§ 23-8-20 - Expense of quarantine and suppression of disease. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 23-8-20

   § 23-8-20  Expense of quarantine andsuppression of disease. – The state department of health, with the approval of the governor, may incurall necessary expenses for preventing and restricting the prevalence ofepidemic diseases and of carrying out the provisions of §§ 23-8-18and 23-8-19, and the state controller shall draw his or her orders upon thegeneral treasurer for the payment of those expenses out of any money in thetreasury not otherwise appropriated, upon receipt of itemized bills for thoseexpenses approved by the governor.