2013 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 23 - Health and Safety
Chapter 23-9 - Quarantine of Vessels
Section 23-9-4 - Designation of time and place of quarantine.


RI Gen L § 23-9-4 (2013) What's This?

§ 23-9-4 Designation of time and place of quarantine. – The city or town council shall designate the particular place in the harbor, bay, or river adjacent to the city or town where all arriving ships or vessels subject to examination or quarantine shall come to anchor; and shall define the limits of the quarantine ground, and assign the time for which those ships or vessels shall be detained, and where and how unladen.

History of Section.
(G.L. 1896, ch. 95, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 114, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 157, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 258, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 23-9-4.)

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