§ 23-21.1-1. Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (1) “Bathing beach” shall mean any area or tract of land, which is used in connection with swimming and/or bathing in any waters of the state except that land contiguous to the Atlantic Ocean provided: (i) It is open to the public […]
§ 23-21.1-2. Licensing. No person shall maintain within this state any bathing beach until that person shall have obtained a license therefore from the department to operate a recreational facility consistent with chapter 21 of this title. History of Section.P.L. 2004, ch. 352, § 1.
§ 23-21.1-3. Enforcement. The department shall enforce the provisions of this chapter and the regulations adopted in accordance with this chapter and prosecute all persons guilty of violation of this chapter or regulations adopted in accordance with it and/or suspend and/or revoke their licenses. In all these prosecutions, the director, shall not be required to […]
§ 23-21.1-4. Obstruction of access to premises. No person shall interfere with or obstruct the entrance of the director to any structure, vessel, vehicle, or other premises or use in the discharge of the director’s official duties in connection with the enforcement of this chapter or the regulations adopted in accordance therewith. History of Section.P.L. […]
§ 23-21.1-5. Rules and regulations. The department is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt and prescribe rules and regulations and from time to time amend, change, and/or repeal such rules and regulations and make such orders and perform such actions as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. History of Section.P.L. 2004, […]
§ 23-21.1-6. Standards. (a) The department shall adopt minimum sanitation standards for pathogens and/or pathogen indicators present in the bathing water, consistent with §§ 23-1-17 and 23-1-18, in order to protect the public from illnesses associated with swimming in contaminated bathing waters. This may include standards for: (b) Pathogens and/or pathogen indicators including, but not […]
§ 23-21.1-7. Bathing water monitoring/management. To minimize the human health risk associated with swimming in contaminated bathing waters; the department shall require all bathing beach operators to test bathing waters adjacent to their bathing beach for pathogens and/or pathogen indicators established under this chapter and authorized regulations, to ensure those waters meet minimum sanitation standards […]
§ 23-21.1-8. Beach closings/openings. The department shall order closed, any bathing beach where it is established that the following or other conditions pose an imminent threat to public health. The bathing beach shall remain closed until the department determines the bathing water no longer poses an unacceptable risk to public health or safety. A bathing […]
§ 23-21.1-9. Exemptions. Beaches that do not meet standards for licensure are exempt from the requirements of this chapter. Exempt beaches include rights of way, public access points, and beaches for which there is no charge for use with a daily user population of fewer than fifty (50) bathers. Beaches currently licensed are not exempt […]
