§ 40.1-2-25. Institutional farms.
The director may set apart for cultivation and other farming purposes any of the land under his or her control, whether or not the land is within the limits of any institution defined as provided in this chapter, and may place that land under the care and control of the officer in charge of the institution within the limits of which the land is situated or to which the land is adjacent, or the department may employ some experienced person to take charge of the cultivation of the whole or part of the land devoted to farming purposes and of the farm stock raised thereon, provided that careful account shall be kept of the product of the farming and each institution shall be credited, as near as may be, with the value of the farm product resulting from the labor of its inmates, and shall be charged with the value of all farm product used for the maintenance of the institution. All farm products shall be disposed of as directed by the director of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals. The director may employ assistance and hire labor as he or she may deem necessary to enable him or her to carry out the provisions of this section and may fix the compensation thereof within the sum appropriated to be expended for that purpose.
History of Section.P.L. 1917, ch. 1470, art. 1, § 18; P.L. 1922, ch. 2230, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 413, art. 1, § 18; G.L. 1938, ch. 50, § 7; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 80; G.L. 1956, § 40-2-25; Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 135.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals
Chapter 40.1-2 - Administration of State Institutions
Section 40.1-2-1. - Definitions.
Section 40.1-2-2. - Rules and regulations.
Section 40.1-2-4. - Disclosure of information about patient’s estate.
Section 40.1-2-6. - Records and reports as to institution residents.
Section 40.1-2-7. - Application of funds deposited to care and treatment of residents.
Section 40.1-2-8. - Notice of balance to credit of deceased or discharged resident.
Section 40.1-2-9. - Payment of balance to general treasurer.
Section 40.1-2-10. - Establishment of right to balance paid to general treasurer.
Section 40.1-2-11. - Abandonment of property of deceased or discharged residents.
Section 40.1-2-12. - Transfer of abandoned property to the general treasurer.
Section 40.1-2-13. - Description of abandoned property transferred.
Section 40.1-2-14. - Sale of abandoned property — Remission of proceeds.
Section 40.1-2-15. - Application of proceeds of sale.
Section 40.1-2-16. - Protection of health of residents.
Section 40.1-2-17. - Resident physicians and dentists.
Section 40.1-2-20. - Records of venereal disease.
Section 40.1-2-21. - Powers as to health of residents.
Section 40.1-2-22. - Religious instructors and services.
Section 40.1-2-24. - Compensation of officers and employees.
Section 40.1-2-25. - Institutional farms.
Section 40.1-2-26. - Supervision of schools in institutions — Qualifications of teachers.
Section 40.1-2-27. - Departmental seal.
Section 40.1-2-28. - Annual report to general assembly.
Section 40.1-2-29. - Prohibition against duplication of keys.
Section 40.1-2-30. - Petitions for appointment of conservator or legal guardian.