2022 -- S 2613 SUBSTITUTE A AS AMENDED | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN | |
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Introduced By: Senators McCaffrey, Gallo, and Miller | |
Date Introduced: March 10, 2022 | |
Referred To: Senate Health & Human Services | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 11-9-21 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-9 entitled "Children" is |
2 | hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 11-9-21. Prohibition of sale of certain dietary supplements to minors. |
4 | (a) It shall be a misdemeanor for any manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, or other person, to |
5 | sell, transfer, or otherwise furnish any of the following to a person under 18 years of age: |
6 | (1) A dietary supplement containing an ephedrine group alkaloid. |
7 | (2) A dietary supplement containing any of the following: |
8 | (A) Androstanedoil. |
9 | (B) Androstanedione. |
10 | (C) Androstenedione. |
11 | (D) Noradrostenediol. |
12 | (E) Norandrostenedione. |
13 | (F) Dehydroepiandrosterone. |
14 | (b) Dietary supplements, set forth in subsection (a) of this section or dietary supplements |
15 | for weight loss, may only be purchased upon a request made by a customer to the seller. The seller |
16 | shall request valid identification from any individual who attempts to purchase a dietary supplement |
17 | set forth in subsection (a) if that individual reasonably appears to the seller to be under 18 years of |
18 | age. |
19 | (c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), a retail clerk who fails to request identification |
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1 | pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall not be guilty of a misdemeanor, subject to any civil |
2 | penalties, or subject to any disciplinary action or discharge by his or her employer. |
3 | (d) Any retail establishment that sells over-the-counter dietary supplements set forth in |
4 | subsection (a) of this section or dietary supplements for weight loss shall limit access to such |
5 | products in a manner designed to prevent the misuse or abuse of such products. Limited access to |
6 | products may include, but is not limited to, products stored behind checkout counters, aisle shelving |
7 | systems with locked displays, and security devices requiring deactivation before purchase. |
8 | (e) Retail establishments offering for sale dietary supplements set forth in subsection (a) of |
9 | this section shall conspicuously post at each purchase counter a notice communicating that certain |
10 | over-the-counter diet pills, or dietary supplements set forth in subsection (a) of this section are |
11 | known to cause gastrointestinal impairment, tachycardia, hypertension, myocardial infarction, |
12 | stroke, severe liver injury sometimes requiring transplant or leading to death, organ failure, other |
13 | serious injury, and death. |
14 | (f) Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of no more than $2,000. |
15 | 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 CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN | |
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1 | This act would limit the accessibility of over-the-counter dietary supplements to prevent |
2 | the misuse or abuse of such products and provide a conspicuously posted notice at the purchase |
3 | counter of the possible side effects of the supplements. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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