Rhode Island Statutes

§ 23-9-15 — § 23-9-15. Unauthorized departure from infected vessel.

Rhode Island § 23-9-15
JurisdictionRhode Island
Title 23Health and Safety
Ch. 23-9Quarantine of Vessels

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-9-15 (2026).

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§ 23-9-15. Unauthorized departure from infected vessel.

If any person shall come on shore from on board a vessel as described in this chapter without first obtaining a license, the city or town council may immediately send that offender back on board that vessel, or confine him or her on shore in a convenient place that appears to the city or town council most effectual to prevent the spreading of any infection; and the offending person shall satisfy and pay all charges that shall arise on the confinement, and shall be fined forty dollars ($40.00).

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Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 94, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 110, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 154, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 256, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 23-9-15; P.L. 2008, ch. 475, § 40.

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