§ 23-9-12 - Federal quarantine system superseding Providence regulations. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 23-9-12

   § 23-9-12  Federal quarantine systemsuperseding Providence regulations. – Whenever the United States of America shall put in force a system of nationalquarantine inspection for the port of Providence, the duties of the quarantinehealth officer and sentinel of that city shall be suspended for so long aperiod as the quarantine inspection shall be maintained, and whenever theUnited States shall establish a quarantine station, ground, or anchorage on orin the Providence River or Narragansett Bay, north of Conimicut Point, and putin force a complete system of national quarantine for the port of Providence,the provisions of §§ 23-9-1 – 23-9-11 shall not apply to thecity of Providence or the port of Providence.