Rhode Island § 23-1-23 - Department of Health
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§ 23-1-23. Department of Health
R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-1-23
§ 23-1-23. Enforcement of compliance orders.
Whenever a compliance order has become effective, whether automatically where no hearing has been requested, where an immediate compliance order has been issued, or upon decision following a hearing, the director may institute injunction proceedings in the superior court of the state for enforcement of the compliance order and for appropriate temporary relief, and in the proceeding the correctness of a compliance order shall be presumed and the person attacking the order shall bear the burden of proving error in the compliance order, except that the director shall bear the burden of proving in the proceeding the correctness of an immediate compliance order. The remedy provided for in this section shall be cumulative and not exclusive and shall be in addition to remedies relating to the removal or abatement of nuisances or any other remedies provided by law.
History of Section.
P.L. 1966, ch. 109, § 1.
Source: official Rhode Island text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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