The department of health shall take cognizance of the interests of life and health
among the peoples of the state; shall make investigations into the causes of disease,
the prevalence of epidemics and endemics among the people, the sources of mortality,
the effect of localities, employments and all other conditions and circumstances on
the public health, and do all in its power to ascertain the causes and the best means
for the prevention and control of diseases or conditions detrimental to the public
health, and adopt proper and expedient measures to prevent and control diseases and
conditions detrimental to the public health in the state. It shall publish and circulate,
from time to time, information that the director may deem to be important and useful
for diffusion among the people of the state, and shall investigate and give advice
in relation to those subjects relating to public health that may be referred to it
by the general assembly or by the governor when the general assembly is not in session,
or when requested by any city or town. The department shall adopt and promulgate rules
and regulations that it deems necessary, not inconsistent with law, to carry out the
purposes of this section; provided, however, that the department shall not require
all nonprofit volunteer ambulance, rescue service, and volunteer fire departments
to have two (2) or more certified emergency medical technicians manning ambulances
or rescue vehicles.
Notes of Decisions
Rhode Island Cogeneration Assocs. v. City of East Providence, 728 F. Supp. 828 (D.R.I. 1990).
· cites it 2× “The powers and duties of the director of the Department of Health are contained in R.I.Gen.Laws § 23-1-1 et seq. These general statutes give the directors power to set minimum standards for air quality.”
Celona v. Rhode Island Ethics Comm'n, 544 A.2d 582 (R.I. 1988).
· cites it 2× “At the time the amendment was passed and at present two other sections of the town charter, §§ 23-1-1 and 23-1-2 read as follows: “§ 23-1-1.”
Constitutional Right to Life Comm. v. Cannon, 363 A.2d 215 (R.I. 1976).
· cites it 3× “General Laws 1956 (1968 Reenactment) §23-1-1 specifies in pertinent part that the Department of Health, in promulgating its rules, “* * * shall take cognizance of the interests of life ¡and health ¡among the peoples of the state * * The plaintiffs’ appeal rests on their…”
Dr. William Kyros v. Rhode Island Dep't of Health (R.I. 2021).
“” General Laws 1956 § 23-1-1. The Board, and in turn both the Superior Court and this Court, owe a solemn duty to the public to ensure that medical professionals who are licensed to practice medicine in this state are at least minimally competent.”
Dr. William Kyros v. Rhode Island Dep't of Health (R.I. 2021).
“” General Laws 1956 § 23-1-1. The Board, and in turn both the Superior Court and this Court, owe a solemn duty to the public to ensure that medical professionals who are licensed to practice medicine in this state are at least minimally competent.”
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