Title 40.1, Title 40.1 Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals

In addition to any other rights provided by state or federal laws, an applicant, as defined in this chapter, shall be entitled to: (1) Notification in a timely manner regarding his or her application; (2) Receive information regarding the appeal process; (3) Receive information r…

(a) In a manner consistent with the participant’s learning style, every agency shall provide to participants and/or advocates, upon entry into the agency and at the yearly review of the individualized plan information describing the participant rights, the name, address, and phon…

It shall be unlawful for any agency to use prohibited aversive intervention techniques on a person with a developmental disability in the state of Rhode Island. The specific strategies to be prohibited within the context of behavioral treatment interventions include, but are not …

(a) Every agency must establish a written grievance procedure. The grievance procedure shall be presented to every participant or applicant in a manner consistent with the participant’s or applicant’s learning style and be conspicuously posted in each agency. The notice of grieva…

The state shall protect and hold harmless any volunteer member of a human rights committee from financial loss and expense, including legal fees and costs, if any, arising out of any claim, demand, or suit for damages resulting from acts or omissions committed in the discharge of…

Any volunteer member of a human rights committee, acting in good faith and meeting the requirements of this statute, shall have immunity from any liability, civil or criminal, that might be incurred in the performance of his or her duties as a volunteer member of a human rights c…

Any person who willfully withholds from, or denies to, any participant in an agency any of his or her rights as granted in this chapter or who retaliates against a participant who exercises the right to register an alleged violation of rights or on whose behalf a grievance is fil…

A person convicted of any crime under this chapter shall be disqualified from holding any position in any agency licensed by the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals.

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to relieve any state or federal agency from its responsibilities and obligations as set forth in state or federal law.