§ 23-10-1. Report of tubercular cases by state institutions. The superintendent or other person in charge or control of any hospital, school, reformatory, or other institution, deriving the whole or any part of its support from the public funds of the state, having in charge or under its care or custody any person or persons […]
§ 23-10-2. Reports by physicians. Whenever any physician knows that any person under his or her professional care is affected with tuberculosis, he or she shall transmit to the director of the state department of health within seven (7) days, upon blanks provided by the state department of health for that purpose, the name, sex, […]
§ 23-10-3. Prosecution of violations. It shall be the duty of the director of health to report to the prosecuting officers of the different cities and towns in this state any violation of the requirements of §§ 23-10-1 and 23-10-2, and it shall be the duty of the prosecuting officers of the several cities and […]
§ 23-10-4. Register of tubercular cases. It shall be the duty of the state department of health to keep a register of all persons in this state known to be affected with tuberculosis. The state department of health shall have sole, exclusive control of that register and shall not permit its inspection nor disclose any […]
§ 23-10-5. Transmission of reports to local agencies. The state department of health shall be authorized to submit reports of cases of tuberculosis which it receives and has on file in its register to city and town health departments and to other community agencies, voluntary and official, properly organized to receive those reports, capable of […]
§ 23-10-6. Quarantine for treatment of actively or chronically diseased persons. (a) For the purposes of this section, a person has active tuberculosis when: (1) a sputum smear or culture taken from a pulmonary, laryngeal, or other source has tested positive for tuberculosis and the person has not completed an appropriate prescribed course of medication […]
§ 23-10-7. Laboratory culture for tuberculosis. All biological samples or specimens taken from Rhode Island residents for the purpose of performing laboratory culture for tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) or for determining antibiotic sensitivities of cases of tuberculosis, by or under the direction or order of any physician licensed to practice medicine in this state, shall be […]
