{"id":"DUT-RI-004","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 § 23-1-21","title":"Immediate compliance order","dateIssued":"","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","CLOSE"],"addressees":["persons generally; owners or persons in control of premises; every \u0027covered entity\u0027 and \u0027establishment\u0027 under 216-RICR-50-15-7"],"clause":"Whenever the director determines that there exists a violation of any law, rule, or regulation within the jurisdiction of the director which requires immediate action to protect the health, welfare, or safety of the public or any member of the public, the director may, without prior notice of violation or hearing, issue an immediate compliance order stating the existence of the violation and the action he or she deems necessary.","enforcement":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-1-25 (Ex. DUT-RI-014): violation of a compliance order, fine to $300 or ninety days, or both, each day a separate offense; enforcement in Superior Court under § 23-1-23","functions":[],"notes":"The Director of Health may, without prior notice or hearing, order any person in violation of a health law or rule to take \u0027the action he or she deems necessary,\u0027 effective on service, with no right to a hearing on the immediate order; this was the closure vehicle of the Safe Activities regulation (§ 7.5(A): \u0027an immediate compliance order, as provided for in R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-1-21, effecting the closure of the establishment\u0027) and the compliance-order power the executive orders vested in the Enforcement Task Force. Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).","sourceUrl":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE23/23-1/23-1-21.htm","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":57659,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_authority","description":"","collection":"DUT-RI","url":"/library/DUT-RI-004","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-RI-004","citation":"Rhode Island General Assembly (codified statute administered by the Director of Health), R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-1-21 (standing) (Ex. DUT-RI-004)","stateName":"Rhode Island","related":["RI-017","RI-043","DUT-RI-005","DUT-RI-014"]}