Rhode Island § 23-5-5 § 23-5-5. Reporting of occupational diseases.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 23-5-5 — § 23-5-5. Reporting of occupational diseases.

Rhode Island § 23-5-5

Title 23Health and Safety

Ch. 23-5Reports of Disease and Disability

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-5-5 (2026).

Text

§ 23-5-5. Reporting of occupational diseases.
Every physician licensed by the department of health attending on or called in to
            evaluate a patient whom he or she believes to be suffering from an occupational disease
            or condition identified by the department of health in regulation as a reportable
            occupational disease shall within thirty (30) days of that attendance or evaluation
            send to the department of health a report, on a form acceptable to the director of
            health, stating:
         
(1) Name, address, and occupation of patient.
         
(2) Name, address, and business of employer

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§ 23-5-5. Reporting of occupational diseases.

Every physician licensed by the department of health attending on or called in to evaluate a patient whom he or she believes to be suffering from an occupational disease or condition identified by the department of health in regulation as a reportable occupational disease shall within thirty (30) days of that attendance or evaluation send to the department of health a report, on a form acceptable to the director of health, stating:

(1) Name, address, and occupation of patient.

(2) Name, address, and business of employer.

(3) Nature of disease.

(4) Any other information that may be reasonably required by the department of health.

Legislative History

P.L. 1915, ch. 1226, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 153, § 23; G.L. 1938, ch. 255, § 18; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 180; G.L. 1956, § 23-5-5; P.L. 1992, ch. 187, § 1.