Married patient

R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-17.5-16., under Chapter 23-17.5 Rights of Nursing Home Patients.

R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-17.5-16.

If married, patients shall be assured privacy for visits by the spouse; if both are inpatients in the facility, they may share a room unless medically contraindicated per written order of the physician and subject to the availability of accommodations within the facility.