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R.I. Gen. Laws § 40.1-27-1. Definitions
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(a) “Abuse” means: (1) Any assault as defined in chapter 5 of title 11; (2) Any assault as defined in chapter 37 of title 11; (3) Any offense under chapter 10 of title 11; (4) Any conduct that harms or is likely to physically harm the participant except where the conduct is a par…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 40.1-27-10. Penalties for acts of abuse or neglect
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(a) Any person who knowingly abuses, mistreats, or neglects a participant, or commits any acts of abuse, mistreatment, or neglect as those terms are defined by § 40.1-27-1(a)(1), (2), (3), or (4), shall be fined not more than three thousand dollars ($3,000) or imprisoned not more…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 40.1-27-2. Duty to report
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(a) Any person within the scope of his or her employment at a program or in his or her professional capacity who has knowledge of, or reasonable cause to believe, that a participant in a program has been abused, mistreated, or neglected shall make, within twenty-four (24) hours o…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 40.1-27-3. Duties of the director of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals
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The director of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals, or his or her designee shall: (1) Notify the attorney general, or his or her designee, the chair of the program’s human rights committee forthwith upon receipt of an oral or written…
