§ 23-1.1-7 - Inspection powers. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 23-1.1-7

   § 23-1.1-7  Inspection powers. – (a) The director, upon presenting appropriate credentials to the owner,operator, representative, or agent in charge is authorized:

   (1) To enter without delay and at reasonable times anyfactory, plant establishment, construction site, or other area, workplace, orenvironment where work is performed by an employee of an employer; and

   (2) To inspect and investigate during regular working hoursand at other reasonable times, and within reasonable limits and in a reasonablemanner, that place of employment and all pertinent conditions, structures,machines, apparatus, devices, equipment, and materials in that location, and toquestion privately any employer, owner, operator, agent, or employee.

   (b) If the director of health shall be denied entry to anyplace which he or she shall have reason to believe had been, is being, or isabout to be used as a place of employment, he or she shall notify the directorof labor and training, who shall then proceed in accordance with the provisionsof § 28-20-12.