§ 40.1-5.3-15. Disclosure of confidential information and records.
Information or records compiled or obtained for the purposes of a person’s health care shall remain confidential and may be disclosed only as required for court proceedings or as provided under the provisions of chapter 5 of this title.
History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 281, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals
Chapter 40.1-5.3 - Incompetency to Stand Trial and Persons Adjudged Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity
Section 40.1-5.3-1. - Facility for incompetent persons and others.
Section 40.1-5.3-2. - Transfers between state-operated hospitals.
Section 40.1-5.3-3. - Competency to stand trial.
Section 40.1-5.3-4. - Commitment of persons acquitted on ground of insanity.
Section 40.1-5.3-5. - Expenses of examination.
Section 40.1-5.3-6. - Examination of persons awaiting trial or convicted and imprisoned for crime.
Section 40.1-5.3-7. - Hearing on petition.
Section 40.1-5.3-8. - Duration of order of transfer — Officer to whom directed.
Section 40.1-5.3-9. - Return to confinement.
Section 40.1-5.3-9.1. - Hearing on petition.
Section 40.1-5.3-10. - Expenses of examination.
Section 40.1-5.3-11. - Liability for expenses of maintenance — Action for collection of expenses.
Section 40.1-5.3-12. - Investigation of ability to pay for maintenance.
Section 40.1-5.3-13. - General rights.
Section 40.1-5.3-14. - Right to treatment — Treatment plan.
Section 40.1-5.3-15. - Disclosure of confidential information and records.
Section 40.1-5.3-16. - Disclosure of rights.
Section 40.1-5.3-17. - Penalties for deprivation of rights — Disciplinary action — Duty to report.