§ 42-18-4 - Cooperation with the department of environmental management. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 42-18-4

   § 42-18-4  Cooperation with the departmentof environmental management. – (a) The director of the department of health shall cooperate with thedepartment of environmental management and shall make available to thedepartment of environmental management such testing and laboratory facilitiesand such technical personnel as are within the jurisdiction of the departmentof health as directed by the environmental standards board.

   (b) Whenever there arises an emergency, condition, or threatto the public health as a result of a disease in the animal population underthe jurisdiction of the director of environmental management by virtue of theprovisions of title 4 or § 21-2-22, the director of environmentalmanagement shall immediately notify the director of health. The director ofhealth shall, upon notification of the emergency condition or threat to thepublic health, assign an agent to work with the director of environmentalmanagement until such time as the emergency or threat has been removed.