapists [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-20.8.1 Registration of Music Therapists
Chapter 23-20.9 Smoking in Schools
Chapter 23-20.10 Public Health and Workplace Safety Act
Chapter 23-20.11 Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity and Firefighter Protection
Chapter 23-20.12 Food Allergy Awareness in Food-Service Establishments
Chapter 23-21 Licensing of Recreational Facilities
Chapter 23-21.1 Sanitation Standards for Bathing Beaches
Chapter 23-21.2 Licensing of Youth Camps [Effective January 1, 2025.]
Chapter 23-22 Licensing of Swimming Pools
Chapter 23-22.5 Drowning Prevention and Lifesaving
Chapter 23-23.1 Air Pollution Episode Control
Chapter 23-23.5 Noxious Trades
Chapter 23-23.6 Air Quality in Ice Arenas
Chapter 23-23.7 Biodiesel Products
Chapter 23-24 Hazardous Substances
Chapter 23-24.1 Poison Prevention Packaging
Chapter 23-24.2 Flammable Fabrics
Chapter 23-24.3 Substances or Compounds Used as Sewerage System Cleaners
Chapter 23-24.4 Hazardous Substances Community Right to Know Act
Chapter 23-24.5 Asbestos Abatement
Chapter 23-24.6 Lead Poisoning Prevention Act
Chapter 23-24.7 Occupational Health — Lead Protection
Chapter 23-24.8 Mercury Fever Thermometers
Chapter 23-24.9 Mercury Reduction and Education Act
Chapter 23-24.10 Electronic Waste Prevention, Reuse and Recycling Act
Chapter 23-24.11 Comprehensive Children’s Jewelry Safety Act
Chapter 23-24.12 Proper Management of Unused Paint
Chapter 23-25 Pesticide Control
Chapter 23-25.2 Pesticide Relief Fund
Chapter 23-25.3 Marine Tributyltin Antifoulant Paints
Chapter 23-25.4 Utilization of Unused Prescription Drugs Act
Chapter 23-25.5 The Return or Exchange of Drugs Act
Chapter 23-25.6 Pharmaceutical Redistribution Program Act
Chapter 23-26 Bedding and Upholstered Furniture
Chapter 23-27 Building Regulation Generally [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-27.1 Safety Glazing [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-27.2 State Building Code [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-27.3 State Building Code
Chapter 23-27.4 Interstate Compact on Industrialized/Modular Buildings [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-28 Fire Prevention and Investigation [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-28.01 Comprehensive Fire Safety Act
Chapter 23-28.1 Fire Safety Code — General Provisions
Chapter 23-28.2 Office of State Fire Marshal
Chapter 23-28.3 Fire Safety Code Board of Appeal and Review
Chapter 23-28.4 Safety and Health Programs for Fire Departments
Chapter 23-28.5 Inspection of Buildings
Chapter 23-28.6 Places of Assembly
Chapter 23-28.7 Hotels and Motels [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-28.8 Fire Escapes — Outside Stairways [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-28.9 Heating and Cooking Facilities [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-28.10 Health Care Facilities [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-28.11 Fireworks and Pyrotechnics
Chapter 23-28.13 Boarding Homes
Chapter 23-28.14 Rooming Houses [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-28.15 Child Day Care Centers
Chapter 23-28.16 Apartment Houses [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-28.17 Industrial, Mercantile, Business, and Storage Buildings [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-28.18 Theatres [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-28.19 Tents — Grandstands — Air-Supported Structures
Chapter 23-28.20 Storage and Handling of Liquefied Petroleum Gas
Chapter 23-28.21 Fuel Oil Installations [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-28.22 Flammable and Combustible Liquids
Chapter 23-28.23 Exit Signs [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-28.24 Emergency Lighting [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-28.25 Fire Alarm Systems
Chapter 23-28.26 Dip Tanks Containing Flammable or Combustible Liquid [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-28.27 Spray Application Using Flammable or Combustible Material [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-28.29 Model Rocket Engines [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-28.31 Horse Stables [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-28.33 Storage and Handling of Liquefied Natural Gas [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-28.34 Fire and Carbon Monoxide Detection Systems [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-28.37 Vaccination of Firefighters to Prevent Hepatitis B
Chapter 23-28.38 Detention and Correctional Occupancies [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-28.39 Housing for the Elderly — Emergency Generators Required [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-29 Fire Regulations in Places of Public Assembly [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-29.1 Rehabilitation Building and Fire Code for Existing Buildings and Structures
Chapter 23-30 Fire Escapes and Stairways [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-31 Automatic Sprinkler Systems [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-32 Inspection of Buildings [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-33 Elevators, Escalators, and Dumbwaiters
Chapter 23-34 Amusement Ride Inspection and Insurance Act [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-34.1 Amusement Ride Safety Act
Chapter 23-35 Motion Picture Projectors [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-36 Inspection and Handling of Inflammable Substances
Chapter 23-37 Powers of Fire Companies
Chapter 23-38 Degradable Connectors and Non-Detachable Metal Openers for Beverage Containers
Chapter 23-38.1 Hazardous Substances
Chapter 23-38.2 Poison Prevention Packaging
Chapter 23-38.3 Flammable Fabrics
Chapter 23-39 Respiratory Care Act
Chapter 23-40 New England Health Services and Facilities Compact
Chapter 23-41 Hazardous Pesticides, Insecticides, Fungicides, Herbicides and Rodenticides
Chapter 23-41.1 Pesticide Control
Chapter 23-42 Disposition of Bodies to Be Buried with Public Funds
Chapter 23-43 Office of Mental Retardation
Chapter 23-43.1 Retardation Law
Chapter 23-43.2 Parental Succession — Retarded Persons
Chapter 23-44 New England Compact on Radiological Health Protection
Chapter 23-45 Rodent Control and Eradication
Chapter 23-46.1 Solid Waste Management Corporation
Chapter 23-46.2 Hazardous Waste Management
Chapter 23-47 Anatomical Gifts
Chapter 23-49 Septage, Industrial Wastes and Waste Oil Pumping, Cleaning and Transportation
Chapter 23-50 Blood Bank Services
Chapter 23-51 Consent to Medical and Surgical Care
Chapter 23-52 Emergency Medical Transportation Services
Chapter 23-53 Special Packaging of Poisonous Substances
Chapter 23-54 Choke-Saving Devices
Chapter 23-55 Percolation Tests and Water Table Elevation Determinations
Chapter 23-56 Smoking in Public Places
Chapter 23-57 Commission on the Deaf and Hearing Impaired
Chapter 23-59 Continuing Care Provider Registration and Disclosure
Chapter 23-60 Battery Deposit and Control
Chapter 23-60.1 Dry Cell Battery Control
Chapter 23-62 Truth in Food Disclosure Law
Chapter 23-63 Vehicle Tire Storage and Recycling
Chapter 23-64 Minority Health Promotion Act
Chapter 23-64.1 Commission for Health Advocacy and Equity
Chapter 23-65 Board of Certification of Operators of Public Water Supply Facilities
Chapter 23-66 Comprehensive Health Risk Assessments
Chapter 23-68 Tanning Facility Safety Standards Act
Chapter 23-69 New England Compact on Involuntary Detention for Tuberculosis Control
Chapter 23-71 Tobacco Product Manufacturers’ Escrow Funds
Chapter 23-72 Mercury in Fish Products
Chapter 23-73 Latex Gloves Safety Act
Chapter 23-74 Unlicensed Health Care Practices
Chapter 23-75 Children’s Product Safety Act
Chapter 23-76 Vaccine Shortage Protection Act
Chapter 23-77 Healthcare Information Technology and Infrastructure Development Fund
Chapter 23-78 The Stroke Task Force
Chapter 23-78.1 Stroke Prevention and Treatment Act of 2009
Chapter 23-79 The Rhode Island Autism Spectrum Disorder Evaluation and Treatment Act [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-80 Safe Patient Handling Act of 2006
Chapter 23-81 Rhode Island Coordinated Health Planning Act of 2006
Chapter 23-82 Implementation of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Act
Chapter 23-83 The Umbilical Cord Blood Donation Notification Act
Chapter 23-84 The Rhode Island Climate Risk Reduction Act of 2010
Chapter 23-85 Green Economy Roundtable [Expired.]
Chapter 23-86 Women’s Cardiovascular Screening and Risk Reduction Pilot Program [Repealed.]
Chapter 23-87 The Rhode Island Lupus Education and Awareness Plan
Chapter 23-88 Code Consistency Council
Chapter 23-89 The Rhode Island Palliative Care and Quality of Life Act
Chapter 23-90 Responsible Recycling, Reuse and Disposal of Mattresses
Chapter 23-91 Service Member Licensure
Chapter 23-92 Military Spouse Licensure
Chapter 23-93 Rhode Island Access to Medical Technology Innovation Act
Chapter 23-94 Prevention of Conversion Therapy for Children
Chapter 23-96 Prohibited Release of Balloons
Chapter 23-97 Consumer Protection in Eye Care Act
Chapter 23-98 Sexual Assault Evidence Kits
Chapter 23-99 The Rhode Island Life Science Hub Act
Chapter 23-100 Rhode Island Healthcare Workforce Data Collection Act
Chapter 23-101 Healthcare Provider Shield
Chapter 23-102 Behavioral Health Education, Training, and Coordination Fund
Chapter 23-103 Disclosure of Prices — Medical Facility Items