§ 23-24.5-7 - Health department inspections. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 23-24.5-7

   § 23-24.5-7  Health department inspections.– (a) The director, or his or her designee, or any inspector employed by thedepartment of health or the department of labor and training designated by thedirector of health is authorized to inspect at a reasonable time without priornotice as part of an overall plan of periodic inspection, or to respond to acomplaint of the existence of friable asbestos material, any building, exceptprivate residences, in which a person may become exposed to friable asbestos orasbestiform material. Any person refusing entry to a designated public healthinspector or obstructing an inspection ordered by the director shall be finedby the director a sum not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500)for each violation.

   (b) State inspectors shall conduct inspections of thefollowing types of buildings on an equal basis: public and private highpriority buildings, initial inspections of public intermediate prioritybuildings, and inspections prompted by the complaint process.

   (c) The director shall not be precluded from requiringabatement of a friable asbestos hazard in the event an air monitoring test doesnot establish that the indoor non-occupational air exposure standard has beenexceeded.

   (d) The director may assess fees for inspections conducted inaccordance with rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to the authorityconferred by this section, provided that the fees are assessed only afterprocedures in accordance with chapter 35 of title 42 have been followed.