§ 23-8-19. Compliance with quarantine by transportation agencies.
Whenever quarantine is declared, all railroad and steamboat corporations, stage lines, the owners, assignees, officials, and employees of those companies, and all vehicles and modes of conveyance of passengers, baggage, and freight, shall observe and comply with the rules and regulations made by the director of health; and any person knowingly violating any of the rules and regulations of the director shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than fifty dollars ($50.00), or be imprisoned not more than two (2) years.
History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 95, § 14; G.L. 1909, ch. 114, § 14; G.L. 1923, ch. 157, § 14; G.L. 1938, ch. 258, § 14; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 180; G.L. 1956, § 23-8-19.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 23-8 - Quarantine Generally
Section 23-8-1. - Reports of communicable diseases.
Section 23-8-1.1. - Consent to testing and treatment — Reportable — Communicable diseases.
Section 23-8-2. - Authority of the governor to authorize immunization programs.
Section 23-8-4.1. - Power to examine suspected cases — Right of individual to own physician.
Section 23-8-5, 23-8-6. - Repealed.
Section 23-8-7. - Violation of quarantine.
Section 23-8-8 - — 23-8-17. Repealed.
Section 23-8-18. - Proclamation of general quarantine.
Section 23-8-19. - Compliance with quarantine by transportation agencies.
Section 23-8-20. - Expense of quarantine and suppression of disease.