Rhode Island § 23-26-27 § 23-26-27. Penalty for violations.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 23-26-27 — § 23-26-27. Penalty for violations.

Rhode Island § 23-26-27

Title 23Health and Safety

Ch. 23-26Bedding and Upholstered Furniture

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-26-27 (2026).

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§ 23-26-27. Penalty for violations.
Any person who:
(1) Makes, remakes, renovates, sterilizes, prepares, sells, or offers for sale, exchange,
            or lease any article of bedding as defined by § 23-26-1, not properly tagged as required by this chapter; or
         
(2) Uses in the making, remaking, renovating, or preparing of the article of bedding or
            in preparing cotton or other material therefor that has been used as a mattress, pillow,
            or bedding in any public or private hospital, or that has been used by or about any
            person having an infectious or contagious disease, and that after such use has no

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§ 23-26-27. Penalty for violations.

Any person who:

(1) Makes, remakes, renovates, sterilizes, prepares, sells, or offers for sale, exchange, or lease any article of bedding as defined by § 23-26-1, not properly tagged as required by this chapter; or

(2) Uses in the making, remaking, renovating, or preparing of the article of bedding or in preparing cotton or other material therefor that has been used as a mattress, pillow, or bedding in any public or private hospital, or that has been used by or about any person having an infectious or contagious disease, and that after such use has not been sterilized and approved for use, by the director of business regulation; or

(3) Counterfeits or imitates any stamp or registration issued under this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months or both.

(4) Any person or entity who or that violates the provisions of § 23-26-3.1 shall be civilly fined not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the first violation and up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each subsequent violation.

Legislative History

P.L. 1940, ch. 820, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 23-26-27; P.L. 2017, ch. 380, § 2; P.L. 2017, ch. 381, § 2; P.L. 2022, ch. 231, art. 3, § 9, effective June 27, 2022.