Title 21, Title 21 and Drugs

The certification of a narcotic addict to the care and custody of the department pursuant to §§ 21-28.2-3 — 21-28.2-11, or the transfer of the narcotic addict pursuant to § 21-28.2-12, shall not forfeit or abridge any of the rights of the narcotic addict as a citizen of the Unite…

Nothing in this chapter shall deprive any narcotic addict of the right to the jurisdiction of the family court, provided that if the family court in accordance with the procedures as set out in this chapter determines that any person is a narcotic addict the court shall certify t…

A party aggrieved by a final order of a court entered in a proceeding brought under this chapter may appeal that order to the supreme court in accordance with the procedures contained in the rules of appellate procedure of the supreme court.

The provisions of this chapter shall not be applicable with respect to any person against whom there is pending a criminal charge, whether by indictment or by information, which has not been fully determined or who is on probation or whose sentence following conviction on that ch…

Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, no narcotic addict shall be certified to the care and custody of the department unless the department consents to the certification and facilities are available.

(a) The department shall establish regulations and standards for custody, release, aftercare, and aftercare supervision of narcotic addicts who have been certified to its care and custody pursuant to any provision of this chapter. (b) A person who has been certified to the care a…

Any other provisions of this article notwithstanding, a narcotic addict certified to the care and custody of the department may be discharged from that care and custody in order to serve another certification, commitment, or sentence, provided the period of the other certificatio…

The department shall establish and conduct programs of care and supervision for narcotic addicts into which narcotic addicts who have completed a prescribed course of inpatient treatment may be placed upon the department’s determination that the narcotic addict will benefit by su…

The department shall make any rules and regulations respecting the care and treatment of patients and persons referred to the department’s care and the management of the department’s affairs as are deemed necessary to carry out the expressed purposes of this chapter.

(a) No narcotic addict certified to the care and custody of the department shall be assigned or transferred to or retained by any person, association, or corporation operating a facility for the care, treatment, or rehabilitation of narcotic addicts, or providing organized servic…

The general assembly shall annually appropriate a sum that it may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

The provisions of this chapter are severable, and if any of its provisions shall be held unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of that court shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions.

A justice of the family court or a judge of the district court may certify a narcotic addict to the care and custody of the department in the following manner: (1) Except as provided in this section, whenever any narcotic addict desires to obtain treatment for his or her addictio…

The department shall designate facilities and physicians and establish procedures for the conduct of medical examinations pursuant to this chapter. In all these cases the department shall designate two (2) qualified physicians to examine the patient. The department shall provide …

The court shall promptly advise the alleged narcotic addict that the petition and the report of the medical examination set forth reasonable grounds to believe that the person is a narcotic addict, shall give him or her a copy of the report, and explain that if the court finds hi…

When no application is made for a hearing before the court or a jury trial by or on behalf of the alleged narcotic addict, the court shall, if satisfied that the person is a narcotic addict, immediately issue an order certifying the person to the care and custody of the departmen…

Upon demand by the alleged narcotic addict or anyone on his or her behalf, the court shall, or it may upon its own motion, issue an order directing the hearing of the application before the court unless the alleged addict requests a hearing before a jury. If the proceeding is in …

(a) The period of commitment to the department shall be a period of unspecified duration which shall commence and terminate as provided in subsection (b) of this section and the court shall not fix the minimum or maximum length of the period. (b) The period shall commence on the …

Unless the alleged narcotic addict requests, all proceedings under this chapter shall be private and shall be conducted in closed sessions. The petition, the report of the medical examination, the order directing a hearing before the court or a jury trial, if one is issued, the d…