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RI Gen L § 40.1-22-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-22 - Developmental Disabilities|Section 40.1-22-19 - Aliens and nonresidents.

§ 40.1-22-19. Aliens and nonresidents.(a) The director shall be responsible for the investigation and examination of all alien and nonresident persons who are developmentally disabled in any facility under the jurisdiction of the department of health, department of human services or elsewhere if admitted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and to attend to the deportation or removal of such persons to their respective countries or places of residence.(b) The director may make reciprocal agreements with other states or political subdivisions thereof to provide for prompt humane return under proper supervision of developmentally disabled residents of other states or political subdivisions thereof.(c) In the case of nonresidents the director shall cause them to be removed to the state of their residence, except that he or she may defer the action where the removal would cause the developmentally disabled person undue hardship unless the interests of the state and other clients would be materially harmed by the deferment.(d) The director shall designate such person or persons as deemed necessary to accompany clients, unless it be certified by the director that clients are in a condition to travel alone in safety.(e) The director in his or her discretion may, upon the request of any developmentally disabled person resident in a facility or upon the written consent of a relative, legal representative, or qualified friend, remove the person to any country, other state, or place in which he or she may properly belong.(f) For the purposes of this section the director, or his or her duly designated representative acting in his or her behalf in the matter, shall have the power to administer oaths, hold hearings, take testimony, issue subpoenas duces tecum, and subpoena and compel the attendance of witnesses who may have information in respect to the residence of the developmentally disabled person under investigation. Subpoenas issued under this section shall be regulated by civil practice law and rules.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 324, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-43.1-19; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 122, § 2; P.L. 2020, ch. 79, art. 1, § 39.
RI Gen L § 40.1-22-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-22 - Developmental Disabilities|Section 40.1-22-20 - Exclusiveness of this chapter.

§ 40.1-22-20. Exclusiveness of this chapter.Where under any provision of any existing law, except in the case of a person held under criminal process, any person coming within the definition of a developmentally disabled adult as defined in this chapter, shall have recourse to or be dealt with as provided in this chapter, exclusively.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 324, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-43.1-20; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 122, § 2; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 139.
RI Gen L § 40.1-22-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-22 - Developmental Disabilities|Section 40.1-22-21 - State support of poor or indigent clients.

§ 40.1-22-21. State support of poor or indigent clients.The director may maintain without charge or defray the expense of care and treatment of such poor or indigent persons as are developmentally disabled clients under treatment in accordance with the provisions of this chapter who are residents of this state and proper subjects of state aid, who may have been admitted to any facility under the provisions hereof, and are not eligible for any other federal and/or state financial assistance.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 324, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-43.1-21; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 122, § 2.
RI Gen L § 40.1-22-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-22 - Developmental Disabilities|Section 40.1-22-22 - Guardians ad litem.

§ 40.1-22-22. Guardians ad litem.(a) At any hearing hereunder, the court may appoint guardians ad litem to represent any client in matters of admission or retention under the provisions of this law. It shall be the duty of the guardian ad litem to make an investigation of the facts, and to report the facts to the court with his or her recommendations, if any.(b) The guardian ad litem shall be paid for his or her services, in an amount to be approved by the court, and the guardian ad litem's services shall be paid from the estate of the client, or if so ordered by the court, shall be paid by the state and reimbursement shall be had by the state from the estate and assets of the developmentally disabled person in the manner as reimbursement for care and treatment is had by the state.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 324, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-43.1-22; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 122, § 2.
RI Gen L § 40.1-22-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-22 - Developmental Disabilities|Section 40.1-22-23 - Emergency medical or surgical care.

§ 40.1-22-23. Emergency medical or surgical care.Whenever it shall be brought to the attention of the person in charge of a facility, that a client who is resident in that facility is in need of emergency medical and/or surgical care and treatment on the written advice of a physician licensed to practice in Rhode Island, and if the client is eighteen (18) years of age or older, the client shall be the sole person able to authorize the treatment in writing. If it shall be brought to the attention of the official in charge of the facility that the client is unable to comprehend or understand the treatment to which he or she is voluntarily consenting, or because of his or her medical condition is not able to voluntarily consent, or in the case of a minor the parents or guardian after due diligence cannot be located, and only in those events shall the official in charge of the facility be authorized to sign a consent to authorize emergency treatment on behalf of the client. The signed consent by the official shall be considered valid, and as if the client shall voluntarily and with full understanding have himself or herself signed the consent.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 324, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 195, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-43.1-23; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 122, § 2.
RI Gen L § 40.1-22-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-22 - Developmental Disabilities|Section 40.1-22-24 - [Repealed.]

§ 40.1-22-24. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 324, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-43.1-24; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1995, ch. 122, § 2, effective July 1, 1995.
RI Gen L § 40.1-22-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-22 - Developmental Disabilities|Section 40.1-22-25 - Conspiracy to commit person improperly.

§ 40.1-22-25. Conspiracy to commit person improperly.Any person who willfully conspires with any other person unlawfully or improperly to cause to be admitted to any facility as developmentally disabled any person who is not developmentally disabled as defined in this chapter shall, on conviction therefor, be fined not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) or imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years at the discretion of the court.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 324, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-43.1-25; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 122, § 2; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 139.
RI Gen L § 40.1-22-26 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-22 - Developmental Disabilities|Section 40.1-22-26 - Deprivation of rights.

§ 40.1-22-26. Deprivation of rights.Any person who willfully withholds from or denies to any person admitted to a facility as defined in § 40.1-22-3 any of his or her rights as granted in this chapter shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000) or imprisoned not exceeding two (2) years at the discretion of the court.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 324, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-43.1-26; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 139.
RI Gen L § 40.1-22-27 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-22 - Developmental Disabilities|Section 40.1-22-27 - Disciplinary action against employee.

§ 40.1-22-27. Disciplinary action against employee.Any employee of any facility who shall deny to or withhold from any client any right granted him or her by law shall, independently of the criminal sanctions described in § 40.1-22-26, be subject to such disciplinary action as the director of the facility shall see fit to impose, after notice, a hearing, and a finding of a violation of a right.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 324, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-43.1-27; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 122, § 2; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 139.
RI Gen L § 40.1-22-28 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-22 - Developmental Disabilities|Section 40.1-22-28 - Severability.

§ 40.1-22-28. Severability.If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this chapter shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which the judgment shall have been rendered.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 324, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-43.1-28; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-22-29 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-22 - Developmental Disabilities|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 prior to enactment of chapter.Nothing contained in this chapter shall affect or impair the validity of any act done or right accruing, accrued or acquired, or any order, judgment, or status established prior to the enactment thereof.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 324, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-43.1-29; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-22-30 - 40.1-22-38 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-22 - Developmental Disabilities|Section 40.1-22-30 - 40.1-22-38 - [Repealed.]

§ 40.1-22-30 — 40.1-22-38. [Repealed.]
RI Gen L § 40.1-22-39 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-22 - Developmental Disabilities|Section 40.1-22-39 - Monthly reports to the general assembly.

§ 40.1-22-39. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 55, art. 31, § 2; P.L. 2001, ch. 77, art. 28, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 142, art. 7, § 8; P.L. 2017, ch. 302, art. 9, § 7; repealed by P.L. 2021, ch. 162, art. 3, § 8, effective July 6, 2021.
RI Gen L § 40.1-22.1-1 - 40.1-22.1-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-22.1 - Rights for Persons with Developmental Disabilities in Community Residences|Section 40.1-22.1-1 - 40.1-22.1-15 - [Repealed.]

§ 40.1-22.1-1 — 40.1-22.1-15. [Repealed.]
RI Gen L § 40.1-23-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|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 natural or adoptive parents, or the survivor of them, of a person who has been determined to be a person with developmental disabilities under regulations of the director of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals, may appoint at any time a parental successor for the person. The appointment shall be effective upon the death of the surviving parent and shall be for the period of the lifetime of that person with developmental disabilities.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 128, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1975, ch. 127, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-43.2-1; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 386, § 2.
RI Gen L § 40.1-23-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-23 - Parental Succession - Persons with Developmental Disabilities|Section 40.1-23-2 - Who may serve.

§ 40.1-23-2. Who may serve.(a) A parental successor may be an individual, whether related or not to the person who has been determined to be a person with developmental disabilities under the regulations of the director of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals; a bank with a trust department, acting through its trust department; a church, acting through the incumbent of a position to be indicated in the instrument designating or the order appointing the parental successor; or an organization concerned with the needs of individuals with developmental disabilities.(b) A minor may be named or appointed as a parental successor, but he or she may actually serve only after reaching the age of eighteen (18) years.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 128, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1975, ch. 127, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-43.2-2; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 386, § 2.
RI Gen L § 40.1-23-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-23 - Parental Succession - Persons with Developmental Disabilities|Section 40.1-23-3 - Methods of appointment.

§ 40.1-23-3. Methods of appointment.(a) A parental successor may be designated by an acknowledged document in a form to be prescribed by the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals; by the last will and testament of the person or persons having the right to make the nomination; or by formal appointment by the probate court in the city or town in which the petitioner or at least one of several petitioners reside.(b) Court appointment shall be by petition heard ex parte as a probate matter without notice, unless required by the court. Any designation or appointment of a parental successor may also designate or appoint one or more eligible persons or organizations to serve as successors to the first-named parental successor in the event of the unwillingness, inability, incapacity, or resignation of the first parental successor.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 128, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1975, ch. 127, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-43.2-3; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-23-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-23 - Parental Succession - Persons with Developmental Disabilities|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 healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals.In the event the appointment is by court order or will, a copy of the court order, or of the will together with a copy of the order admitting the will to probate, certified by the clerk of the appropriate court, shall be furnished by an interested party to the director of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals. No appointment of a parental successor shall be binding on the director of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals until a properly executed copy of an authorized document or a certified copy of the will, together with a certified copy of the order admitting the will to probate, or a certified copy of the court appointment has been served upon the director of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 128, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1975, ch. 127, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-43.2-4; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-23-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-23 - Parental Succession - Persons with Developmental Disabilities|Section 40.1-23-5 - Written consent of intended parental successor.

§ 40.1-23-5. Written consent of intended parental successor.The written consent of the person or organization intended to serve as the parental successor and of each named successor, thereto, if any, shall accompany the petition for court appointment. The consent or consents shall be forwarded to the director of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals, or his or her representative, with the executed copy of an authorized document, or with the certified copy of the will and of the order admitting the will to probate, if appointment is by document or will, but the consent or consents need not be forwarded in the event of a court appointment.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 128, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1975, ch. 127, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-43.2-5; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-23-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-23 - Parental Succession - Persons with Developmental Disabilities|Section 40.1-23-6 - Rights and privileges of parental successor.

§ 40.1-23-6. Rights and privileges of parental successor.(a) The parental successor, during the period he or she is actually serving, shall have the right to exercise an active and continuing interest in and to be informed concerning the health, education, recreation, and general welfare of the person for whom he or she is named parental successor. The parental successor shall be permitted to take the person from the other state-authorized facilities, profit, nonprofit, or private facilities on visits, trips, or vacations, the same as a parent.(b) The directors, supervisors, superintendents, operators, or foster parents of the facilities shall inform, advise, and consult with the parental successor, when actually serving, regarding the person for whom the parental successor was named, as though he or she were the natural parent of the person, on all matters pertaining to his or her health, education, recreation, general welfare, and including, but not limited to, matters of medical treatment, surgery, placement, and discharge.(c) A parental successor shall have the rights and privileges conferred by this section although the person for whom he or she is named parental successor is on placement from any facility operated by the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals, or other facility and not physically resident therein.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 128, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-43.2-6; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 81, § 19; P.L. 1998, ch. 391, § 6.
RI Gen L § 40.1-23-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-23 - Parental Succession - Persons with Developmental Disabilities|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 — Decisions concerning person when parental successor cannot be reached.(a) During the time that a person is acting as a parental successor, he or she shall keep the director of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals, or his or her representative, informed of his or her whereabouts so that he or she can be contacted in case of emergency.(b) Any bank or church or organization appointed to act as a parental successor shall keep the director of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals, or his or her representative, informed of the name and address of the individual who should be contacted in case of emergency.(c) During the period a parental successor is acting, if, after reasonable effort on the part of the director of the facility where the person is living, or under care, the parental successor cannot be reached, the director of the facility shall be free or the director of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals, or his or her representative, shall be free to make decisions in all matters for the best interest of the person for whom the parental successor was named.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 128, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1975, ch. 127, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-43.2-7; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-23-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-23 - Parental Succession - Persons with Developmental Disabilities|Section 40.1-23-8 - Termination of designation or appointment.

§ 40.1-23-8. Termination of designation or appointment.(a) Any designation or appointment of a parental successor is subject to revocation at any time, in the first instance by the person who made the decision, and in the case of appointment by will or formal appointment, by the court in which the will was probated or the formal appointment was made. A person or organization named as parental successor may renounce or resign at any time.(b) No revocation, renunciation, resignation, death, or state of incapacity will be binding on the director of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals until he or she has been notified in writing hereof.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 128, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1975, ch. 127, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-43.2-8; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-23-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-23 - Parental Succession - Persons with Developmental Disabilities|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.A parental successor shall have no financial responsibility to the state for the person for whom he or she is named, and he or she shall have no obligatory duties or responsibilities except as specifically set forth in this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 128, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-43.2-9; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-23-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-23 - Parental Succession - Persons with Developmental Disabilities|Section 40.1-23-10 - Construction - Effect on other laws.

§ 40.1-23-10. Construction — Effect on other laws.(a) It is specifically intended that the provisions of this chapter shall be available for the benefit of all persons with developmental disabilities who are now resident at state facilities, or on placement from such facilities, or who reside within the state.(b) This chapter shall not repeal, amend, or modify any law relating to intestate succession or relating to guardians of the person or of the estate of an individual. In the event of the appointment of the guardian of the person, the rights of the guardian will supersede and abrogate the rights of the parental successor of the person for whom a guardian of the person has been appointed, for so long as the appointment of the guardian of the person is effective.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 128, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-43.2-10; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 386, § 2.