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2021 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 11 - Criminal Offenses
Chapter 11-9 - Children
- Section 11-9-1 - Exploitation for commercial or immoral purposes.
- Section 11-9-1.1 - Child nudity prohibited in publications.
- Section 11-9-1.2 - Rebuttable presumption of minority upon testimony of physician.
- Section 11-9-1.3 - Child pornography prohibited.
- Section 11-9-1.4 - Minor electronically disseminating indecent material to another person - "Sexting" prohibited.
- Section 11-9-1.5 - Electronically disseminating indecent material to minors prohibited.
- Section 11-9-2 - Employment of children for unlawful purposes.
- Section 11-9-3 - Seizure and custody of exploited child - Proceedings as against neglected child.
- Section 11-9-4 - Contributing to delinquency.
- Section 11-9-5 - Cruelty to or neglect of child.
- Section 11-9-5.1 - Investigation upon report of cruelty or neglect.
- Section 11-9-5.2 - Immunity from liability.
- Section 11-9-5.3 - Child abuse - Brendan's Law.
- Section 11-9-6 - Proceedings against parents of delinquent children unaffected.
- Section 11-9-7 - Children's Friend and Service excused from costs.
- Section 11-9-8 - Appropriations for prevention of cruelty to children.
- Section 11-9-9 - Powers of family court.
- Section 11-9-10 - Abandonment of refrigerator in place accessible to children.
- Section 11-9-11 - Designation of curfew streets.
- Section 11-9-12 - Penalty for loitering on curfew street.
- Section 11-9-13 - Purchase, sale or delivery of tobacco products to persons under eighteen - Posting notice of law.
- Section 11-9-13.1 - Cigarette and tobacco vending machines.
- Section 11-9-13.2 - Short title.
- Section 11-9-13.3 - Legislative intent - Purpose.
- Section 11-9-13.4 - Definitions.
- Section 11-9-13.5 - Responsibility for tobacco or health issues.
- Section 11-9-13.6 - Duties of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals.
- Section 11-9-13.7 - Signs concerning sales to individuals under age eighteen (18).
- Section 11-9-13.8 - Prohibitions applicable to license holders and their employees and agents.
- Section 11-9-13.8.1 - Signs concerning the health effects of tobacco.
- Section 11-9-13.9 - Multiple citations prohibited.
- Section 11-9-13.10 - Prohibition on the distribution of free tobacco products.
- Section 11-9-13.11 - Prohibition on the sale or distribution of tobacco products through the mail conveyance of tobacco products through the mail to children under eighteen (18) - Proof of age of purchaser required - General rule.
- Section 11-9-13.12 - Enforcement and penalties - Citation for violation.
- Section 11-9-13.13 - Nature and size of penalties.
- Section 11-9-13.14 - Notification to the Department of Taxation of fines imposed.
- Section 11-9-13.15 - Penalty for operating without a dealer license.
- Section 11-9-13.16 - Rules and regulations.
- Section 11-9-13.17 - Fines collected.
- Section 11-9-13.18 - Prohibition on the sale or distribution of certain excise tax stamps.
- Section 11-9-13.19 - Severability.
- Section 11-9-13.20 - Packaging of electronic nicotine-delivery system liquid.
- Section 11-9-14 - Use of tobacco by minors.
- Section 11-9-15 - Tattooing of minors.
- Section 11-9-16 - Plastic bags - Labeling.
- Section 11-9-17 - Sterilization.
- Section 11-9-18 - Care of babies born alive during attempted abortions.
- Section 11-9-19 - Sale of spray paint to minors.
- Section 11-9-19.1 - Possession of spray paint by a minor.
- Section 11-9-20 - Sale of matches.
- Section 11-9-21 - Prohibition of sale of certain dietary supplements to minors.
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