Title 23, Title 23 and Safety

In any administrative, civil, or criminal proceeding in which the status of the license of any facility which is licensed by the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals is in issue, certified copies of relevant documents on file with the depa…

(a) Proof of residence status of patients/residents. For purposes of this chapter, the status of the residence of a patient or resident of a facility as that term is defined by § 23-17.8-1(c) may be proved by the contents of a medical chart or record of a facility in which the pa…

If any provision of this chapter or the application of any provision to any person or circumstances is held invalid or unconstitutional, the invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the i…

(a) Any physician, physician assistant, medical intern, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, nurse’s aide, orderly, certified nursing assistant, medical examiner, dentist, optometrist, optician, chiropractor, podiatrist, coroner, police officer, probation officer, emergenc…

(a) Any person required to make a report as provided by § 23-17.8-2 and who fails to do so, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500). (b) Any person who alters or changes without authorization or destroys or renders u…

Whenever a facility shall receive a report by a person other than a physician or a certified registered nurse practitioner or physician assistant that a patient or resident of the facility has been harmed as a result of abuse, neglect, or mistreatment, the facility shall have the…

(a) Any person who in good faith makes an oral or written report pursuant to § 23-17.8-2, excluding any perpetrator or conspirator of the patient abuse, mistreatment, or neglect, shall have immunity from any liability, civil or criminal, that might be incurred as a result of havi…

(a) A person who alleges a violation of this chapter may bring a civil action for appropriate injunctive relief, damages, or both within three (3) years after the occurrence of the alleged violation of § 23-17.8-4. (b) A facility which discharges, discriminates, or retaliates aga…

Any privilege established by chapter 37.3 of title 5 or any professional code, relating to the exclusion of confidential communications and/or the competency of witnesses, may not be invoked in any civil or criminal action arising out of a report made pursuant to this chapter or …

A notice of the reporting requirements imposed under this chapter, and of the penalty imposed for failure to report, shall be conspicuously posted on each floor of any facility required to be licensed under the provisions of chapter 17 of this title, chapter 17.4 of this title or…

Any facility that fails to post, after written notice, the requirements of this chapter pursuant to § 23-17.8-7 shall be fined not more than five hundred ($500) dollars per day of the occurrence.

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to abrogate, contravene, or diminish the reporting requirements contained in §§ 40-11-3, 40-11-3.1, 40-11-6, 40.1-5-40.1, or 42-66-8.

The directors of the department of health and the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals or their designee shall: (1) Immediately notify the attorney general or his or her designee upon receipt of an oral or written report made pursuant to §…