§ 11-9-14.1. Compliance with federal statutes and regulations.
The provisions of §§ 11-9-13, 11-9-13.1, 11-9-13.4, 11-9-13.6, 11-9-13.7, 11-9-13.8, 11-9-13.10, 11-9-13.11, and 11-9-13.12 shall be interpreted so as not to be less restrictive than the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. § 387 et seq., including 21 U.S.C. § 387f(d), or than Section 1926 of the federal Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. § 300x-26, or than any regulation promulgated or updated by the United States Food and Drug Administration or the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services arising from the acts; so as to comply with the provisions of the acts and related regulations in regard to prohibiting the sale of tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products to individuals under the age of twenty-one (21) years; and so that the state may maintain qualification for federal funding regarding tobacco, the use and cessation of tobacco, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products. Nothing herein shall prohibit the state from enacting a statute or promulgating a regulation that is more restrictive than any provision of 21 U.S.C. § 387 et seq., or any provision of 42 U.S.C. § 300x-26.
History of Section.P.L. 2021, ch. 204, § 2, effective July 7, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 205, § 2, effective July 7, 2021.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Section 11-9-1. - Exploitation for commercial or immoral purposes.
Section 11-9-1.1. - Child nudity prohibited in publications.
Section 11-9-1.2. - Rebuttable presumption of minority upon testimony of physician.
Section 11-9-1.3. - Child pornography prohibited.
Section 11-9-1.5. - Electronically disseminating indecent material to minors prohibited.
Section 11-9-1.6. - Child erotica prohibited.
Section 11-9-2. - Employment of children for unlawful purposes.
Section 11-9-3. - Seizure and custody of exploited child — Proceedings as against neglected child.
Section 11-9-4. - Contributing to delinquency.
Section 11-9-5. - Cruelty to or neglect of child.
Section 11-9-5.1. - Investigation upon report of cruelty or neglect.
Section 11-9-5.2. - Immunity from liability.
Section 11-9-5.3. - Child abuse — Brendan’s Law.
Section 11-9-5.4. - Child endangerment.
Section 11-9-6. - Proceedings against parents of delinquent children unaffected.
Section 11-9-7. - Children’s Friend and Service excused from costs.
Section 11-9-8. - Appropriations for prevention of cruelty to children.
Section 11-9-9. - Powers of family court.
Section 11-9-10. - Abandonment of refrigerator in place accessible to children.
Section 11-9-11. - Designation of curfew streets.
Section 11-9-12. - Penalty for loitering on curfew street.
Section 11-9-13.1. - Cigarette and tobacco vending machines.
Section 11-9-13.2. - Short title.
Section 11-9-13.3. - Legislative intent — Purpose.
Section 11-9-13.4. - Definitions.
Section 11-9-13.5. - Responsibility for tobacco or health issues.
Section 11-9-13.7. - Signs concerning sales to individuals under age twenty-one (21).
Section 11-9-13.8. - Prohibitions applicable to license holders and their employees and agents.
Section 11-9-13.8.1. - Signs concerning the health effects of tobacco.
Section 11-9-13.9. - Multiple citations prohibited.
Section 11-9-13.12. - Enforcement and penalties — Citation for violation.
Section 11-9-13.13. - Nature and size of penalties.
Section 11-9-13.14. - Notification to the Department of Taxation of fines imposed.
Section 11-9-13.15. - Penalty for operating without a dealer license.
Section 11-9-13.16. - Rules and regulations.
Section 11-9-13.17. - Fines collected.
Section 11-9-13.18. - Prohibition on the sale or distribution of certain excise tax stamps.
Section 11-9-13.19. - Severability.
Section 11-9-13.20. - Packaging of electronic nicotine-delivery system liquid.
Section 11-9-14. - [Repealed.]
Section 11-9-14.1. - Compliance with federal statutes and regulations.
Section 11-9-15. - Tattooing of minors.
Section 11-9-16. - Plastic bags — Labeling.
Section 11-9-17. - Sterilization.
Section 11-9-18. - Care of babies born alive during attempted abortions.
Section 11-9-19. - Sale of spray paint to minors.
Section 11-9-19.1. - Possession of spray paint by a minor.
Section 11-9-20. - Sale of matches.
Section 11-9-21. - Prohibition of sale of certain dietary supplements to minors.