§ 23-1-18. Power to provide rules and regulations in specific areas.
Without limiting the generality of § 23-1-17, the rules and regulations relating to sanitation and health provided for by § 23-1-17 may include:
(1) Provisions fixing responsibilities of owners, operators, and occupants of land or
buildings for the sanitary condition, maintenance, use, and occupancy of the land
and buildings.
(2) Minimum standards with respect to the reporting of any disease and the quarantine
of persons affected by that disease.
(3) Minimum standards and conditions for the location, construction, and sanitary quality
of all drinking water supplies.
(4) Minimum standards for facilities and sanitary conditions for schools and the health
care for school children.
(5) Minimum standards with respect to the maintenance and operation of food businesses.
(6) Minimum standards of air quality consistent with human health.
(7) Minimum standards consistent with human health for the quality of the waters of the
state.
(8) Minimum standards consistent with human health for the quality of public drinking
water.
(9) Minimum standards for immunization and testing for communicable diseases, including,
but not limited to, tuberculosis, of employees, children, and students at any child
daycare center, family daycare home, private nursery school, any other regular program
providing educational services to preschool-aged children, public or private school,
college, or university.
(10) Provisions requiring the reporting of immunization status and any other relevant information
that the director determines appropriate for all persons for the purpose of establishing
and maintaining an immunization registry; provided, however, that the information
collected by the department for the immunization registry will only include data elements
nationally endorsed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to meet standards
for immunization information systems, and that all personally identifiable information
obtained pursuant to this section shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 37.3 of title 5 and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-191 (HIPAA), as amended. Any person may opt out of and choose to remove his or her information
from the immunization registry by contacting the department directly by phone or by
submitting a form online that shall be made available on the department's website.
(11) Provisions requiring the reporting of inventories and sales of drugs, devices, and
other products potentially related to the outbreak of disease. All information acquired
under this subsection by the department of health is confidential and not subject
to public access pursuant to chapter 2 of title 38.