2019 -- H 5202 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - BEDDING AND UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Casimiro, McNamara, Williams, Vella-Wilkinson, and | |
Date Introduced: January 25, 2019 | |
Referred To: House Health, Education & Welfare | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 23-26 of the General Laws entitled "Bedding and Upholstered |
2 | Furniture" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 23-26-32. Therapeutic beds. |
4 | The department of health is hereby authorized and directed to promulgate rules and |
5 | regulations to provide for clinical oversight of the use of therapeutic beds and therapeutic cribs |
6 | when these beds and cribs are prescribed by a physician for use by a minor. |
7 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - BEDDING AND UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE | |
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1 | This act would direct the department of health to promulgate rules and regulations to |
2 | provide for clinical oversight of the use of therapeutic beds and cribs which are prescribed by a |
3 | physician for use by a minor. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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