{"id":"DUT-RI-002","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Rhode Island","state":"RI","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Rhode Island General Assembly (codified statute administered by the Director of Health)","authority":"R.I. Gen. Laws tit. 23, ch. 1","instrument":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-1-17","title":"Additional general powers","dateIssued":"2025-06-30","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"2025-06-30","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","COND"],"addressees":["persons generally; licensees and permittees of the Department of Health; owners or persons in control of premises through the rules adopted"],"clause":"the director is further authorized to promulgate and adopt rules and regulations for the establishment of information collection, minimum sanitary requirements, and other duties given to the director by § 23-1-1 or by any other provision of law, and to enforce those rules and regulations. The director is further authorized to issue licenses or permits, and to revoke, suspend, or annul them, to aid in the enforcement of those rules and regulations.","enforcement":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-1-25 (Ex. DUT-RI-014); license or permit revocation, suspension or annulment under this section","functions":[],"notes":"The Director of Health may adopt and enforce rules establishing \u0027minimum sanitary requirements\u0027 and may revoke or suspend licenses and permits to enforce them; subsection (b) authorizes temporary health-care licenses \u0027in the event of a public health emergency\u0027. Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).","sourceUrl":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE23/23-1/23-1-17.htm","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":64540,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_authority","description":"","collection":"DUT-RI","url":"/library/DUT-RI-002","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-RI-002","citation":"Rhode Island General Assembly (codified statute administered by the Director of Health), R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-1-17 (standing) (Ex. DUT-RI-002)","stateName":"Rhode Island","related":["DUT-RI-014"]}