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Home » US Law » 2022 Rhode Island General Laws » Title 21 - Food and Drugs » Chapter 21-30 - Drugs and Poisons Generally

Section 21-30-1. – Distribution in streets or from house to house prohibited.

§ 21-30-1. Distribution in streets or from house to house prohibited. No person shall, by himself or herself or by his or her servant or agent, sell, distribute, or give away in any street or highway or from house to house any bottle, box, envelope, or package containing any liquid medicine or any pills, powder, […]

Section 21-30-2. – Prosecution of violations.

§ 21-30-2. Prosecution of violations. It shall be the duty of the department of health to prosecute any person, firm, or corporation violating the provisions of § 21-30-1, and the director or any other duly authorized agent of the department making a complaint shall not be required to give surety for the payment of costs. […]

Section 21-30-3. – Labeling of wood alcohol.

§ 21-30-3. Labeling of wood alcohol. Any person who sells, exchanges, or delivers to another person any wood alcohol, sometimes known as methyl alcohol, shall affix to the vessel or container holding the wood alcohol a label bearing the words, “Wood alcohol poison,” printed or written on the vessel or container in letters not less […]

Section 21-30-4. – Sale or possession of wood alcohol with unlawful intent.

§ 21-30-4. Sale or possession of wood alcohol with unlawful intent. Any person who sells, exchanges, or delivers or has in his or her possession with intent to sell, exchange, or deliver any article of food or drink, or any drug, intended for external or internal use, or perfumes or toilet articles, containing any wood […]

Section 21-30-5. – Prosecution of violations.

§ 21-30-5. Prosecution of violations. It shall be the duty of the department of health to prosecute any person, firm, or corporation violating the provisions of §§ 21-30-3 and 21-30-4, and the director of the department, or any duly authorized agent of the director, may make complaint for the violation of those sections, and the […]

Section 21-30-7. – Poisons subject to labeling and registration.

§ 21-30-7. Poisons subject to labeling and registration. The following substances are poisons subject to labeling as provided in § 21-30-6: (1) Arsenic and its preparations. (2) Carbolic acid. (3) Corrosive sublimate. (4) Cotton root and its preparations. (5) Cyanide of potassium. (6) Ergot and its preparations. (7) Hydrocyanic acid. (8) Opium and its preparations, […]

Section 21-30-9. – Adulteration of drugs.

§ 21-30-9. Adulteration of drugs. Every person who shall knowingly adulterate, or cause to be mixed with any foreign or inert substance, any drug or medicinal substance, or any compound medicinal preparation recognized by the pharmacopoeia of the United States or of other countries, as employed in medicinal practice, with the effect of weakening or […]