{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-76-3","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-76-3","heading":"Protection of public.","body":"The director of the department of health shall develop and adopt by rule and regulation a plan to protect the public health during a vaccine shortage by:\n(1) Establishing guidelines for physicians, nurses, hospitals, health systems, pharmacies and others that hold vaccines for the distribution and administration of vaccines. The guidelines shall include, but are not limited to, a definition of high-risk groups for priority protection or treatment in the event a vaccine shortage is imminent;\n(2) Implementing rules for imposing a civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) against persons who knowingly violate the guidelines for each repeat violation of the guidelines;\n(3) Mobilizing public and private health resources to assist in vaccine distribution and administration; and\n(4) Notifying health professional regulatory boards and licensing authorities of repeated violations of the guidelines by health professionals regulated by the department of health.","path":["Title 23 Health and Safety","Chapter 76 Vaccine Shortage Protection Act"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE23/23-76/23-76-3.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:57:11Z","sha256":"3c2ec7c09b8c6e835c609bb5f62c7fdc04a7e39f3378af82e05d20d47e7ac03b","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-76-2","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-76-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}