(a)  The director, upon presenting appropriate credentials to the owner, operator, representative, or agent in charge is authorized:

(1)  To enter without delay and at reasonable times any factory, plant establishment, construction site, or other area, workplace, or environment where work is performed by an employee of an employer; and

(2)  To inspect and investigate during regular working hours and at other reasonable times, and within reasonable limits and in a reasonable manner, that place of employment and all pertinent conditions, structures, machines, apparatus, devices, equipment, and materials in that location, and to question privately any employer, owner, operator, agent, or employee.

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 23-1.1-7

  • Director: means the director of health or his or her duly authorized representative. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-1.1-1
  • Employee: means an individual who is employed by an employer. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-1.1-1
  • Employer: means a person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, receiver, or trustee in bankruptcy having one or more persons in his, her, or its employ, a state agency, or an agency of a political subdivision of the state, or any person acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-1.1-1

(b)  If the director of health shall be denied entry to any place which he or she shall have reason to believe had been, is being, or is about to be used as a place of employment, he or she shall notify the director of labor and training, who shall then proceed in accordance with the provisions of § 28-20-12.

History of Section.
P.L. 1973, ch. 261, § 1.