§ 23-24.1-4 — § 23-24.1-4. Exceptions.

Rhode Island § 23-24.1-4

• Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
• Title 23: Health and Safety
• Ch. 23-24.1: Poison Prevention Packaging

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§ 23-24.1-4. Exceptions.

(a) For the purpose of making any household substance which is subject to a standard established under § 23-24.1-3 readily available to persons who are elderly or disabled who are unable to use the substance when packaged in compliance with the standard, the manufacturer or packer may package any household substance, subject to a standard, in packaging of a single size which does not comply with the standard if:

(1) The manufacturer or packer also supplies the substances in packages which comply with the standard; and

(2) The packages of the substance which do not meet the standard bear conspicuous labeling stating: "This package for households without young children�; except that the director may by regulation prescribe a substitute statement to the same effect for packaging too small to accommodate that labeling.

(b) In the case of a household substance which is subject to a standard and which is dispensed pursuant to an order of a physician, dentist, or other licensed medical practitioner authorized to prescribe, that substance may be dispensed in non-complying packages only when directed in that order or when requested by the purchaser.

(c) In the case of a household substance subject to a standard which is packaged under subsection (a) in a non-complying package, if the director determines that the substance is not also being supplied by a manufacturer or packer in popular size packages which comply with that standard, he or she may, after giving the manufacturer or packer an opportunity to comply with the purposes of this chapter, by order require the substance to be packaged by the manufacturer or packer exclusively in special packaging complying with the standard if he or she finds, after opportunity for hearing, that exclusive use of special packaging is necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.

Legislative History

P.L. 1977, ch. 90, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 23-38.2-4; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 83, § 52; P.L. 1999, ch. 130, § 52.