The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Rhode Island
- Level
- State
- Authority
- R.I. Gen. Laws tit. 21, ch. 27
- Effective
- standing
- End
- standing (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Standing (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Standing dutyOperating condition
- Addressees
- specified businesses: every food business
- Character
- sanitary code duty
- Collection
- Standing duties: Rhode Island DUT-RI
Operative words
No person shall operate any food business within this state except in compliance with the provisions of this chapter and the regulations adopted in accordance with this chapter.
Penalty
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-27-9 (read, not saved); notice to cease business under § 21-27-5 (Ex. DUT-RI-016); confiscation under § 21-27-4
What it required
Operating a food business is lawful only 'in compliance with... the regulations adopted in accordance with this chapter'; compliance with RIDOH's sanitary rules is the condition of operating at all.
Retrieval note§ 23-1-18(5) (Ex. DUT-RI-003) authorizes 'Minimum standards with respect to the maintenance and operation of food businesses' as sanitary rules of the Department of Health.