Section 23-5-1 – — 23-5-4. Repealed.

§ 23-5-1 — 23-5-4. Repealed.

Section 23-5-5. – Reporting of occupational diseases.

§ 23-5-5. Reporting of occupational diseases. Every physician licensed by the department of health attending on or called in to evaluate a patient whom he or she believes to be suffering from an occupational disease or condition identified by the department of health in regulation as a reportable occupational disease shall within thirty (30) days […]

Section 23-5-6, 23-5-7. – Repealed.

§ 23-5-6, 23-5-7. Repealed.

Section 23-5-8. – Reports not evidence.

§ 23-5-8. Reports not evidence. Reports made under § 23-5-5 shall not be evidence of the facts stated in the reports in any action arising out of the disease reported in the reports. History of Section.P.L. 1915, ch. 1226, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 153, § 25; G.L. 1938, ch. 255, § 20; G.L. 1956, […]

Section 23-5-9. – Upon death — Report of infectious disease.

§ 23-5-9. Upon death — Report of infectious disease. (a) As used in this section, “infectious or communicable disease” includes the following: (1) Infectious hepatitis; (2) Tuberculosis; (3) Rabies; (4) Tularemia; (5) Herpes simplex; (6) Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; (7) Viral hemorrhagic fever; (8) Gonorrhea; (9) Syphilis; (10) Burkett’s lymphoma; and (11) Kaposi’s sarcoma. (b) […]