2021 -- S 0552

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LC001545

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021

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A N   A C T

FOOD AND DRUGS -- SANITATION IN FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS -- HOME FOOD

MANUFACTURE ACT

     Introduced By: Senators DiMario, Seveney, DiPalma, Euer, Sosnowski, Murray, Cano,
Lawson, Valverde, and Archambault

     Date Introduced: March 04, 2021

     Referred To: Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Legislative purpose. The purpose of this legislation is to:

     (1) Allow for all citizens of Rhode Island to have to opportunity to sell home processed

foods;

     (2) Increase the availability of and satisfy public demand for affordable, fresh, and locally-

produced foods; and

     (3) Foster small businesses and economic growth.

     SECTION 2. Sections 21-27-1 and 21-27-6.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 21-27 entitled

"Sanitation in Food Establishments" are hereby amended to read as follows:

     21-27-1. Definitions.

     Unless otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, the following definitions apply to

this chapter:

     (1) "Approved" means approved by the director.

     (2) "Commissary" means a central processing establishment where food is prepared for

sale or service off the premises or by mobile vendor.

     (3) "Department" means the department of health.

     (4) "Director" means the director of health or the director's duly appointed agents.

     (5) "Farmers market" means a market where two (2) or more farmers are selling produce

exclusively grown on their own farms or home food producers are selling home food products on

a retail basis to consumers. Excluded from this term is any market where farmers or others are

selling produce at wholesale and/or any market in which any individual is selling produce not

grown on his or her own farm.

     (6) "Farm home Home food manufacture" means the production in accordance with the

requirements of § 21-27-6.1 of food for retail sale in a residential kitchen on a farm which produces

agricultural products for human consumption and the operator of which is eligible for exemption

from the sales and use tax in accordance with § 44-18-30(32).

     (7) "Food" means: (i) articles used for food or drink for people or other animals, (ii)

chewing gum, and (iii) articles used for components of any food or drink article.

     (8) "Food business" means and includes any establishment or place, whether fixed or

mobile, where food or ice is held, processed, manufactured, packaged, prepared, displayed, served,

transported, or sold.

     (9) "Food service establishment" means any fixed or mobile restaurant, coffee shop,

cafeteria, short-order cafe, luncheonette, grill, tearoom, sandwich shop, soda fountain, tavern; bar,

cocktail lounge, night club, roadside stand, industrial feeding establishment, cultural heritage

education facility, private, public or nonprofit organization or institution routinely serving food,

catering kitchen, commissary or similar place in which food or drink is prepared for sale or for

service on the premises or elsewhere, and any other eating or drinking establishment or operation

where food is served or provided for the public with or without charge.

     (10) "Mobile food service unit" means a unit that prepares and/or sells food products for

direct consumption.

     (11) "Person" means any individual, firm, co-partnership, association, or private or

municipal corporation.

     (12) "Processor" means one who combines, handles, manufactures or prepares, packages,

and stores food products.

     (13) "Operator" in relation to food vending machines means any person who by contract,

agreement, lease, rental, or ownership sells food from vending machines.

     (14) "Retail" means when eighty percent (80%) or more of sales are made directly to

consumers.

     (15) "Retail peddler" means a food business which sells meat, seafood, and dairy products

directly to the consumer, house to house or in a neighborhood.

     (16) "Roadside farmstand" means a stand or location adjacent to a farm where produce

grown only on that farm is sold at the time of harvest.

     (17) "Vending machine site or location" means the room, enclosure, space, or area where

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one or more vending machines are installed and/or operated.

     (18) "Warehouse" means a place for the storage of dried, fresh, or frozen food or food

products, not including those areas associated within or directly part of a food service establishment

or retail market.

     (19) "Wholesale" means when eighty percent (80%) or more of the business is for resale

purposes.

     (20) "Cultural heritage education facility" means a facility for up to ten (10) individuals

who, for a fee, participate in the preparation and consumption of food, limited to an owner-occupied

site documented to be at least one hundred fifty (150) years old and whose drinking water shall be

obtained from an approved source which meets all of the requirements of chapter 46-13.

     21-27-6.1. Farm home food manufacture Home food manufacture.

     (a) As used in this section, the following words and terms shall have the following

meanings:

     (1) "Cottage food producer" or "producer” means the person who produces a home-based

food product.

     (2) "Delivered" means transferred to the consumer, either immediately upon sale or at a

time thereafter.

     (3) "Department" means the department of health.

     (4) "Home" means a dwelling, including an apartment or other leased space, where a

cottage food producer resides.

     (5) "Home food product" made food item means a food item that is non-potentially

hazardous, prepared in a residential kitchen.

     (6) "Non-potentially hazardous," in relation to food, means food that does not require

time/temperature control for safety to limit pathogenic microorganism growth or toxin formation.

     (7) "Potentially hazardous," in relation to food, means food that requires time/temperature

control for safety to limit pathogenic microorganism growth or toxin formation.

     (b) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this chapter, the department of health shall

permit farm home food manufacture and the sale of the products of farm home food manufacture

at farmers' markets, farmstands, and other markets and stores operated by farmers for the purpose

of the retail sale of the products of Rhode Island farms direct to consumers, including at venues

such as farmers’ markets, public events, roadside stands, or at any location agreed upon by the

producer and consumer, from the home, whether by pickup or delivery, through online venues and

through mail order sales, provided that the requirements of this section are met.

     (1) The farm home food products shall be produced in a kitchen that is on the premises of

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a farm and meets the standards for kitchens as provided for in minimum housing standards, adopted

pursuant to chapter 24.2 of title 45 and the Housing Maintenance and Occupancy Code, adopted

pursuant to chapter 24.3 of title 45, and in addition the kitchen shall:

     (i) Be equipped at minimum with either a two (2) compartment sink or a dishwasher that

reaches one hundred fifty (150) degrees Fahrenheit after the final rinse and drying cycle and a one

compartment sink;

     (ii) Have sufficient area or facilities, such as portable dish tubs and drain boards, for the

proper handling of soiled utensils prior to washing and of cleaned utensils after washing so as not

to interfere with safe food handling; equipment, utensils, and tableware shall be air dried;

     (iii) Have drain boards and food preparation surfaces that shall be of a nonabsorbent,

corrosion resistant material such as stainless steel, formica or other chip resistant, nonpitted surface;

     (iv) Have self-closing doors for bathrooms that open directly into the kitchen;

     (v) If farm the home is on private water supply it must be tested once per year.

     (2) The farm home food products are prepared and produced ready for sale under the

following conditions:

     (i) Pets are kept out of food preparation and food storage areas at all times;

     (ii) Cooking facilities shall not be used for domestic food purposes while farm home food

products are being prepared;

     (iii) Garbage is placed and stored in impervious covered receptacles before it is removed

from the kitchen, which removal shall be at least once each day that the kitchen is used for farm

home food manufacture;

     (iv) Any laundry facilities which may be in the kitchen shall not be used during farm home

food manufacture;

     (v) Recipe(s) for each farm home food product with all the ingredients and quantities listed,

and processing times and procedures, are maintained in the kitchen for review and inspection;

     (vi) List ingredients on product;

     (vii) Label with farm name, (or unique identification number), address and telephone

number.

     (3) Farm home Home food manufacture shall be limited to the production of nonpotentially

hazardous food and foods that do not require refrigeration, including but not limited to:

     (i) Jams, jellies, preserves and acid foods, such as vinegars, that are prepared using fruits,

vegetables and/or herbs that have been grown locally;

     (ii) Double crust pies that are made with fruit grown locally;

     (iii) Yeast breads;

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     (iv) Maple syrup from the sap of trees on the farm at the home of the producer or of trees

within a twenty (20) mile radius of the farm home of the producer;

     (v) Candies and fudges;

     (vi) Dried herbs and spices.;

     (vii) Cakes, cookies, and other baked goods.

     (4) Each farm home kitchen shall be registered with the department of health and shall

require a notarized affidavit of compliance, in any form that the department may require, from the

owner of the farm producer that the requirements of this section have been met and the operation

of the kitchen shall be in conformity with the requirements of this section. A certificate of

registration shall be issued by the department upon the payment of a fee as set forth in § 23-1-54

and the submission of an affidavit of compliance. The certificate of registration shall be valid for

one year after the date of issuance; provided, however, that the certificate may be revoked by the

director at any time for noncompliance with the requirements of the section. The certificate of

registration, with a copy of the affidavit of compliance, shall be kept in the kitchen where the farm

home food manufacture takes place. The director of health shall have the authority to develop and

issue a standard form for the affidavit of compliance to be used by persons applying for a certificate

of registration; the form shall impose no requirements or certifications beyond those set forth in

this section and § 21-27-1(6). No certificates of registration shall be issued by the department prior

to September 1, 2002.

     (5) Income from farm home food manufacture shall not be included in the calculation of

farm income for the purposes of obtaining an exemption from the sales and use tax pursuant to §

44-18-30(32), nor shall any equipment, utensils, or supplies acquired for the purpose of creating or

operating farm home food manufacture be exempt from the sales and use tax as provided for in §

44-18-30(32).

     (6) Upon request by a home food manufacturer, the department shall provide to the

producer a unique identification number that the producer may use on their product label in place

of a home address.

     SECTION 3. Section 23-1-54 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-1 entitled "Department

of Health" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     23-1-54. Fees payable to the department of health.

     Fees payable to the department shall be as follows:

PROFESSION RIGL Section Description of Fee FEE

Barbers/hairdressers 5-10-10(a) Renewal application $25.00

Barbers/hairdressers 5-10-10(a) Renewal application:

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Manicuring Instructors and manicurists $25.00

Barbers/hairdressers 5-10-10(b) Minimum late renewal fee $25.00

Barbers/hairdressers 5-10-10(b) Maximum late renewal fee $100.00

Barbers/hairdressers 5-10-11[c] Application fee $25.00

Barbers/hairdressers 5-10-11[c] Application fee: manicuring

Instructors and manicurists $25.00

Barbers/hairdressers 5-10-13 Demonstrator's permit $90.00

Barbers/hairdressers 5-10-15 Shop license: initial $170.00

Barbers/hairdressers 5-10-15 Shop license: renewal $170.00

Veterinarians 5-25-10 Application fee $40.00

Veterinarians 5-25-11 Examination fee $540.00

Veterinarians 5-25-12(a) Renewal fee $580.00

Veterinarians 5-25-12[c] Late renewal fee $120.00

Podiatrists 5-29-7 Application fee $240.00

Podiatrists 5-29-11 Renewal fee: minimum $240.00

Podiatrists 5-29-11 Renewal fee: maximum $540.00

Podiatrists 5-29-13 Limited registration $65.00

Podiatrists 5-29-14 Limited registration:

Academic faculty $240.00

Podiatrists 5-29-14 Application fee:

Renewal minimum $240.00

Podiatrists 5-29-14 Application fee:

Renewal maximum $440.00

Chiropractors 5-30-6 Examination fee: $210.00

Chiropractors 5-30-7 Examination exemption fee: $210.00

Chiropractors 5-30-8(b) Exam Physiotherapy $210.00

Chiropractors 5-30-8(b) Exam chiro and physiotherapy $210.00

Chiropractors 5-30-12 Renewal fee $210.00

Dentists/dental hygienists 5-31.1-6(d) Dentist: application fee $965.00

Dentists/dental hygienists 5-31.1-6(d) Dental hygienist: application fee $65.00

Dentists/dental hygienists 5-31.1-6(d) Reexamination: dentist $965.00

Dentists/dental hygienists 5-31.1-6(d) Reexamination: hygienist $65.00

Dentists/dental hygienists 5-31.1-21(b) Reinstatement fee dentist $90.00

Dentists/dental hygienists 5-31.1-21(b) Reinstatement fee hygienist $90.00

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Dentists/dental hygienists 5-31.1-21(c) Inactive status: dentist $220.00

Dentists/dental hygienists 5-31.1-21(c) Inactive status: hygienist $40.00

Dentists/dental hygienists 5-31.1-22 Limited registration $65.00

Dentists/dental hygienists 5-31.1-23[c] Limited reg:

Academic faculty $965.00

Dentists/dental hygienists 5-31.1-23[c] Limited reg:

Academic faculty renewal $500.00

Electrolysis 5-32-3 Application fee $25.00

Electrolysis 5-32-6(b) Renewal fee $25.00

Electrolysis 5-32-7 Reciprocal license fee $25.00

Electrolysis 5-32-17 Teaching license $25.00

Funeral directors/embalmers 5-33.2-12 Funeral establishment license $120.00

Funeral services establishments

Funeral directors/embalmers 5-33.2-15 Renewal: funeral/director $90.00

Funeral services establishments embalmer $30.00

Funeral directors/embalmers 5-33.2-12 Funeral branch ofc license $90.00

Funeral directors/embalmers 5-33.2-13.1 Crematories: application fee $120.00

Funeral services establishments

Funeral directors/embalmers 5-33.2-15 Renewal: funeral/director $120.00

Funeral Svcs establishments establishment

Funeral directors/embalmers 5-33.2-15 Additional branch office

Funeral services Establishments licenses $120.00

Funeral directors/embalmers 5-33.2-15 Crematory renewal fee

Funeral svcs establishments $120.00

Funeral directors/embalmers 5-33.2-15 Late renewal fee

Funeral svcs establishments (All license types) $25.00

Funeral directors/embalmers 5-33.2-16(a) Intern registration fee

Funeral Services establishments $25.00

Nurses 5-34-12 RN Application fee $135.00

Nurses 5-34-16 LPN Application fee $45.00

Nurses 5-34-19 Renewal fee: RN $135.00

Nurses 5-34-19 Renewal fee: LPN $45.00

Nurses 5-34-37 RNP application fee $80.00

Nurses 5-34-37 RNP renewal fee $80.00

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Nurses 5-34-37 RNP prescriptive privileges $65.00

Nurses 5-34-40.3 Clin nurse spec application $80.00

Nurses 5-34-40.3 Clin nurse spec renewal $80.00

Nurses 5-34-40.3 Clin nurse spec Rx privilege $65.00

Nurse anesthetists 5-34.2-4(a) CRNA application fee $80.00

Nurse anesthetists 5-34.2-4(b) CRNA renewal fee $80.00

Optometrists 5-35.1-4 Application fee $280.00

Optometrists 5-35.1-7 Renewal fee $280.00

Optometrists 5-35.1-7 Late fee $90.00

Optometrists 5-35.1-7 Reactivation of license fee $65.00

Optometrists 5-35.1-19(b) Violations of section $650.00

Optometrists 5-35.1-20 Violations of chapter $260.00

Opticians 5-35.2-3 Application fee $30.00

Physicians 5-37-2 Application fee $1,090.00

Physicians 5-37-2 Re-examination fee $1,090.00

Physicians 5-37-10(b) Late renewal fee $170.00

Physicians 5-37-16 Limited registration fee $65.00

Physicians 5-37-16.1 Ltd reg: academic faculty $600.00

Physicians 5-37-16.1 Ltd reg: academic Faculty renewal $170.00

Acupuncture 5-37.2-10 Application fee $310.00

Acupuncture 5-37.2-13(4) Acupuncture assistant $310.00

Licensure fee $170.00

Social workers 5-39.1-9 Application fee $70.00

Social workers 5-39.1-9 Renewal fee $70.00

Physical therapists 5-40-8 Application fee $155.00

Physical therapists 5-40-8.1 Application: physical therapy

assistants $50.00

Physical therapists 5-40-10(a) Renewal fee: Physical therapists $155.00

Physical therapists 5-40-10(a) Renewal fee: Physical therapy

assistants $50.00

Physical therapists 5-40-10[c] Late renewals $50.00

Occupational therapists 5-40.1-12(2) Renewal fee $140.00

Occupational therapists 5-40.1-12(5) Late renewal fee $50.00

Occupational therapists 5-40.1-12(b) Reactivation fee $140.00

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Occupational therapists 5-40.1-13 Application fee $140.00

Psychologists 5-44-12 Application fee $230.00

Psychologists 5-44-13 Temporary permit $120.00

Psychologists 5-44-15[c] Renewal fee $230.00

Psychologists 5-44-15(e) Late renewal fee $50.00

Nursing home administrators 5-45-10 Renewal fee $160.00

Speech pathologist/audiologists 5-48-1(14) Speech lang support personnel:

late filing $90.00

Speech pathologist/audiologists 5-48-9(a) Application fee: Audiologist $65.00

Speech pathologist/audiologists 5-48-9(a) Application fee:

Speech Pathologist $145.00

Speech pathologist/audiologists 5-48-9(a) Renewal fee: Audiologist $65.00

Speech pathologist/audiologists 5-48-9(a) Renewal fee: Speech Pathologist $145.00

Speech pathologist/audiologists 5-48-9(a) Provisional license: renewal fee $65.00

Speech pathologist/audiologists 5-48-9(b) Late renewal fee $50.00

Speech pathologist/audiologists 5-48-9(d)(1) Reinstatement fee: audiologist $65.00

Speech pathologist/audiologists 5-48-9(d)(1) Reinstatement fee: audiologist $65.00

speech pathologists $145.00

personnel: late filing $65.00

Hearing aid dealers/fitters 5-49-6(a) License endorsement Examination fee $25.00

Hearing aid dealers/fitters 5-49-8(b) Temporary permit fee $25.00

Hearing aid dealers/fitters 5-49-8(d) Temporary permit renewal fee $35.00

Hearing aid dealers/fitters 5-49-11(a)(1) License fee $25.00

Hearing aid dealers/fitters 5-49-11(b) License renewal fee $25.00

Hearing aid dealers/fitters 5-49-11[c] License renewal late fee $25.00

Physician assistants 5-54-9(4) Application fee $110.00

Physician assistants 5-54-11(b) Renewal fee $110.00

Orthotics/prosthetic practice 5-59.1-5 Application fee $120.00

Orthotics/prosthetic practice 5-59.1-12 Renewal fee $120.00

Athletic trainers 5-60-11 Application fee $60.00

Athletic trainers 5-60-11 Renewal fee $60.00

Athletic trainers 5-60-11 Late renewal fee $25.00

Mental health counselors 5-63.2-16 Application fee: Marriage

Marriage and family therapists Family therapist $130.00

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Mental health counselors 5-63.2-16 Application fee: Mental

Marriage and family therapists Health counselors $70.00

Mental health counselors 5-63.2-16 Reexamination fee:

Marriage and family therapists Marriage/family therapist $130.00

Mental health counselors 5-63.2-16 Reexamination fee:

Marriage and family therapists Mental health counselors $70.00

Mental health counselors 5-63.2-17(a) Renewal fee: Marriage

Marriage and Family therapists Family therapist $130.00

Mental health counselors 5-63.2-17(a) Renewal fee:

Marriage and Family therapist Mental health counselor $50.00

Mental health counselors 5-63.2-17(b) Late renewal fee

Marriage and Family therapist Marriage and family therapist $90.00

Dieticians 5-64-6(b) Application fee $75.00

Dieticians 5-64-7 Graduate status: Application fee: $75.00

Dieticians 5-64-8 Renewal fee $75.00

Dieticians 5-64-8 Reinstatement fee $75.00

Radiologic technologists 5-68.1-10 Application fee maximum $190.00

Licensed chemical dependency 5-69-9 Application fee $75.00

professionals

Licensed chemical dependency 5-69-9 Renewal fee $75.00

professionals

Licensed chemical 5-69-9 Application fee $75.00

Licensed chemical dependency 5-69-9 Application fee $75.00

clinical supervisor

Licensed chemical dependency 5-69-9 Renewal fee $75.00

clinical supervisor

Deaf interpreters 5-71-8(a)(3) License fee maximum $25.00

Deaf interpreters 5-71-8(a)(3) License renewal fee $25.00

Milk producers 21-2-7(g)(1) In-state milk processor $160.00

Milk producers 21-2-7(g)(2) Out-of-state milk processor $160.00

Milk producers 21-2-7(g)(3) Milk distributors $160.00

Frozen desserts 21-9-3(1) In-state wholesale $550.00

Frozen desserts 21-9-3(2) Out-of-state wholesale $160.00

Frozen desserts 21-9-3(3) Retail frozen dess processors $160.00

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Meats 21-11-4 Wholesale $160.00

Meats 21-11-4 Retail $40.00

Shellfish packing houses 21-14-2 License fee: Shipper/reshipper $320.00

Shellfish packing houses 21-14-2 License fee: Shucker packer/repacker $390.00

Non-alcoholic bottled beverages,

drinks & juices 21-23-2 Bottler permit $550.00

Non-alcoholic bottled beverages,

drinks and juices 21-23-2 Bottle apple cider fee $60.00

Farm home Home 21-27-6.1(4)

food manufacturers 21-27-6.1(b)(4) Registration fee $65.00

Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(1) Food processors wholesale $300.00

Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(2) Food processors retail $120.00

Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(3) Food service establishments

50 seats or less $160.00

Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(3) Food service establishments

more than 50 seats $240.00

Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(3) Mobile food service units $100.00

Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(3) Industrial caterer or food vending

Machine commissary $280.00

Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(3) Cultural heritage educational Facility $80.00

Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(4) Vending Machine Location

3 units or less $50.00

Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(4) Vending Machine Location

4-10 units $100.00

Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(4) Vending Machine Location =

11 units $120.00

Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(5) Retail Mkt 1-2 cash registers $120.00

Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(5) Retail Market 3-5 cash registers $240.00

Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(5) Retail Market = 6 Cash registers $510.00

Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(6) Retail food peddler $100.00

Food businesses 21-27-10(e)(7) Food warehouses $190.00

Food businesses 21-27-11.2 Certified food safety mgr $50.00

License verification fee 23-1-16.1 All license types $50.00

Tattoo and body piercing 23-1-39 Annual registration fee: Person $90.00

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Tattoo and body piercing 23-1-39 Annual registration fee: establishment $90.00

Vital records 23-3-25(a)(1) Certificate of birth, fetal death,

death, marriage, birth, or

Certification that such record

Cannot be found $20.00

Vital records 23-3-25(a)(1) Each duplicate of certificate of

birth, fetal death, death,

marriage, birth, or certification

that such record cannot be found $15.00

Vital records 23-3-25(a)(2) Each additional calendar year

Search, if within 3 months of

original search and if receipt of

original search presented $2.00

Vital records 23-3-25(a)(3) Expedited service $7.00

Vital records 23-3-25(a)(4) Adoptions, legitimations, or

Paternity determinations $15.00

Vital records 23-3-25(a)(5) Authorized corrections,

Alterations, and additions $10.00

Vital records 23-3-25(a)(6) Filing of delayed record and

Examination of documentary Proof $20.00

Vital records 23-3-25(a)(6) Issuance of certified copy of a

delayed record $20.00

Medical Examiner 23-4-13 Autopsy reports $40.00

Medical Examiner 23-4-13 Cremation certificates and statistics $30.00

Medical Examiner 23-4-13 Testimony in civil suits:

Minimum/day $650.00

Medical Examiner 23-4-13 Testimony in civil suits:

Maximum/day $3,250.00

Emergency medical technicians 23-4.1-10[c] Annual fee: ambulance

service maximum $540.00

Emergency medical technicians 23-4.1-10[c] Annual fee: vehicle license

maximum $275.00

Emergency medical technicians 23-4.1-10[c] Triennial fee: EMT license

maximum $120.00

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Emergency medical technicians 23-4.1-10(c)(2) Exam fee maximum: EMT $120.00

Emergency medical technicians 23-4.1-10(c)(2) Vehicle inspection maximum $190.00

Clinical laboratories 23-16.2-4(a) Clinical laboratory license per

specialty $650.00

Clinical laboratories 23-16.2-4(a) Laboratory station license $650.00

Clinical laboratories 23-16.2-4(b) Permit fee $70.00

Health care facilities 23-17-38 Hospital: base fee annual $16,900.00

Health care facilities 23-17-38 Hospital: annual per bed fee $120.00

Health care facilities 23-17-38 ESRD: annual fee $3,900.00

Health care facilities 23-17-38 Home nursing care/home

Care providers $650.00

Health care facilities 23-17-38 OACF: annual fee $650.00

Assisted living residences/

administrators 23-17.4-15.2(d) License application fee: $220.00

Assisted living residences/

administrators 23-17.4-15.2(d) License renewal fee: $220.00

Assisted living residences 23-17.4-31 Annual facility fee: base $330.00

Assisted living residences 23-17.4-31 Annual facility per bed $70.00

Nursing assistant registration 23-17.9-3 Application: competency

evaluation training program

maximum $325.00

Nursing assistant registration 23-17.9-5 Application fee $35.00

Nursing assistant registration 23-17.9-5 Exam fee: skills proficiency $170.00

Nursing assistant registration 23-17.9-6 Registration fee $35.00

Nursing assistant registration 23-17.9-7 Renewal fee $35.00

Sanitarians 23-19.3-5(a) Registration fee $25.00

Sanitarians 23-19.3-5(b) Registration renewal $25.00

Massage therapy 23-20.8-3(e) Massage therapist appl fee $65.00

Massage therapy 23-20.8-3(e) Massage therapist renewal fee $65.00

Recreational facilities 23-21-2 Application fee $160.00

Swimming pools 23-22-6 Application license: first pool $250.00

Swimming pools 23-22-6 Additional pool fee at same location $75.00

Swimming pools 23-22-6 Seasonal application license:

first pool $150.00

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Swimming pools 23-22-6 Seasonal additional pool fee at

same location $75.00

Swimming pools 23-22-6 Year-round license for non-profit $25.00

Swimming pools 23-22-10 Duplicate license $2.00

Swimming pools 23-22-12 Penalty for violations $50.00

Respiratory care practitioners 23-39-11 Application fee $60.00

Respiratory care practitioners 23-39-11 Renewal fee $60.00

     SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

FOOD AND DRUGS -- SANITATION IN FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS -- HOME FOOD

MANUFACTURE ACT

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     This act would amend the current law that allows farmers to sell produce directly to

consumers by directing the department of health to permit home food manufacture and sales direct

to consumers, provided the standards for kitchens in R I’s minimum housing standard laws and

housing maintenance and occupancy codes are met in addition to a specified list of requirements

and standards.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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