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2010 Rhode Island Code
Title 23 Health and Safety
CHAPTER 23-9 Quarantine of Vessels
- § 23-9-1 Appointment of seaport health officers Duties and compensation.
- § 23-9-2 Publication of city or town quarantine regulations.
- § 23-9-3 Places from which vessels arriving are subject to quarantine.
- § 23-9-4 Designation of time and place of quarantine.
- § 23-9-5 Sentinel to order ships into quarantine.
- § 23-9-6 Penalty for refusal to anchor in quarantine.
- § 23-9-7 Council order to anchor in quarantine.
- § 23-9-8 Unauthorized departure from vessel under quarantine.
- § 23-9-9 Quarantine of vessels bound for Providence.
- § 23-9-10 Enforcement by sheriffs, sergeants, and constables.
- § 23-9-11 Disposition of fines.
- § 23-9-12 Federal quarantine system superseding Providence regulations.
- § 23-9-13 Repealed.
- § 23-9-14 Hoisting of quarantine colors.
- § 23-9-15 Unauthorized departure from infected vessel.
- § 23-9-16 Examination of vessel Guards to prevent unauthorized communication.
- § 23-9-17 Confinement or removal of persons on board.
- § 23-9-18 Disinfection of imported goods.
- § 23-9-19 Certification and delivery of disinfected goods Expense of disinfection.
- § 23-9-20 Delivery of goods not infected Cleansing or destruction of infected goods.
- § 23-9-21 Forfeiture of unlawfully imported goods.
- § 23-9-22 Settlement of wages and charges.
- § 23-9-23 Action for recovery of expenses.
- § 23-9-24 Waters under concurrent jurisdiction of Newport.
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