Section 23-12.6-1. – Short title.

§ 23-12.6-1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the “Rhode Island Ovarian Cancer Education, Detection, and Prevention Act”. History of Section.P.L. 1999, ch. 246, § 1.

Section 23-12.6-2. – Preamble.

§ 23-12.6-2. Preamble. Ovarian cancer is a dangerous threat to the female population in the state as one in every fifty-five (55) women is stricken with the disease; three quarters (¾) of ovarian cancer cases are diagnosed after the disease has reached advanced stages (3rd or 4th stage) and fifty percent (50%) of women die […]

Section 23-12.6-3. – Public policy goals — Department of health.

§ 23-12.6-3. Public policy goals — Department of health. The department of health, through the Rhode Island Cancer Council, is authorized and mandated to achieve and implement the following public health policy goals as they relate to ovarian cancer in Rhode Island: (1) The department of health, through the Rhode Island Cancer Council, is mandated […]