§ 23-16.2-1 Declaration
§ 23-16.2-2 Definitions
§ 23-16.2-3 Application of law – Exceptions
§ 23-16.2-4 License required for clinical laboratories – Term of license – Application – Fee
§ 23-16.2-4.1 Certificate required for analytical laboratories – Term of certificate – Fee
§ 23-16.2-5 Establishment of rules and regulations – Hearing – Notice
§ 23-16.2-5.1 Payment for services rendered by clinical laboratories – Commissions, rebates, and fees – Use of laboratory’s name
§ 23-16.2-6 Issuance or denial of license
§ 23-16.2-7 Suspension and revocation of license
§ 23-16.2-8 Judicial review of license action
§ 23-16.2-9 Access and inspection powers
§ 23-16.2-10 Prohibition of transmission of material to unlicensed laboratory
§ 23-16.2-13 Violation of this chapter
§ 23-16.2-14 Enforcement
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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 23-16.2 - Laboratories

  • Analytical laboratory: means a facility for the biological, microbiological, chemical, physical, and radiochemical examination of potable water, nonpotable water or other environmental matrices. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-16.2-2
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Certification: means the determination by the department of health that an analytical laboratory is capable of performing specific tests or analyses of environmental samples in accordance with the requirements of the regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-16.2-2
  • Clinical laboratory: means a facility for the biological, microbiological, serological, chemical, immunohematological, hematological, radiobioassay, cytological, pathological, or other examination of materials derived from the human body for the purposes of providing information for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of any disease or impairment of or the assessment of the health of human beings. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-16.2-2
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Director: means the director of the department of health. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-16.2-2
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • Persons: means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, or joint stock association. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-16.2-2
  • Station: means a facility for the collection, processing, and transmission of the materials described in subdivisions (1) and (2) for the purposes described in subdivisions (1) and (2). See Rhode Island General Laws 23-16.2-2
  • United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8