§ 23-1-18 - Power to provide rules and regulations in specific areas. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 23-1-18

   § 23-1-18  Power to provide rules andregulations in specific areas. – Without limiting the generality of § 23-1-17, the rules and regulationsrelating to sanitation and health provided for by § 23-1-17 may include:

   (1) Provisions fixing responsibilities of owners, operators,and occupants of land or buildings for the sanitary condition, maintenance,use, and occupancy of the land and buildings.

   (2) Minimum standards with respect to the reporting of anydisease and the quarantine of persons affected by that disease.

   (3) Minimum standards and conditions for the location,construction, and sanitary quality of all drinking water supplies.

   (4) Minimum standards for facilities and sanitary conditionsfor schools and the health care for school children.

   (5) Minimum standards with respect to the maintenance andoperation of food businesses.

   (6) Minimum standards of air quality consistent with humanhealth.

   (7) Minimum standards consistent with human health for thequality of the waters of the state.

   (8) Minimum standards consistent with human health for thequality of public drinking water.

   (9) Minimum standards for immunization and testing forcommunicable diseases, including, but not limited to, tuberculosis, ofemployees, children, and students at any child day-care center, family day-carehome, private nursery school, any other regular program providing educationalservices to preschool-aged children, public or private school, college, oruniversity.

   (10) Provisions requiring the reporting of immunizationstatus and any other relevant information that the director determinesappropriate for persons under the age of eighteen (18) years for the purpose ofestablishing and maintaining a childhood immunization registry, providedhowever, that all personally identifiable information obtained pursuant to thissection shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 37.3 of title 5.

   (11) Provisions requiring the reporting of inventories andsales of drugs, devices and other products potentially related to the outbreakof disease. All information acquired under this subsection by the department ofhealth is confidential and not subject to public access pursuant to chapter 2of title 38.