The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Rhode Island
- Level
- State
- Authority
- R.I. Gen. Laws tit. 23, ch. 1
- Effective
- standing
- End
- standing (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Standing (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Quarantine and isolationStanding dutyOperating condition
- Addressees
- owners or persons in control of premises; operators and occupants of buildings; food businesses; persons subject to quarantine
- Character
- sanitary code duty
- Collection
- Standing duties: Rhode Island DUT-RI
Operative words
the rules and regulations relating to sanitation and health provided for by § 23-1-17 may include: (1) Provisions fixing responsibilities of owners, operators, and occupants of land or buildings for the sanitary condition, maintenance, use, and occupancy of the land and buildings. (2) Minimum standards with respect to the reporting of any disease and the quarantine of persons affected by that disease.
Penalty
What it required
The sanitary rules of the Department of Health may fix the responsibilities of 'owners, operators, and occupants of land or buildings' for the sanitary condition, use and occupancy of premises, set quarantine standards, and set 'minimum standards with respect to the maintenance and operation of food businesses' (paragraph (5)); the Safe Activities regulation's duties on 'covered entities' and 'establishments' are rules of this kind.
Retrieval noteParagraph (9) authorizes minimum standards for 'immunization and testing for communicable diseases... of employees' at child care centers, schools, colleges and universities.