{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-76-2","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-76-2","heading":"Determination of need.","body":"Upon a determination by the director of the department of health that there is clear evidence that adverse and avoidable health outcomes from a preventable and acute communicable disease are expected to affect identifiable categories of high-risk individuals throughout Rhode Island and that assistance with the administration of vaccine is warranted due to a vaccine shortage to protect or treat those individuals, the director shall be authorized to implement the provisions contained in this chapter.","path":["Title 23 Health and Safety","Chapter 76 Vaccine Shortage Protection Act"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE23/23-76/23-76-2.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:57:11Z","sha256":"58df1c4bd035d01f9c0f4e17368f22abc8d49be8eb21e93eeb694073b1909e4c","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-76-1","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-76-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}