§ 23-72-3 - Consumer mercury alert notice. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 23-72-3

   § 23-72-3  Consumer mercury alert notice.– (a) The department, in consultation with the department of environmentalmanagement, shall prepare a consumer's mercury alert notice that the departmentshall provide for free, to professional medical offices that providegynecological, obstetrical or pediatric care and in the patient or client areasof all maternal and child health and nutrition programs, who shall post thenotice in all patient areas.

   (b) The department shall establish a toll free telephonenumber service for interested persons to call for further information about thehealth advisories concerning the consumption of mercury in freshwater andsaltwater fish.

   (c) The notice shall explain the danger to women who expectto become pregnant, women who are pregnant or breast feeding their children,and young children of eating mercury contaminated fish. The notice shallsummarize most current mercury health advisories prepared by the state and thefederal government concerning fish consumption, the toll free number, which maybe called for further information, and shall contain such other information asthe department deems appropriate. The notice shall be printed in large type inEnglish, Spanish and other languages in which persons commonly doing businesswith such offices can understand. The department shall update the notice asnecessary, and shall make additional copies of the notice available to healthcare providers upon request.