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RI Gen L § 21-28.2-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28.2 - Drug Abuse Control|Section 21-28.2-2 - Rules and regulations.

§ 21-28.2-2. Rules and regulations.The department shall make any rules and regulations respecting the care and treatment of patients and persons referred to the department's care and the management of the department's affairs as are deemed necessary to carry out the expressed purposes of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 163, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-28.2-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28.2 - Drug Abuse Control|Section 21-28.2-4 - Medical examination.

§ 21-28.2-4. Medical examination.The department shall designate facilities and physicians and establish procedures for the conduct of medical examinations pursuant to this chapter. In all these cases the department shall designate two (2) qualified physicians to examine the patient. The department shall provide for the use of accepted medical procedures, tests, and treatment, which may include, but are not limited to, narcotic antagonists and thin layer chromotography. Upon conclusion of the medical examination, the persons conducting the medical examination shall promptly transmit a report of the examination to the court that directed the medical examination. If after reviewing the report the court is not satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to believe the person is a narcotic addict, it shall dismiss the petition and discharge the person. If after reviewing the report the court is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to believe the person is a narcotic addict, it shall proceed as hereinafter provided.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 163, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-28.2-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28.2 - Drug Abuse Control|Section 21-28.2-5 - Determination of narcotic addiction.

§ 21-28.2-5. Determination of narcotic addiction.The court shall promptly advise the alleged narcotic addict that the petition and the report of the medical examination set forth reasonable grounds to believe that the person is a narcotic addict, shall give him or her a copy of the report, and explain that if the court finds him or her to be a narcotic addict he or she shall be certified to the care and custody of the department for an indefinite period not exceeding three (3) years, provided that facilities are available. The court shall then advise the alleged narcotic addict that he or she has a right to a hearing before the court or a jury trial, without fee, as provided in this section. If the alleged narcotic addict appears without counsel, the court shall advise the person of his or her right to counsel and proceed in regard thereto as provided in subdivision (4) of § 21-28.2-3.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 163, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-28.2-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28.2 - Drug Abuse Control|Section 21-28.2-6 - No application for hearing or jury trial.

§ 21-28.2-6. No application for hearing or jury trial.When no application is made for a hearing before the court or a jury trial by or on behalf of the alleged narcotic addict, the court shall, if satisfied that the person is a narcotic addict, immediately issue an order certifying the person to the care and custody of the department for the indefinite period as provided in § 21-28.2-8, provided that facilities are available.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 163, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-28.2-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28.2 - Drug Abuse Control|Section 21-28.2-7 - Application for hearing or jury trial.

§ 21-28.2-7. Application for hearing or jury trial.Upon demand by the alleged narcotic addict or anyone on his or her behalf, the court shall, or it may upon its own motion, issue an order directing the hearing of the application before the court unless the alleged addict requests a hearing before a jury. If the proceeding is in the district court, upon request, the matter shall be transferred to the superior court for the hearing and determination. The order shall be served upon the parties interested in the application and upon any other person that the court, in its discretion, may name. If the alleged addict elects a hearing before the court, he or she shall not be entitled to a jury trial. If a jury is requested, it shall be held in accordance with the rules of the superior court. At the time and place designated for the hearing by the appropriate court, it and the jury, if requested, shall proceed to hear the testimony introduced for and against the application, and the alleged narcotic addict may be examined, if deemed advisable. The court may issue subpoenas for attendance of witnesses at the hearing or trial and the alleged narcotic addict shall have the right to have subpoenas issued for this purpose. At the hearing or trial the alleged narcotic addict shall have the right to be represented by counsel, to present witnesses on his or her behalf, and to cross-examine witnesses. For purposes of this section, in a proceeding in which the alleged addict's spouse is the petitioner, no communication made by the alleged addict to the spouse shall be deemed confidential within the provision of the general laws relating to confidential communications between husband and wife. If, from the facts ascertained upon the hearing, the proofs produced, the petition, and the report of the medical examination, the jury or, if there is no jury, the court, shall determine that the person is a narcotic addict, the court shall immediately issue an order certifying that person to the care and custody of the department for the period provided in § 21-28.2-8, provided that facilities are available.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 163, § 1; P.L. 1976, ch. 140, § 4.
RI Gen L § 21-28.2-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28.2 - Drug Abuse Control|Section 21-28.2-8 - Period of commitment.

§ 21-28.2-8. Period of commitment.(a) The period of commitment to the department shall be a period of unspecified duration which shall commence and terminate as provided in subsection (b) of this section and the court shall not fix the minimum or maximum length of the period.(b) The period shall commence on the date the order of certification is made provided that facilities are available, and shall terminate upon the first to occur of:(1) The discharge of the narcotic addict by the department as rehabilitated; or(2) The expiration of a period of thirty-six (36) months from the date the period commenced.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 163, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-28.2-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28.2 - Drug Abuse Control|Section 21-28.2-9 - Private session - Records of proceedings.

§ 21-28.2-9. Private session — Records of proceedings.Unless the alleged narcotic addict requests, all proceedings under this chapter shall be private and shall be conducted in closed sessions. The petition, the report of the medical examination, the order directing a hearing before the court or a jury trial, if one is issued, the decision of the court, and the order of certification shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the court in which the proceedings under this chapter were had, and copies shall be presented to the department at the time of commitment of the narcotic addict to the department. The court shall order all these filed papers in the clerk's office and all other papers in the proceeding sealed, and exhibited only to the parties to the proceedings, or someone properly interested, upon order of the court.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 163, § 1; P.L. 1976, ch. 140, § 4.
RI Gen L § 21-28.2-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28.2 - Drug Abuse Control|Section 21-28.2-10 - Writ of habeas corpus - Discharge.

§ 21-28.2-10. Writ of habeas corpus — Discharge.If a writ of habeas corpus is obtained in behalf of a person certified to the department, and it appears at the hearing on the return to the writ that the person may properly be discharged, the judge or justice before whom the hearing is had shall direct.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 163, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-28.2-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28.2 - Drug Abuse Control|Section 21-28.2-11 - Detention - Pending hearings.

§ 21-28.2-11. Detention — Pending hearings.The court may, in an appropriate case, direct the detention of an alleged narcotic addict in any detention facility designated by the department on pending proceedings pursuant to this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 163, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-28.2-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28.2 - Drug Abuse Control|Section 21-28.2-12 - Retention, supervision, and transfer.

§ 21-28.2-12. Retention, supervision, and transfer.The department may retain any narcotic addict certified to its care and custody in a rehabilitation center or other facility designated by the department, or under any form of supervision it may deem appropriate, or may assign or transfer the narcotic addict to the facilities or supervision of any other department or agency of the state or of a person, association, or corporation providing facilities or services approved by the department provided that any assignment or transfer shall be pursuant to procedures prescribed by law and rules and regulations adopted by the department and agreed to by the department, agency, person, association, or corporation, and provided, that no narcotic addict certified to the care and custody of the department pursuant to §§ 21-28.2-3 — 21-28.2-11 shall be assigned or transferred to any correctional institution. A person assigned or transferred shall continue to be under the jurisdiction of the department except that the person shall be temporarily cared for, treated, or supervised by the department, agency, person, association, or corporation to which he or she is transferred.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 163, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-28.2-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28.2 - Drug Abuse Control|Section 21-28.2-13 - Preservation of rights.

§ 21-28.2-13. Preservation of rights.The certification of a narcotic addict to the care and custody of the department pursuant to §§ 21-28.2-3 — 21-28.2-11, or the transfer of the narcotic addict pursuant to § 21-28.2-12, shall not forfeit or abridge any of the rights of the narcotic addict as a citizen of the United States or of the state of Rhode Island, nor shall the provisions of the election law depriving or limiting the right of a person admitted or certified to a mental institution to register or vote be applicable to the narcotic addict; nor shall the facts or proceedings relating to the admission, certification, or treatment of the narcotic addict be used against that person in any proceeding in any court, other than a proceeding pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 163, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-28.2-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28.2 - Drug Abuse Control|Section 21-28.2-14 - Proceedings with respect to juveniles.

§ 21-28.2-14. Proceedings with respect to juveniles.Nothing in this chapter shall deprive any narcotic addict of the right to the jurisdiction of the family court, provided that if the family court in accordance with the procedures as set out in this chapter determines that any person is a narcotic addict the court shall certify the defendant to the care and custody of the department in accordance with the procedures specified in this chapter, provided that facilities are available.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 163, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-28.2-14.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28.2 - Drug Abuse Control|Section 21-28.2-14.1 - Appeals.

§ 21-28.2-14.1. Appeals.A party aggrieved by a final order of a court entered in a proceeding brought under this chapter may appeal that order to the supreme court in accordance with the procedures contained in the rules of appellate procedure of the supreme court.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 140, § 5.
RI Gen L § 21-28.2-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28.2 - Drug Abuse Control|Section 21-28.2-15 - Chapter inapplicable in criminal cases.

§ 21-28.2-15. Chapter inapplicable in criminal cases.The provisions of this chapter shall not be applicable with respect to any person against whom there is pending a criminal charge, whether by indictment or by information, which has not been fully determined or who is on probation or whose sentence following conviction on that charge, including any time on parole or mandatory release, has not been fully served, except that:(1) This provision shall be applicable to any person on probation, parole, or mandatory release if the authority authorized to require that person's return to custody consents to his or her commitment;(2) This provision shall be applicable to any person who is before a judge or justice on any criminal charge, only if the judge or justice finds reasonable grounds to believe that the person is a narcotic addict. If the judge or justice finds such reasonable grounds he or she shall inform the director of health of this finding and the director of health shall then proceed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 163, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 542, § 40.
RI Gen L § 21-28.2-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28.2 - Drug Abuse Control|Section 21-28.2-16 - Department's consent to certification.

§ 21-28.2-16. Department's consent to certification.Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, no narcotic addict shall be certified to the care and custody of the department unless the department consents to the certification and facilities are available.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 163, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-28.2-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28.2 - Drug Abuse Control|Section 21-28.2-17 - Care, custody, and supervision of narcotic addicts.

§ 21-28.2-17. Care, custody, and supervision of narcotic addicts.(a) The department shall establish regulations and standards for custody, release, aftercare, and aftercare supervision of narcotic addicts who have been certified to its care and custody pursuant to any provision of this chapter.(b) A person who has been certified to the care and custody of the department pursuant to any provision of this chapter who, while confined in any facility, escapes from the facility, or who either fails to report as required or who absconds from aftercare supervision shall be declared delinquent by the department as of the date of escape, failure to report, or abscondence. The declaration of delinquency shall interrupt the period of the commitment as of the date of delinquency and the interruption shall continue until the return of the person to the facility from which he or she escaped or until his or her return to the authorized supervision of the department.(c) The department shall have the power to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person declared delinquent by it. A warrant issued pursuant to this subsection shall be directed to any police officer in the state for execution. The warrant shall constitute sufficient authority to hold in temporary custody the person retaken pursuant to it until the time as the person can be returned to the department and no order of commitment shall be necessary for it.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 163, § 1; P.L. 1974, ch. 242, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-28.2-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28.2 - Drug Abuse Control|Section 21-28.2-18 - Discharge of certified narcotic addicts.

§ 21-28.2-18. Discharge of certified narcotic addicts.Any other provisions of this article notwithstanding, a narcotic addict certified to the care and custody of the department may be discharged from that care and custody in order to serve another certification, commitment, or sentence, provided the period of the other certification, commitment, or sentence is likely to extend beyond the termination of the certification from which he or she would be discharged.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 163, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-28.2-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28.2 - Drug Abuse Control|Section 21-28.2-19 - Aftercare - Supervision of certain narcotic addicts.

§ 21-28.2-19. Aftercare — Supervision of certain narcotic addicts.The department shall establish and conduct programs of care and supervision for narcotic addicts into which narcotic addicts who have completed a prescribed course of inpatient treatment may be placed upon the department's determination that the narcotic addict will benefit by supervision and aftercare treatment. The facilities and programs for supervision and aftercare by private agencies and agencies of political subdivisions of the state shall be reviewed and approved by the department to determine if they conform to the standards established by the department. The department shall establish regulations and standards for release and aftercare placement of narcotic addicts. The department shall have the power to order any narcotic addict from aftercare supervision to inpatient treatment.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 163, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-28.2-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28.2 - Drug Abuse Control|Section 21-28.2-20 - Approval of rehabilitation facilities and service.

§ 21-28.2-20. Approval of rehabilitation facilities and service.(a) No narcotic addict certified to the care and custody of the department shall be assigned or transferred to or retained by any person, association, or corporation operating a facility for the care, treatment, or rehabilitation of narcotic addicts, or providing organized services for the treatment, care, or rehabilitation of narcotic addicts, unless the facility or services have been approved by the department pursuant to this section. That approval shall be granted pursuant to rules and regulations of the department which rules and regulations shall prescribe standards of good moral character, financial responsibility, adequacy of buildings and equipment, quality of care, qualifications of personnel, and form of records to be maintained, and shall provide for periodic review of the approval.(b) An application for the approval of the department pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be filed with the director together with any other forms and information that shall be prescribed by, or acceptable to, the department.(c) If the department proposes to disapprove the application, it shall afford the applicant an opportunity to request a public hearing. If requested, a public hearing shall be held and may be conducted by the director or the director's duly appointed designee.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 163, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-28.2-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28.2 - Drug Abuse Control|Section 21-28.2-21 - Annual appropriation.

§ 21-28.2-21. Annual appropriation.The general assembly shall annually appropriate a sum that it may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 163, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-28.2-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28.2 - Drug Abuse Control|Section 21-28.2-22 - Severability.

§ 21-28.2-22. Severability.The provisions of this chapter are severable, and if any of its provisions shall be held unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of that court shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 163, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-28.3-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28.3 - Drug Abuse Reporting System|Section 21-28.3-1 - Drug abuse reporting system established.

§ 21-28.3-1. Drug abuse reporting system established.The director of health, or the director's designee, shall establish and maintain a drug abuse reporting system to compile relevant statistics of incidents of drug abuse, for the purpose of aiding and assisting health and social service agencies, public and private, in the treatment and rehabilitation of victims of drug abuse.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 263, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 30, art. 28, § 6.
RI Gen L § 21-28.3-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28.3 - Drug Abuse Reporting System|Section 21-28.3-2 - Contents of statistics.

§ 21-28.3-2. Contents of statistics.The statistics shall include, but not be limited to, the age, sex, occupation, background, and degree of apparent dependency of the individual involved, and the nature and type of drug involved, according to forms and regulations established by the director, which forms and regulations are exempted from the Administrative Procedures Act, chapter 35 of title 42. All hospitals, physicians, and state and local law enforcement agencies shall be required to report, on a monthly basis, the facts and circumstances of incidents of drug abuse to the department of health in accordance with the reporting system established by the director of the department of health.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 263, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-28.3-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28.3 - Drug Abuse Reporting System|Section 21-28.3-3 - Confidentiality.

§ 21-28.3-3. Confidentiality.In the maintenance, compilation, and providing of the statistics, the director of health, the hospitals, and the physicians shall maintain a confidentiality with respect to the identity of the individuals involved except where ordered to the contrary by any court of competent jurisdiction in the state; that confidentiality shall not extend to the records and files of the law enforcement agencies, except insofar as the confidentiality is protected under other provisions of the general laws, or otherwise. The director is authorized to provide any public or private drug control agency or social service agency with the compilation and detail of the statistics described in §§ 21-28.3-1 and 21-28.3-2.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 263, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-28.3-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-28.3 - Drug Abuse Reporting System|Section 21-28.3-4 - Breach of confidentiality.

§ 21-28.3-4. Breach of confidentiality.Any person who directly or indirectly violates or conspires to violate the confidentiality provisions of § 21-28.3-3 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a sentence of up to six (6) months in jail and/or a fine of up to one thousand dollars ($1000).History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 263, § 1.