Rhode Island General Laws
Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals

Section 40.1-1-8. - Federal funds for planning, advocacy, monitoring, evaluation, review, and comment of all state plans regarding individuals with developmental disabilities. - § 40.1-1-8. Federal funds for planning, advocacy, monitoring, evaluation, review,...

Section 40.1-1-8.1. - “Developmental disability” defined. - § 40.1-1-8.1. “Developmental disability” defined. The term “developmental disability” means...

Section 40.1-1-9. - State council on developmental disabilities. - § 40.1-1-9. State council on developmental disabilities. (a) The governor...

Section 40.1-1-10. - Parent deinstitutionalization subsidy aid program. - § 40.1-1-10. Parent deinstitutionalization subsidy aid program. (a) There is...

Section 40.1-1-10.1. - Subsidy aid for parent deinstitutionalization program. - § 40.1-1-10.1. Subsidy aid for parent deinstitutionalization program. (a) Every...

Section 40.1-1-11. - Housing for traumatically brain injured persons. - § 40.1-1-11. Housing for traumatically brain injured persons. The department...

Section 40.1-1-12. - Permanent legislative oversight commission. - § 40.1-1-12. Permanent legislative oversight commission. (a) There is hereby...

Section 40.1-1-13. - Powers and duties of the office. - § 40.1-1-13. Powers and duties of the office. Notwithstanding any...

Section 40.1-1-14. - Transfer determination. - § 40.1-1-14. Transfer determination. (a) The director of administration, with...

Section 40.1-1-15. - Continuity of administrative function. - § 40.1-1-15. Continuity of administrative function. In order to ensure...

Section 40.1-1-16. - Division of substance abuse services — Establishment. - § 40.1-1-16. Division of substance abuse services — Establishment. The...

Section 40.1-1-17. - Law revision. - § 40.1-1-17. Law revision. All general and public laws affected...

Section 40.1-1-18. - Liberal construction. - § 40.1-1-18. Liberal construction. This chapter shall be liberally construed...

Section 40.1-1-19. - Problem gambling — Program. - § 40.1-1-19. Problem gambling — Program. The department of behavioral...

Section 40.1-1-20. - Problem gambling programs. - § 40.1-1-20. Problem gambling programs. (a) The department of behavioral...

Section 40.1-1-21. - Restricted receipts. - § 40.1-1-21. Restricted receipts. There is hereby created a restricted...

Chapter 40.1-1.1 - Cooperation with Federal Government

Section 40.1-1.1-1. - Declaration of policy. - § 40.1-1.1-1. Declaration of policy. It is hereby declared to...

Section 40.1-1.1-2. - Designation of agency to cooperate with federal government. - § 40.1-1.1-2. Designation of agency to cooperate with federal government....

Section 40.1-1.1-3. - Powers of department. - § 40.1-1.1-3. Powers of department. The department of behavioral healthcare,...

Section 40.1-1.1-4. - Receipt and disbursement of federal funds. - § 40.1-1.1-4. Receipt and disbursement of federal funds. The general...

Chapter 40.1-2 - Administration of State Institutions

Section 40.1-2-1. - Definitions. - § 40.1-2-1. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Care...

Section 40.1-2-2. - Rules and regulations. - § 40.1-2-2. Rules and regulations. The department shall adopt, amend,...

Section 40.1-2-3. - Investigation of patient’s estate and eligibility for third-party programs — Billing. - § 40.1-2-3. Investigation of patient’s estate and eligibility for third-party...

Section 40.1-2-4. - Disclosure of information about patient’s estate. - § 40.1-2-4. Disclosure of information about patient’s estate. Any bank...

Section 40.1-2-5. - Duty of patient to pay charges for care and treatment — Court action for collection. - § 40.1-2-5. Duty of patient to pay charges for care...

Section 40.1-2-6. - Records and reports as to institution residents. - § 40.1-2-6. Records and reports as to institution residents. The...

Section 40.1-2-7. - Application of funds deposited to care and treatment of residents. - § 40.1-2-7. Application of funds deposited to care and treatment...

Section 40.1-2-8. - Notice of balance to credit of deceased or discharged resident. - § 40.1-2-8. Notice of balance to credit of deceased or...

Section 40.1-2-9. - Payment of balance to general treasurer. - § 40.1-2-9. Payment of balance to general treasurer. The balance...

Section 40.1-2-10. - Establishment of right to balance paid to general treasurer. - § 40.1-2-10. Establishment of right to balance paid to general...

Section 40.1-2-11. - Abandonment of property of deceased or discharged residents. - § 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. - § 40.1-2-12. Transfer of abandoned property to the general treasurer....

Section 40.1-2-13. - Description of abandoned property transferred. - § 40.1-2-13. Description of abandoned property transferred. The fiscal agent...

Section 40.1-2-14. - Sale of abandoned property — Remission of proceeds. - § 40.1-2-14. Sale of abandoned property — Remission of proceeds....

Section 40.1-2-15. - Application of proceeds of sale. - § 40.1-2-15. Application of proceeds of sale. The proceeds from...

Section 40.1-2-16. - Protection of health of residents. - § 40.1-2-16. Protection of health of residents. In exercising the...

Section 40.1-2-17. - Resident physicians and dentists. - § 40.1-2-17. Resident physicians and dentists. The director of the...

Section 40.1-2-18. - Examination of inmates for contagious disease — Investigation and report of sources. - § 40.1-2-18. Examination of inmates for contagious disease — Investigation...

Section 40.1-2-19. - Treatment and isolation of diseased residents — Detention after time for release. - § 40.1-2-19. Treatment and isolation of diseased residents — Detention...

Section 40.1-2-20. - Records of venereal disease. - § 40.1-2-20. Records of venereal disease. For the statistical purposes...

Section 40.1-2-21. - Powers as to health of residents. - § 40.1-2-21. Powers as to health of residents. In carrying...

Section 40.1-2-22. - Religious instructors and services. - § 40.1-2-22. Religious instructors and services. The director of the...

Section 40.1-2-23. - Tenure of officers — Duties — Time devoted to duty — Sales to state by employees — Bond. - § 40.1-2-23. Tenure of officers — Duties — Time devoted...

Section 40.1-2-24. - Compensation of officers and employees. - § 40.1-2-24. Compensation of officers and employees. The director shall...

Section 40.1-2-25. - Institutional farms. - § 40.1-2-25. Institutional farms. The director may set apart for...

Section 40.1-2-26. - Supervision of schools in institutions — Qualifications of teachers. - § 40.1-2-26. Supervision of schools in institutions — Qualifications of...

Section 40.1-2-27. - Departmental seal. - § 40.1-2-27. Departmental seal. The department shall have a seal...

Section 40.1-2-28. - Annual report to general assembly. - § 40.1-2-28. Annual report to general assembly. (a) The director...

Section 40.1-2-29. - Prohibition against duplication of keys. - § 40.1-2-29. Prohibition against duplication of keys. Every key for...

Section 40.1-2-30. - Petitions for appointment of conservator or legal guardian. - § 40.1-2-30. Petitions for appointment of conservator or legal guardian....

Chapter 40.1-3 - Curative Services

Section 40.1-3-1. - Duties assumed by department. - § 40.1-3-1. Duties assumed by department. The department of behavioral...

Section 40.1-3-2. - Offices. - § 40.1-3-2. Offices. The department of administration shall furnish the...

Section 40.1-3-3. - Sanatorium known as Zambarano Memorial Unit. - § 40.1-3-3. Sanatorium known as Zambarano Memorial Unit. In tribute...

Section 40.1-3-4. - Care of Zambarano hospital property. - § 40.1-3-4. Care of Zambarano hospital property. The hospital land,...

Section 40.1-3-5. - Physicians and employees of Zambarano hospital. - § 40.1-3-5. Physicians and employees of Zambarano hospital. The director...

Section 40.1-3-6. - Support of Zambarano hospital patients. - § 40.1-3-6. Support of Zambarano hospital patients. The charge for...

Section 40.1-3-7. - Rules and regulations for Eleanor Slater hospital. - § 40.1-3-7. Rules and regulations for Eleanor Slater hospital. The...

Section 40.1-3-7.1. - Rules and regulations for the Rhode Island state psychiatric hospital. - § 40.1-3-7.1. Rules and regulations for the Rhode Island state...

Section 40.1-3-7.2. - Residency within state not required for employees of Zambarano Hospital. - § 40.1-3-7.2. Residency within state not required for employees of...

Section 40.1-3-8. - [Repealed.] - § 40.1-3-8. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1917, ch. 1470, art....

Section 40.1-3-8.1 - — 40.1-3-8.3. [Repealed.] - § 40.1-3-8.1 — 40.1-3-8.3. [Repealed.]

Section 40.1-3-9. - Staff and employees of the Eleanor Slater hospital and of the Rhode Island state psychiatric hospital. - § 40.1-3-9. Staff and employees of the Eleanor Slater hospital...

Section 40.1-3-10 - — 40.1-3-13. [Repealed.] - § 40.1-3-10 — 40.1-3-13. [Repealed.]

Section 40.1-3-14. - Policy as to reimbursement of private hospitals. - § 40.1-3-14. Policy as to reimbursement of private hospitals. It...

Section 40.1-3-15. - Discrimination against osteopaths and optometrists. - § 40.1-3-15. Discrimination against osteopaths and optometrists. There shall be...

Section 40.1-3-16. - Vigneron memorial fund grant account. - § 40.1-3-16. Vigneron memorial fund grant account. (a) There is...

Chapter 40.1-4 - Alcoholism

Section 40.1-4-1 - — 40.1-4-4. [Renumbered.] - § 40.1-4-1 — 40.1-4-4. [Renumbered.]

Section 40.1-4-5, 40.1-4-5.1. - [Repealed.] - § 40.1-4-5, 40.1-4-5.1. [Repealed.]

Section 40.1-4-6 - — 40.1-4-19. [Renumbered.] - § 40.1-4-6 — 40.1-4-19. [Renumbered.]

Chapter 40.1-4.1 - Emergency Commitment for Drug Intoxication [Repealed.]

Section 40.1-4.1-1 - — 40.1-4.1-6. [Repealed.] - § 40.1-4.1-1 — 40.1-4.1-6. [Repealed.]

Chapter 40.1-5 - Mental Health Law

Section 40.1-5-1. - Short title. - § 40.1-5-1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as...

Section 40.1-5-2. - Definitions. - § 40.1-5-2. Definitions. Whenever used in this chapter, or in...

Section 40.1-5-3. - General powers and duties of state department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals. - § 40.1-5-3. General powers and duties of state department of...

Section 40.1-5-4. - Delegation of authority by director. - § 40.1-5-4. Delegation of authority by director. Unless otherwise herein...

Section 40.1-5-5. - Admission of patients generally — Rights of patients — Patients’ records — Competence of patients. - § 40.1-5-5. Admission of patients generally — Rights of patients...

Section 40.1-5-6. - Voluntary admission. - § 40.1-5-6. Voluntary admission. (a)(1) General. Any individual of lawful...

Section 40.1-5-7. - Emergency certification. - § 40.1-5-7. Emergency certification. (a) Applicants. (1) Any physician who,...

Section 40.1-5-7.1. - Emergency transportation by police. - § 40.1-5-7.1. Emergency transportation by police. (a) Any police officer...

Section 40.1-5-8. - Civil court certification. - § 40.1-5-8. Civil court certification. (a) Petitions. A verified petition...

Section 40.1-5-9. - Right to treatment — Treatment plan. - § 40.1-5-9. Right to treatment — Treatment plan. (a) Any...

Section 40.1-5-10. - Periodic institutional review proceedings. - § 40.1-5-10. Periodic institutional review proceedings. (a) In general. Each...

Section 40.1-5-11. - Discharge — Recertification. - § 40.1-5-11. Discharge — Recertification. (a) The official in charge...

Section 40.1-5-12. - Habeas corpus and other remedies. - § 40.1-5-12. Habeas corpus and other remedies. Nothing in this...

Section 40.1-5-13. - Mental health advocate. - § 40.1-5-13. Mental health advocate. There is hereby created the...

Section 40.1-5-14. - Appointment and term of office of mental health advocate. - § 40.1-5-14. Appointment and term of office of mental health...

Section 40.1-5-15. - Staff of mental health advocate. - § 40.1-5-15. Staff of mental health advocate. The mental health...

Section 40.1-5-16. - Appropriations. - § 40.1-5-16. Appropriations. The general assembly shall annually appropriate such...

Section 40.1-5-17. - Assistance of indigent persons. - § 40.1-5-17. Assistance of indigent persons. If the mental health...

Section 40.1-5-18. - Confidentiality of information received. - § 40.1-5-18. Confidentiality of information received. The mental health advocate,...

Section 40.1-5-19. - False statements and representations. - § 40.1-5-19. False statements and representations. Whoever knowingly makes a...

Section 40.1-5-20. - Exemption from court fees or charges. - § 40.1-5-20. Exemption from court fees or charges. Any client...

Section 40.1-5-21. - Annual report. - § 40.1-5-21. Annual report. The mental health advocate shall annually...

Section 40.1-5-22. - Duties of the mental health advocate. - § 40.1-5-22. Duties of the mental health advocate. The mental...

Section 40.1-5-23. - Access to information. - § 40.1-5-23. Access to information. The mental health advocate shall...

Section 40.1-5-24. - Rights and powers of mental health advocate. - § 40.1-5-24. Rights and powers of mental health advocate. The...

Section 40.1-5-24.1. - Powers to accept grants and bequests. - § 40.1-5-24.1. Powers to accept grants and bequests. The mental...

Section 40.1-5-25. - Use of confidential information. - § 40.1-5-25. Use of confidential information. Personnel of the mental...

Section 40.1-5-26. - Disclosure of confidential information and records. - § 40.1-5-26. Disclosure of confidential information and records. (a) The...

Section 40.1-5-27. - Release of information to patient’s family. - § 40.1-5-27. Release of information to patient’s family. Nothing in...

Section 40.1-5-27.1. - Disclosure by mental health professional. - § 40.1-5-27.1. Disclosure by mental health professional. (a) Notwithstanding §§...

Section 40.1-5-28. - Notice of disappearance of patient. - § 40.1-5-28. Notice of disappearance of patient. When disclosure is...

Section 40.1-5-29. - Record of disclosure. - § 40.1-5-29. Record of disclosure. When any disclosure of information...

Section 40.1-5-30. - Statistical data. - § 40.1-5-30. Statistical data. Nothing in this chapter shall be...

Section 40.1-5-31. - Maintenance of facilities. - § 40.1-5-31. Maintenance of facilities. Facilities under the jurisdiction, supervision,...

Section 40.1-5-32. - Transfer of patients. - § 40.1-5-32. Transfer of patients. (a) No transfer of a...

Section 40.1-5-33. - Payment for care and treatment. - § 40.1-5-33. Payment for care and treatment. For the purposes...

Section 40.1-5-34. - Exclusiveness of this chapter. - § 40.1-5-34. Exclusiveness of this chapter. Where under any provision...

Section 40.1-5-35. - Support of poor or indigent patients. - § 40.1-5-35. Support of poor or indigent patients. The director...

Section 40.1-5-36. - Guardians ad litem. - § 40.1-5-36. Guardians ad litem. (a) At any hearing hereunder...

Section 40.1-5-37. - Service of process on patients. - § 40.1-5-37. Service of process on patients. No civil process...

Section 40.1-5-38. - Conspiracy to admit person improperly. - § 40.1-5-38. Conspiracy to admit person improperly. Any person who...

Section 40.1-5-39. - Deprivation of rights of persons admitted to facilities. - § 40.1-5-39. Deprivation of rights of persons admitted to facilities....

Section 40.1-5-40. - Disciplinary action against employees of facilities. - § 40.1-5-40. Disciplinary action against employees of facilities. Any employee...

Section 40.1-5-40.1. - Duty to report. - § 40.1-5-40.1. Duty to report. Any employee who has reasonable...

Section 40.1-5-40.2. - Immunity from liability for reporting patient abuse. - § 40.1-5-40.2. Immunity from liability for reporting patient abuse. Any...

Section 40.1-5-41. - Immunity of physicians and surgeons from liability. - § 40.1-5-41. Immunity of physicians and surgeons from liability. Nothing...

Section 40.1-5-42. - Severability. - § 40.1-5-42. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or...

Section 40.1-5-43. - Applicability to acts done, rights accruing, orders, or admissions prior to January 1, 1975. - § 40.1-5-43. Applicability to acts done, rights accruing, orders, or...

Chapter 40.1-5.1 - Commitment of Insane Persons [Repealed.]

Section 40.1-5.1-1 - — 40.1-5.1-19. [Repealed.] - § 40.1-5.1-1 — 40.1-5.1-19. [Repealed.]

Chapter 40.1-5.2 - Care and Treatment [Repealed.]

Section 40.1-5.2-1 - — 40.1-5.2-30. [Repealed.] - § 40.1-5.2-1 — 40.1-5.2-30. [Repealed.]

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. - § 40.1-5.3-1. Facility for incompetent persons and others. (a) The...

Section 40.1-5.3-2. - Transfers between state-operated hospitals. - § 40.1-5.3-2. Transfers between state-operated hospitals. Whenever any person committed,...

Section 40.1-5.3-3. - Competency to stand trial. - § 40.1-5.3-3. Competency to stand trial. (a) Definitions. As used...

Section 40.1-5.3-4. - Commitment of persons acquitted on ground of insanity. - § 40.1-5.3-4. Commitment of persons acquitted on ground of insanity....

Section 40.1-5.3-5. - Expenses of examination. - § 40.1-5.3-5. Expenses of examination. All necessary expenses of an...

Section 40.1-5.3-6. - Examination of persons awaiting trial or convicted and imprisoned for crime. - § 40.1-5.3-6. Examination of persons awaiting trial or convicted and...

Section 40.1-5.3-7. - Hearing on petition. - § 40.1-5.3-7. Hearing on petition. (a) Upon receipt of the...

Section 40.1-5.3-8. - Duration of order of transfer — Officer to whom directed. - § 40.1-5.3-8. Duration of order of transfer — Officer to...

Section 40.1-5.3-9. - Return to confinement. - § 40.1-5.3-9. Return to confinement. When any person transferred pursuant...

Section 40.1-5.3-9.1. - Hearing on petition. - § 40.1-5.3-9.1. Hearing on petition. (a) Upon receipt of the...

Section 40.1-5.3-10. - Expenses of examination. - § 40.1-5.3-10. Expenses of examination. All the necessary expenses of...

Section 40.1-5.3-11. - Liability for expenses of maintenance — Action for collection of expenses. - § 40.1-5.3-11. Liability for expenses of maintenance — Action for...

Section 40.1-5.3-12. - Investigation of ability to pay for maintenance. - § 40.1-5.3-12. Investigation of ability to pay for maintenance. It...

Section 40.1-5.3-13. - General rights. - § 40.1-5.3-13. General rights. (a) Every person committed for care...

Section 40.1-5.3-14. - Right to treatment — Treatment plan. - § 40.1-5.3-14. Right to treatment — Treatment plan. Any person...

Section 40.1-5.3-15. - Disclosure of confidential information and records. - § 40.1-5.3-15. Disclosure of confidential information and records. Information or...

Section 40.1-5.3-16. - Disclosure of rights. - § 40.1-5.3-16. Disclosure of rights. A person committed to a...

Section 40.1-5.3-17. - Penalties for deprivation of rights — Disciplinary action — Duty to report. - § 40.1-5.3-17. Penalties for deprivation of rights — Disciplinary action...

Section 40.1-5.3-18. - Applicability. - § 40.1-5.3-18. Applicability. The rights and protections contained in §§...

Chapter 40.1-5.4 - Division of Mental Health

Section 40.1-5.4-1. - Mental health services. - § 40.1-5.4-1. Mental health services. The department of behavioral healthcare,...

Section 40.1-5.4-2. - Division of mental health. - § 40.1-5.4-2. Division of mental health. Within the department of...

Section 40.1-5.4-3. - Control and maintenance of state-operated facilities. - § 40.1-5.4-3. Control and maintenance of state-operated facilities. The maintenance,...

Section 40.1-5.4-4. - Powers and duties of director of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals. - § 40.1-5.4-4. Powers and duties of director of behavioral healthcare,...

Section 40.1-5.4-5. - Purposes. - § 40.1-5.4-5. Purposes. The purposes of this chapter are as...

Section 40.1-5.4-6. - Declaration of policy. - § 40.1-5.4-6. Declaration of policy. It is the policy of...

Section 40.1-5.4-7. - Definitions. - § 40.1-5.4-7. Definitions. When used in this chapter: (1) “Adult...

Section 40.1-5.4-8. - Admission to mental health services. - § 40.1-5.4-8. Admission to mental health services. Persons with serious...

Section 40.1-5.4-9. - Authority to lease. - § 40.1-5.4-9. Authority to lease. Notwithstanding the provisions of §...

Section 40.1-5.4-10. - Appropriations. - § 40.1-5.4-10. Appropriations. The general assembly shall annually appropriate such...

Section 40.1-5.4-11. - Rules and regulations. - § 40.1-5.4-11. Rules and regulations. The director of behavioral healthcare,...

Section 40.1-5.4-12. - Other obligations. - § 40.1-5.4-12. Other obligations. Nothing in this chapter shall be...

Chapter 40.1-6 - Governor’s Council on Mental Health [Repealed.]

Section 40.1-6-1 - — 40.1-6-6. [Repealed.] - § 40.1-6-1 — 40.1-6-6. [Repealed.]

Chapter 40.1-7 - Services for Emotionally Disturbed Children [Repealed.]

Section 40.1-7-1 - — 40.1-7-9. [Repealed.] - § 40.1-7-1 — 40.1-7-9. [Repealed.]

Chapter 40.1-8 - Governor’s Committee on Mental Retardation

Section 40.1-8-1. - Creation — Members. - § 40.1-8-1. Creation — Members. (a) There is hereby created...

Section 40.1-8-2. - Terms of appointment. - § 40.1-8-2. Terms of appointment. (a) Of the nonlegislative members...

Section 40.1-8-3. - Appointment of officers and employees — Rules — Meetings. - § 40.1-8-3. Appointment of officers and employees — Rules —...

Section 40.1-8-4. - Compensation and expenses of committee. - § 40.1-8-4. Compensation and expenses of committee. The members of...

Section 40.1-8-5. - Purpose of committee. - § 40.1-8-5. Purpose of committee. (a) It shall be the...

Section 40.1-8-6. - Authority to receive gifts. - § 40.1-8-6. Authority to receive gifts. The committee is authorized...

Chapter 40.1-8.5 - Community Mental Health Services

Section 40.1-8.5-1. - Policy and purpose. - § 40.1-8.5-1. Policy and purpose. (a) The state recognizes that...

Section 40.1-8.5-2. - Definitions. - § 40.1-8.5-2. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Audit”...

Section 40.1-8.5-3. - Matchable funds. - § 40.1-8.5-3. Matchable funds. (a) Matchable funds are those dollars...

Section 40.1-8.5-4. - Community mental health boards — Composition. - § 40.1-8.5-4. Community mental health boards — Composition. Each community...

Section 40.1-8.5-5. - Powers and duties of community mental health boards. - § 40.1-8.5-5. Powers and duties of community mental health boards....

Section 40.1-8.5-6. - Appropriation and allocation of matching grant funds. - § 40.1-8.5-6. Appropriation and allocation of matching grant funds. (a)...

Section 40.1-8.5-7. - Power and duties of director. - § 40.1-8.5-7. Power and duties of director. In addition to...

Section 40.1-8.5-8. - Certified community behavioral health clinics. - § 40.1-8.5-8. Certified community behavioral health clinics. (a) The executive...

Chapter 40.1-9 - Interstate Compact on Mental Health

Section 40.1-9-1. - Enactment of compact. - § 40.1-9-1. Enactment of compact. The interstate compact on mental...

Section 40.1-9-2. - Compact administrator. - § 40.1-9-2. Compact administrator. The fiscal agent in the department...

Section 40.1-9-3. - Payments by state. - § 40.1-9-3. Payments by state. The compact administrator, subject to...

Chapter 40.1-10 - Interstate Compact on the Mentally Disordered Offender [Repealed.]

Section 40.1-10-1 - — 40.1-10-4. [Repealed.] - § 40.1-10-1 — 40.1-10-4. [Repealed.]

Chapter 40.1-21 - Division of Developmental Disabilities

Section 40.1-21-1. - Developmental disabilities services. - § 40.1-21-1. Developmental disabilities services. The department of behavioral healthcare,...

Section 40.1-21-2. - Division of developmental disabilities established. - § 40.1-21-2. Division of developmental disabilities established. There shall be...

Section 40.1-21-2.1. - Change of former name. - § 40.1-21-2.1. Change of former name. Whenever in any existing...

Section 40.1-21-3 - — 40.1-21-3.2. [Repealed.] - § 40.1-21-3 — 40.1-21-3.2. [Repealed.]

Section 40.1-21-4. - Powers and duties of director of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals. - § 40.1-21-4. Powers and duties of director of behavioral healthcare,...

Section 40.1-21-4.1. - [Repealed.] - § 40.1-21-4.1. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1983, ch. 158, §...

Section 40.1-21-4.2. - Declaration of purpose. - § 40.1-21-4.2. Declaration of purpose. There is presently no single...

Section 40.1-21-4.3. - Definitions. - § 40.1-21-4.3. Definitions. As used in this chapter and in...

Section 40.1-21-4.4. - [Repealed.] - § 40.1-21-4.4. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 244, §...

Section 40.1-21-5. - [Repealed.] - § 40.1-21-5. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1968, ch. 178, §...

Section 40.1-21-6. - The John E. Fogarty Institute of Rhode Island. - § 40.1-21-6. The John E. Fogarty Institute of Rhode Island....

Section 40.1-21-6.1. - Admission to developmental disabilities services. - § 40.1-21-6.1. Admission to developmental disabilities services. Adults who are...

Section 40.1-21-7. - Authority to lease. - § 40.1-21-7. Authority to lease. Notwithstanding the provisions of §...

Section 40.1-21-8. - Designation and assignment of functions and funds. - § 40.1-21-8. Designation and assignment of functions and funds. (a)...

Section 40.1-21-9. - Transfer of records. - § 40.1-21-9. Transfer of records. Unless otherwise expressly provided by...

Section 40.1-21-10. - Appropriations. - § 40.1-21-10. Appropriations. The general assembly shall annually appropriate such...

Section 40.1-21-11. - References to director or assistant director of social welfare. - § 40.1-21-11. References to director or assistant director of social...

Section 40.1-21-12. - Rules and regulations. - § 40.1-21-12. Rules and regulations. The director of behavioral healthcare,...

Section 40.1-21-13. - Other obligations. - § 40.1-21-13. Other obligations. Nothing in this chapter shall be...

Section 40.1-21-14. - [Repealed.] - § 40.1-21-14. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 213, §...

Section 40.1-21-15. - Self-sufficiency trust fund. - § 40.1-21-15. Self-sufficiency trust fund. (a) There is hereby created...

Section 40.1-21-16. - Administration of self-sufficiency trust fund. - § 40.1-21-16. Administration of self-sufficiency trust fund. (a) The department...

Section 40.1-21-17. - Special restricted fund. - § 40.1-21-17. Special restricted fund. The fund for persons who...

Section 40.1-21-18. - Release of grant-agreement liens. - § 40.1-21-18. Release of grant-agreement liens. The department of behavioral...

Chapter 40.1-22 - Developmental Disabilities

Section 40.1-22-1. - Short title. - § 40.1-22-1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as...

Section 40.1-22-2. - [Repealed.] - § 40.1-22-2. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 324, §...

Section 40.1-22-3. - Definitions. - § 40.1-22-3. Definitions. Whenever used in this chapter, or in...

Section 40.1-22-4. - General powers and duties of the director. - § 40.1-22-4. General powers and duties of the director. (a)...

Section 40.1-22-5. - Construction with other laws. - § 40.1-22-5. Construction with other laws. This chapter shall be...

Section 40.1-22-6. - Admission as a resident in a facility. - § 40.1-22-6. Admission as a resident in a facility. (a)...

Section 40.1-22-7. - Voluntary admissions and discharges. - § 40.1-22-7. Voluntary admissions and discharges. (a) Any individual of...

Section 40.1-22-8. - [Repealed.] - § 40.1-22-8. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 324, §...

Section 40.1-22-9. - Admission upon application of director, relative, or guardian. - § 40.1-22-9. Admission upon application of director, relative, or guardian....

Section 40.1-22-10. - Discharges — Judicial review. - § 40.1-22-10. Discharges — Judicial review. (a) Any resident over...

Section 40.1-22-11. - [Repealed.] - § 40.1-22-11. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 324, §...

Section 40.1-22-12. - Forwarding of client’s letters. - § 40.1-22-12. Forwarding of client’s letters. All letters written by...

Section 40.1-22-13. - Visits. - § 40.1-22-13. Visits. No public or private developmental disabilities facility...

Section 40.1-22-14. - Retention of client for more than six (6) months. - § 40.1-22-14. Retention of client for more than six (6)...

Section 40.1-22-15. - Hearings. - § 40.1-22-15. Hearings. In the case of a hearing the...

Section 40.1-22-16. - Discharge. - § 40.1-22-16. Discharge. The director or the superintendent or official...

Section 40.1-22-17. - Refusal to discharge. - § 40.1-22-17. Refusal to discharge. (a) When the official in...

Section 40.1-22-18. - [Repealed.] - § 40.1-22-18. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 324, §...

Section 40.1-22-19. - Aliens and nonresidents. - § 40.1-22-19. Aliens and nonresidents. (a) The director shall be...

Section 40.1-22-20. - Exclusiveness of this chapter. - § 40.1-22-20. Exclusiveness of this chapter. Where under any provision...

Section 40.1-22-21. - State support of poor or indigent clients. - § 40.1-22-21. State support of poor or indigent clients. The...

Section 40.1-22-22. - Guardians ad litem. - § 40.1-22-22. Guardians ad litem. (a) At any hearing hereunder,...

Section 40.1-22-23. - Emergency medical or surgical care. - § 40.1-22-23. Emergency medical or surgical care. Whenever it shall...

Section 40.1-22-24. - [Repealed.] - § 40.1-22-24. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 324, §...

Section 40.1-22-25. - Conspiracy to commit person improperly. - § 40.1-22-25. Conspiracy to commit person improperly. Any person who...

Section 40.1-22-26. - Deprivation of rights. - § 40.1-22-26. Deprivation of rights. Any person who willfully withholds...

Section 40.1-22-27. - Disciplinary action against employee. - § 40.1-22-27. Disciplinary action against employee. Any employee of any...

Section 40.1-22-28. - Severability. - § 40.1-22-28. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or...

Section 40.1-22-29. - Applicability to acts done, rights accrued, or orders prior to enactment of chapter. - § 40.1-22-29. Applicability to acts done, rights accrued, or orders...

Section 40.1-22-30 - — 40.1-22-38. [Repealed.] - § 40.1-22-30 — 40.1-22-38. [Repealed.]

Section 40.1-22-39. - [Repealed.] - § 40.1-22-39. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 55, art....

Chapter 40.1-22.1 - Rights for Persons with Developmental Disabilities in Community Residences [Repealed.]

Section 40.1-22.1-1 - — 40.1-22.1-15. [Repealed.] - § 40.1-22.1-1 — 40.1-22.1-15. [Repealed.]

Chapter 40.1-23 - Parental Succession — Persons with Developmental Disabilities

Section 40.1-23-1. - Parental successor for persons with developmental disabilities. - § 40.1-23-1. Parental successor for persons with developmental disabilities. The...

Section 40.1-23-2. - Who may serve. - § 40.1-23-2. Who may serve. (a) A parental successor may...

Section 40.1-23-3. - Methods of appointment. - § 40.1-23-3. Methods of appointment. (a) A parental successor may...

Section 40.1-23-4. - Furnishing of appointment documents to director of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals. - § 40.1-23-4. Furnishing of appointment documents to director of behavioral...

Section 40.1-23-5. - Written consent of intended parental successor. - § 40.1-23-5. Written consent of intended parental successor. The written...

Section 40.1-23-6. - Rights and privileges of parental successor. - § 40.1-23-6. Rights and privileges of parental successor. (a) The...

Section 40.1-23-7. - Informing director as to parental successor’s whereabouts — Decisions concerning person when parental successor cannot be reached. - § 40.1-23-7. Informing director as to parental successor’s whereabouts —...

Section 40.1-23-8. - Termination of designation or appointment. - § 40.1-23-8. Termination of designation or appointment. (a) Any designation...

Section 40.1-23-9. - Limits on responsibilities and duties of parental successor. - § 40.1-23-9. Limits on responsibilities and duties of parental successor....

Section 40.1-23-10. - Construction — Effect on other laws. - § 40.1-23-10. Construction — Effect on other laws. (a) It...

Section 40.1-23-11. - [Repealed.] - § 40.1-23-11. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1975, ch. 127, §...

Chapter 40.1-24 - Facilities and Programs

Section 40.1-24-1. - Definitions. - § 40.1-24-1. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Adult...

Section 40.1-24-2. - Purpose. - § 40.1-24-2. Purpose. (a) The purpose of this chapter is...

Section 40.1-24-3. - License requirement. - § 40.1-24-3. License requirement. No person or governmental unit, acting...

Section 40.1-24-4. - Application for license. - § 40.1-24-4. Application for license. An application for a license...

Section 40.1-24-5. - Issuance of license — Transfer. - § 40.1-24-5. Issuance of license — Transfer. Upon receipt of...

Section 40.1-24-6. - Expiration and renewal of license. - § 40.1-24-6. Expiration and renewal of license. A license, other...

Section 40.1-24-7. - Denial, suspension, or revocation of license. - § 40.1-24-7. Denial, suspension, or revocation of license. (a) Deemed...

Section 40.1-24-8. - Review of license action. - § 40.1-24-8. Review of license action. Any applicant or licensee...

Section 40.1-24-9. - Rules, regulations, and standards. - § 40.1-24-9. Rules, regulations, and standards. The department shall adopt,...

Section 40.1-24-10. - Time allowed for compliance with new rules or standards. - § 40.1-24-10. Time allowed for compliance with new rules or...

Section 40.1-24-11. - Inspections and investigations — Alterations or new construction. - § 40.1-24-11. Inspections and investigations — Alterations or new construction....

Section 40.1-24-12. - Confidentiality of information. - § 40.1-24-12. Confidentiality of information. Information received by the department...

Section 40.1-24-13. - Annual report of activities. - § 40.1-24-13. Annual report of activities. The department shall prepare...

Section 40.1-24-14. - Operation of unlicensed facility. - § 40.1-24-14. Operation of unlicensed facility. Any person establishing, conducting,...

Section 40.1-24-15. - Injunction to restrain operation without license. - § 40.1-24-15. Injunction to restrain operation without license. Notwithstanding the...

Section 40.1-24-16. - Institutions to which chapter inapplicable. - § 40.1-24-16. Institutions to which chapter inapplicable. The provisions of...

Section 40.1-24-17. - Power to enforce chapter. - § 40.1-24-17. Power to enforce chapter. The director of the...

Section 40.1-24-18. - Severability. - § 40.1-24-18. Severability. If any provision of this chapter or...

Section 40.1-24-19. - Aftercare programs. - § 40.1-24-19. Aftercare programs. (a) All community residences that provide...

Section 40.1-24-20. - Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing — Facilities for drug users. - § 40.1-24-20. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing — Facilities for...

Section 40.1-24-21. - Competency evaluation and training programs for residential instructors. - § 40.1-24-21. Competency evaluation and training programs for residential instructors....

Chapter 40.1-24.5 - Community Residences

Section 40.1-24.5-1. - Definitions. - § 40.1-24.5-1. Definitions. Whenever used in this chapter, or in...

Section 40.1-24.5-2. - General powers and duties of the director of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals. - § 40.1-24.5-2. General powers and duties of the director of...

Section 40.1-24.5-3. - Legal rights and competence of persons admitted — Informing person as to rights, obligations, and grievance procedures. - § 40.1-24.5-3. Legal rights and competence of persons admitted —...

Section 40.1-24.5-4. - [Reserved.] - § 40.1-24.5-4. [Reserved.]

Section 40.1-24.5-5. - Absolute rights of residents. - § 40.1-24.5-5. Absolute rights of residents. No resident admitted to...

Section 40.1-24.5-6. - Qualified rights of residents. - § 40.1-24.5-6. Qualified rights of residents. Except to the extent...

Section 40.1-24.5-7. - Posting of residents’ rights. - § 40.1-24.5-7. Posting of residents’ rights. A copy of the...

Section 40.1-24.5-8. - Resident grievance procedure. - § 40.1-24.5-8. Resident grievance procedure. (a) A community residence shall...

Section 40.1-24.5-9. - Notification of mental health advocate as to alleged violation of rights. - § 40.1-24.5-9. Notification of mental health advocate as to alleged...

Section 40.1-24.5-10. - Dismissal from community residence. - § 40.1-24.5-10. Dismissal from community residence. A resident shall be...

Section 40.1-24.5-11. - Confidentiality of information and records. - § 40.1-24.5-11. Confidentiality of information and records. (a) The fact...

Section 40.1-24.5-12. - Duties of the mental health advocate. - § 40.1-24.5-12. Duties of the mental health advocate. The mental...

Section 40.1-24.5-13. - Access to information. - § 40.1-24.5-13. Access to information. The mental health advocate shall...

Section 40.1-24.5-14. - Rights and powers of the mental health advocate. - § 40.1-24.5-14. Rights and powers of the mental health advocate....

Section 40.1-24.5-15. - Willful deprivation of resident’s rights. - § 40.1-24.5-15. Willful deprivation of resident’s rights. Any person who...

Section 40.1-24.5-16. - Immunity from liability as to reports under chapter. - § 40.1-24.5-16. Immunity from liability as to reports under chapter....

Section 40.1-24.5-17. - Disqualification from position in community residence. - § 40.1-24.5-17. Disqualification from position in community residence. A person...

Section 40.1-24.5-18. - Severability. - § 40.1-24.5-18. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or...

Section 40.1-24.5-19. - Funds for implementation of chapter. - § 40.1-24.5-19. Funds for implementation of chapter. Any sums necessary...

Chapter 40.1-24.6 - Self-Insurance of Developmental Disability Agencies

Section 40.1-24.6-1. - Definitions. - § 40.1-24.6-1. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Developmental...

Section 40.1-24.6-2. - Purpose. - § 40.1-24.6-2. Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to...

Section 40.1-24.6-3. - Authorization to self-insure. - § 40.1-24.6-3. Authorization to self-insure. (a) Operators of two (2)...

Section 40.1-24.6-4. - Obligations of participating entities. - § 40.1-24.6-4. Obligations of participating entities. Operators of developmental disability...

Section 40.1-24.6-5. - Establishment of fund. - § 40.1-24.6-5. Establishment of fund. A fund may be established...

Section 40.1-24.6-6. - Payment to and from fund. - § 40.1-24.6-6. Payment to and from fund. (a) The monies...

Section 40.1-24.6-7. - Stop-loss coverage. - § 40.1-24.6-7. Stop-loss coverage. (a) The corporation established pursuant to...

Chapter 40.1-25 - Protection and Advocacy System — Right of Access

Section 40.1-25-1. - Right of access. - § 40.1-25-1. Right of access. Any facility rendering care or...

Section 40.1-25-2. - Definitions. - § 40.1-25-2. Definitions. (a) “Facility rendering care or treatment” means...

Section 40.1-25-3. - Penalties. - § 40.1-25-3. Penalties. Any facility that violates the requirements of...

Chapter 40.1-25.1 - Employee Criminal Records Check

Section 40.1-25.1-1. - Purpose. - § 40.1-25.1-1. Purpose. In order to provide protection for persons...

Section 40.1-25.1-2. - Definitions. - § 40.1-25.1-2. Definitions. For purposes of this chapter: (1) “Agency”...

Section 40.1-25.1-3. - Criminal records check requirement. - § 40.1-25.1-3. Criminal records check requirement. (a) Any facility or...

Section 40.1-25.1-4. - Prior criminal records check. - § 40.1-25.1-4. Prior criminal records check. If an applicant has...

Section 40.1-25.1-5. - Destruction of fingerprint records. - § 40.1-25.1-5. Destruction of fingerprint records. At the conclusion of...

Section 40.1-25.1-6. - Rules and regulations. - § 40.1-25.1-6. Rules and regulations. The director shall promulgate rules...

Section 40.1-25.1-7. - Immunity from liability. - § 40.1-25.1-7. Immunity from liability. No employer who disqualifies an...

Chapter 40.1-26 - Rights for Persons with Developmental Disabilities

Section 40.1-26-1. - Short title. - § 40.1-26-1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as...

Section 40.1-26-2. - Definitions. - § 40.1-26-2. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Advocate”...

Section 40.1-26-3. - Participants’ rights. - § 40.1-26-3. Participants’ rights. In addition to any other rights...

Section 40.1-26-3.1. - Applicant’s rights. - § 40.1-26-3.1. Applicant’s rights. In addition to any other rights...

Section 40.1-26-4. - Requirements of agencies. - § 40.1-26-4. Requirements of agencies. (a) In a manner consistent...

Section 40.1-26-4.1. - Aversive interventions — Prohibitions. - § 40.1-26-4.1. Aversive interventions — Prohibitions. It shall be unlawful...

Section 40.1-26-5. - Participant grievance procedure. - § 40.1-26-5. Participant grievance procedure. (a) Every agency must establish...

Section 40.1-26-6. - Immunity from liability. - § 40.1-26-6. Immunity from liability. The state shall protect and...

Section 40.1-26-6.1. - Good-faith immunity. - § 40.1-26-6.1. Good-faith immunity. Any volunteer member of a human...

Section 40.1-26-7. - Deprivation of rights — Penalty. - § 40.1-26-7. Deprivation of rights — Penalty. Any person who...

Section 40.1-26-8. - Disqualification. - § 40.1-26-8. Disqualification. A person convicted of any crime under...

Section 40.1-26-9. - Nonduplication. - § 40.1-26-9. Nonduplication. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed...

Section 40.1-26-10. - Office of quality assurance. - § 40.1-26-10. Office of quality assurance. The director of the...

Section 40.1-26-11. - Enforcement. - § 40.1-26-11. Enforcement. The department shall promulgate rules and regulations...

Chapter 40.1-27 - Penalties for Abuse of Persons with Developmental Disabilities

Section 40.1-27-1. - Definitions. - § 40.1-27-1. Definitions. (a) “Abuse” means: (1) Any assault as...

Section 40.1-27-2. - Duty to report. - § 40.1-27-2. Duty to report. (a) Any person within the...

Section 40.1-27-3. - Duties of the director of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals. - § 40.1-27-3. Duties of the director of the department of...

Section 40.1-27-4. - Penalty — Failure to report. - § 40.1-27-4. Penalty — Failure to report. (a) Any person...

Section 40.1-27-5. - Physician’s report of examination — Duty of program. - § 40.1-27-5. Physician’s report of examination — Duty of program....

Section 40.1-27-6. - Immunity from liability. - § 40.1-27-6. Immunity from liability. Any person who, in good...

Section 40.1-27-7. - Non-retaliation or discrimination. - § 40.1-27-7. Non-retaliation or discrimination. A program that discharges, discriminates,...

Section 40.1-27-8. - Abrogation of privilege. - § 40.1-27-8. Abrogation of privilege. Any privilege established by chapter...

Section 40.1-27-9. - Notice — Posting provisions. - § 40.1-27-9. Notice — Posting provisions. A notice of the...

Section 40.1-27-10. - Penalties for acts of abuse or neglect. - § 40.1-27-10. Penalties for acts of abuse or neglect. (a)...

Chapter 40.1-28 - Governor’s Council on Substance Abuse [Repealed.]

Section 40.1-28-1 - — 40.1-28-6. [Repealed.] - § 40.1-28-1 — 40.1-28-6. [Repealed.]

Chapter 40.1-29 - Governor’s Council on Behavioral Health

Section 40.1-29-1. - Name. - § 40.1-29-1. Name. There is hereby created the Governor’s Council...

Section 40.1-29-2. - Legislative purpose. - § 40.1-29-2. Legislative purpose. The purpose of the council is...

Section 40.1-29-3. - Members. - § 40.1-29-3. Members. (a) The council shall consist of thirty-two...

Section 40.1-29-4. - Meetings. - § 40.1-29-4. Meetings. The council shall meet at least six...

Section 40.1-29-5. - Functions. - § 40.1-29-5. Functions. The functions of the council shall be:...

Section 40.1-29-6. - Staff and employees. - § 40.1-29-6. Staff and employees. The director of behavioral healthcare,...

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Rhode Island General Laws Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals

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Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals