Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 9-19 - Evidence
Section 9-19-21. - Prima facie validity of federal findings and certified copies.

§ 9-19-21. Prima facie validity of federal findings and certified copies.
For the purposes of §§ 9-19-19 and 9-19-20, any finding, report, or record, or duly certified copy thereof, purporting to have been signed by such an officer or employee of the United States as is described in those sections, shall prima facie be deemed to have been signed and issued by such an officer or employee pursuant to law, and the person signing the report or record shall prima facie be deemed to have acted within the scope of his or her authority. If a copy purports to have been certified by a person authorized by law to certify the report or record, the certified copy shall be prima facie evidence of his or her authority so to certify.
History of Section.P.L. 1946, ch. 1709, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 9-19-21.

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Rhode Island General Laws

Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally

Chapter 9-19 - Evidence

Section 9-19-1, 9-19-2. - Repealed.

Section 9-19-3. - Judicial notice of law of other states.

Section 9-19-4. - Information as to foreign law.

Section 9-19-5. - Determination made by court — Review.

Section 9-19-6. - Evidence of foreign law.

Section 9-19-7. - Law of foreign countries.

Section 9-19-8. - Uniformity of construction.

Section 9-19-9. - Repealed.

Section 9-19-10. - Entries and memoranda of decedent introduced for successor in title to decedent.

Section 9-19-11. - Repealed.

Section 9-19-12. - Statements and releases by patients in personal injury cases.

Section 9-19-12.1. - Releases for personal injuries.

Section 9-19-13, 9-19-14. - Repealed.

Section 9-19-15. - Stenographic transcripts of testimony in superior court.

Section 9-19-16 - — 9-19-18. Repealed.

Section 9-19-19. - Finding of presumed death under federal Missing Persons Act.

Section 9-19-20. - Other documents under Missing Persons Act.

Section 9-19-21. - Prima facie validity of federal findings and certified copies.

Section 9-19-22. - Severability.

Section 9-19-23, 9-19-24. - Repealed.

Section 9-19-25. - Illegally seized evidence inadmissible.

Section 9-19-26. - Testimony in divorce, separation, and annulment proceedings.

Section 9-19-27. - Evidence of charges for medical and hospital services and for prescriptions and orthopedic appliances — Evidence required from hospital medical records.

Section 9-19-27.1. - Repealed.

Section 9-19-27.2. - Evidence of charges required from hospitals for medical records, hospital services and for prescriptions and orthopedic appliances — Applicable to claims against medical providers.

Section 9-19-28. - Evidence of damage to property.

Section 9-19-29. - Admissibility of records of deceased physicians, dentists and professional engineers.

Section 9-19-30. - Certain statements of fact or opinion admissible in evidence in civil actions for malpractice.

Section 9-19-31. - Written statements or recordings in actions to recover damages for personal injuries.

Section 9-19-32. - Informed consent a preliminary question.

Section 9-19-33. - Res ipsa loquitur in medical malpractice actions.

Section 9-19-34. - Repealed.

Section 9-19-34.1. - Collateral source rule in medical malpractice actions.

Section 9-19-35. - Failure to bill inadmissible in medical malpractice cases.

Section 9-19-36. - Advance payments inadmissible in medical malpractice cases.

Section 9-19-37. - Repealed.

Section 9-19-38. - Proof of life or work life expectancy.

Section 9-19-39. - Use of photostatic copies.

Section 9-19-40. - Records of the division of motor vehicles.

Section 9-19-41. - Expert witnesses in malpractice cases.

Section 9-19-42. - The Rhode Island rules of evidence.

Section 9-19-43. - Report of laboratory test.

Section 9-19-44. - Mediator confidentiality in mediation proceedings.