| Ex. SEC-03-079 | 216-RICR-20-15-8, Immunization, Testing, and Health Screening for Health Care Workers (emergency amendment)COVID-19 vaccination requirement for health care workers and health care providers including dentists | Rhode Island Department of Health | Rhode IslandState | Aug. 17, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing | Primary source read | |
| Ex. ECO-B-113 | 216-RICR-20-15-8, Requirement for Immunization Against COVID-19 for All Workers in Licensed Health Care Facilities and Other Practicing Health Care Providers (emergency rule, Aug. 2021)Requirement for Immunization Against COVID-19 for All Workers in Licensed Health Care Facilities and Other Practicing Health Care Providers | Rhode Island Department of Health | Rhode IslandState | Aug. 17, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. RI-072 | 216-RICR-20-15-8 (emergency regulation)Requirement for Immunization Against COVID-19 for All Workers in Licensed Health Care Facilities and Other Practicing Health Care Providers | Rhode Island Department of Health | Rhode IslandSector regulator | Aug. 17, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-02-071 | 216-RICR-20-15-8, Requirement for Immunization Against COVID-19 for All Workers in Licensed Health Care Facilities and Other Practicing Health Care Providers (emergency amendment)Health care worker COVID-19 immunization requirement | Rhode Island Department of Health | Rhode IslandState | Aug. 17, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-053 | 216-RICR-20-15-8 (emergency regulation adopted Aug. 17, 2021; amended Feb. 10, 2022)Requirement for Immunization Against COVID-19 for All Workers in Licensed Health Care Facilities and Other Practicing Health Care Providers | Rhode Island Department of Health | Rhode IslandState | Aug. 17, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-01-085 | 216-RICR-20-15-8 (emergency regulation)Requirement for Immunization Against COVID-19 for All Workers in Licensed Health Care Facilities and Other Practicing Health Care Providers | Rhode Island Department of Health (Director Nicole Alexander-Scott) | Rhode IslandState | Aug. 17, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-RI-001 | R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-1-1General functions of department | Rhode Island General Assembly (codified statute administered by the Rhode Island Department of Health) | Rhode IslandState | | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding duty | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-RI-008 | R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-15-9Governor's responsibilities relating to disaster emergencies | Rhode Island General Assembly (powers vested in the Governor; duties imposed on State health authorities and local code enforcement officials) | Rhode IslandState | July 6, 2021 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitTravel and quarantineStanding duty | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-RI-002 | R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-1-17Additional general powers | Rhode Island General Assembly (codified statute administered by the Director of Health) | Rhode IslandState | June 30, 2025 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyStanding dutyOperating condition | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-RI-004 | R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-1-21Immediate compliance order | Rhode Island General Assembly (codified statute administered by the Director of Health) | Rhode IslandState | | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding duty | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-RI-005 | R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-8-4Quarantine | Rhode Island General Assembly (codified statute administered by the Director of Health) | Rhode IslandState | | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyQuarantine and isolationStanding duty | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-RI-016 | R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-27-5Notice to cease business | Rhode Island General Assembly (codified statute administered by the Director of Health) | Rhode IslandState | | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating condition | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-RI-012 | R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-20-8Employer's duties | Rhode Island General Assembly (codified statute administered by the Department of Labor and Training, Division of Occupational Safety) | Rhode IslandState | | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyStanding dutyOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. RI-058 | Executive Order 21-91Hospital and Community-Based Health Care | Governor Daniel J. McKee | Rhode IslandState | Aug. 26, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Health care orders | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-RI-003 | R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-1-18Power to provide rules and regulations in specific areas | Rhode Island General Assembly (codified statute administered by the Director of Health) | Rhode IslandState | | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOperating condition | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-RI-007 | R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-8-18Proclamation of general quarantine | Rhode Island General Assembly (power vested in the Governor and the Director of Health) | Rhode IslandState | | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding duty | Primary source read | |
| Ex. RI-023 | Executive Order 20-70Sixty-fifth Supplemental Emergency Declaration - Hospital and Community-Based Health Care | Governor Gina M. Raimondo | Rhode IslandState | Sept. 2, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care orders | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-RI-011 | R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-15-15Immunity from liability -- Compensation for death or injury of disaster response workers | Rhode Island General Assembly | Rhode IslandState | July 2, 2025 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyHealth care ordersStanding dutyOperating condition | Primary source read | |
| Ex. RI-069 | 216-RICR-50-15-7 (emergency regulation, original filing)Safe Activities By Covered Entities During the COVID-19 Emergency | Rhode Island Department of Health (Director Nicole Alexander-Scott, M.D.) | Rhode IslandSector regulator | May 8, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. RI-071 | 216-RICR-50-15-7 (emergency amendment effective June 18, 2021)Safe Activities By Covered Entities During the COVID-19 Emergency (final version) | Rhode Island Department of Health | Rhode IslandSector regulator | June 18, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Business closureFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-RI-006 | R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-8-7Violation of quarantine | Rhode Island General Assembly | Rhode IslandState | | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyQuarantine and isolationStanding duty | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-RI-014 | R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-1-25Penalties | Rhode Island General Assembly | Rhode IslandState | | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyStanding duty | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-RI-017 | R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-27-2Food businesses required to comply | Rhode Island General Assembly | Rhode IslandState | | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyStanding dutyOperating condition | Primary source read | |
| Ex. ECO-B-066 | Executive Order 21-87Requiring Masks in Schools | Governor Daniel J. McKee | Rhode IslandState | Aug. 19, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. RI-001 | Executive Order 20-02Declaration of Disaster Emergency | Governor Gina M. Raimondo | Rhode IslandState | Mar. 9, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Emergency declaration | Primary source read | |