Section 23-24-1. – Short title.
§ 23-24-1. Short title. This chapter may be cited as the “Hazardous Substances Act”. History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 90, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 23-38.1-1; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
Section 23-24-10. – Regulations.
§ 23-24-10. Regulations. The authority to promulgate regulations for the efficient enforcement of this chapter, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, is vested in the consumer protection unit. History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 90, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 23-38.1-10; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
Section 23-24-11. – Examinations and investigations.
§ 23-24-11. Examinations and investigations. (a) The consumer protection unit is authorized to conduct examinations, inspections, and investigations for the purposes of this chapter through its officers and employees or through any health officer or employee of the state duly commissioned by the consumer protection unit as an officer of the consumer protection unit. (b) […]
Section 23-24-12. – Records of intrastate shipment.
§ 23-24-12. Records of intrastate shipment. For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter, carriers engaged in intrastate commerce and persons receiving hazardous substances in intrastate commerce or holding hazardous substances that have been received shall, upon the request of an officer or employee duly designated by the consumer protection unit, permit that […]
Section 23-24-13. – Publicity.
§ 23-24-13. Publicity. (a) The consumer protection unit of the department of attorney general may cause to be published from time to time reports summarizing any judgments, decrees, or court orders which have been rendered under this chapter, including the nature of the charge and the its disposition. (b) The consumer protection unit may also […]
Section 23-24-14. – Repurchase of banned hazardous substances.
§ 23-24-14. Repurchase of banned hazardous substances. (a) In the case of any article or substance sold by its manufacturer, distributor, or dealer which is a banned hazardous substance (whether or not it was a banned hazardous substance at the time of its sale), the article or substance shall, in accordance with regulations of the […]
Section 23-24-15. – Interpretation and severability.
§ 23-24-15. Interpretation and severability. The provisions of this chapter shall be held to be in addition to, and not in substitution for a limitation of, the provisions of any other law. If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of the chapter and […]
Section 23-24-2. – Definitions.
§ 23-24-2. Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter: (1)(i) “Banned hazardous substance” means: (A) Any toy or other article intended for use by children, which is a hazardous substance, or which bears or contains a hazardous substance in a manner as to be susceptible of access by a child to whom the toy or […]
Section 23-24-3. – Regulations declaring hazardous substances and establishing variations and exemptions.
§ 23-24-3. Regulations declaring hazardous substances and establishing variations and exemptions. (a)(1) Whenever in the judgment of the consumer protection unit an action will promote the objectives of this chapter by avoiding or resolving uncertainty as to its application, the consumer protection unit may by regulation declare to be a hazardous substance, for the purposes […]
Section 23-24-4. – Prohibited acts.
§ 23-24-4. Prohibited acts. The following acts and the causing of the acts are prohibited: (1) The introduction or delivery for introduction into intrastate commerce of any misbranded hazardous substance or banned hazardous substance; (2) The alteration, mutilation, destruction, obliteration, or removal of the whole or any part of the label of, or the doing […]
Section 23-24-5. – Penalties.
§ 23-24-5. Penalties. (a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of § 23-24-4 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall on conviction be subject to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or to imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or both; but for offenses committed with […]
Section 23-24-6. – Embargoed articles — Condemnation and destruction.
§ 23-24-6. Embargoed articles — Condemnation and destruction. (a) Whenever the director of the consumer protection unit of the department of attorney general finds or has probable cause to believe that any article is a misbranded hazardous substance or a banned hazardous substance or that it presents an electrical, mechanical, or thermal hazard within the […]
Section 23-24-7. – Hearing before report of criminal violation.
§ 23-24-7. Hearing before report of criminal violation. Before any violation of this chapter is reported by the consumer protection unit to the attorney general for institution of a criminal proceeding, the person against whom the proceeding is contemplated shall be given appropriate notice and an opportunity to present his or her view either orally […]
Section 23-24-8. – Injunctive relief.
§ 23-24-8. Injunctive relief. (a) The superior court shall have jurisdiction, for cause shown and subject to the provisions of rule 65(a) and (b) of the Superior Court Rules of Civil Procedure, to restrain violations of this chapter. (b) In any proceeding for criminal contempt for violation of an injunction or restraining order issued under […]
Section 23-24-9. – Style of enforcement procedures — Subpoenas.
§ 23-24-9. Style of enforcement procedures — Subpoenas. All criminal proceedings and all libel or injunction proceedings for the enforcement, or to restrain violations, of this chapter shall be by and in the name of the state. Subpoenas for witnesses who are required to attend a court of the state in any district or county […]