Rhode Island § 23-13-7 - Maternal and Child Health Services for Children with Special Health Care Needs
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§ 23-13-7. Maternal and Child Health Services for Children with Special Health Care Needs
R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-13-7
§ 23-13-7. Investigation of cases — Enforcement of provisions — Publication of information — Reports to attorney general.
It shall be the duty of the department of health to:
(1) Investigate each case of ophthalmia neonatorum;
(2) Enforce the provisions of §§ 23-13-4 — 23-13-8;
(3) Publish and distribute information concerning the dangers and prevention of ophthalmia neonatorum; and
(4) Bring all violations of the law to the attorney general, whether occasioned by the failure of the physician, nurse, midwife, parent, or other person or persons assisting in childbirth or in the care of infants, to report the violations.
History of Section.
G.L. 1909, ch. 343, § 26; P.L. 1914, ch. 1081, § 2; P.L. 1918, ch. 1641, § 2; G.L.
1923, ch. 395, § 26; P.L. 1930, ch. 1590, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 606, § 25; impl. am.
P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 180; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2724, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 23-13-7;
P.L. 1979, ch. 199, § 1.
Source: official Rhode Island text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 23-13-7 ("Maternal and Child Health Services for Children with Special Health Care Needs") is part of the Rhode Island General Laws, the codified statutory law of Rhode Island. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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