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RI Gen L § 11-5-8.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-5 - Assaults|Section 11-5-8.1 - Assault with bodily fluid.

§ 11-5-8.1. Assault with bodily fluid.Any person incarcerated or in custody at a state correctional facility including the juvenile training school who shall knowingly and willfully commit an assault upon a correctional officer or any other employee of the department of corrections with any bodily fluid, while the employee is engaged in the performance of his or her duty, shall be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years, or fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 35, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-5-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-5 - Assaults|Section 11-5-9 - Repealed.

§ 11-5-9. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 11-5-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-5 - Assaults|Section 11-5-10 - Assault on persons 60 years of age or older causing bodily injury.

§ 11-5-10. Assault on persons 60 years of age or older causing bodily injury.Any person who shall commit an assault and battery upon a person sixty (60) years of age or older, causing bodily injury, shall be deemed to have committed a felony and shall be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years, or fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 158, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-5-10.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-5 - Assaults|Section 11-5-10.1 - Assault on persons 60 years of age or older causing serious bodily injury.

§ 11-5-10.1. Assault on persons 60 years of age or older causing serious bodily injury.(a) Any person who shall commit an assault or battery, or both, upon a person sixty (60) years of age or older, causing serious bodily injury, shall be deemed to have committed a felony and shall be imprisoned for not less than three (3) years but not more than twenty (20) years, or fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both. Every person so convicted shall be ordered to make restitution to the victim of the offense or to perform up to five hundred (500) hours of public community restitution work or attend violence counseling and/or substance abuse counseling, or any combination of them imposed by the sentencing judge. The court may not waive the obligation to make restitution and/or public community restitution work. The restitution and/or public community restitution work shall be in addition to any fine or sentence which may be imposed and not in lieu of the fine or sentence.(b) "Serious bodily injury" means physical injury that:(1) Creates a substantial risk of death;(2) Causes protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily part, member or organ; or(3) Causes serious permanent disfigurement.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 123, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 491, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 324, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 119, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-5-10.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-5 - Assaults|Section 11-5-10.2 - Assault on persons with severe impairments causing serious bodily injury.

§ 11-5-10.2. Assault on persons with severe impairments causing serious bodily injury.(a) Any person who shall commit an assault or battery, or both, upon a person, with severe impairments causing serious bodily injury, shall be deemed to have committed a felony and shall be imprisoned for not less than two (2) years but not more than twenty (20) years, or fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both. Every person so convicted shall be ordered to make restitution to the victim of the offense or to perform up to five hundred (500) hours of public community restitution work, or both, or any combination of them imposed by the sentencing judge. The court may not waive the obligation to make restitution and/or public community restitution work. The restitution and/or public community restitution work shall be in addition to any fine or sentence which may be imposed and not in lieu of the fine or sentence.(b) "Serious bodily injury" means physical injury that:(1) Creates a substantial risk of death, serious disfigurement;(2) Causes protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily part, member or organ; or(3) Causes serious permanent disfigurement.(c) For the purposes of this section:(1) "Adult" means a person over the age of eighteen (18).(2) "Major life activities" means: (i) mobility; (ii) self-care; (iii) communication; (iv) receptive and/or expressive language; (v) learning; (vi) self-direction; (vii) capacity for independent living; or (viii) economic self-sufficiency.(3) "Person with severe impairments" means a child or adult who has a disability which is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and physical impairments and results in substantial functional limitations in one or more major life activities.(d) Violations of this section shall be reported to the local police department.(e) After July 1, 2007 pursuant to § 40-8.5-2, the local police department may request the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals provide crisis intervention services for the adult victim with severe impairments when:(1) Necessary to ensure the immediate health and safety of the adult victim;(2) The adult victim relies on the person believed to have committed the assault and/or battery, for assistance in performing three (3) or more major life activities; and(3) After the victim is informed of his or her right to refuse crisis intervention and/or supportive services.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 358, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 422, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 324, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 175, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 268, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 254, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 264, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-5-10.3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-5 - Assaults|Section 11-5-10.3 - Assault on persons 60 years of age or older by caretaker causing bodily injury.

§ 11-5-10.3. Assault on persons 60 years of age or older by caretaker causing bodily injury.Any person who shall commit an assault and battery upon a person sixty (60) years of age or older, causing bodily injury, and who was, at the time of the assault and battery, responsible for the care and treatment of the victim, shall be deemed to have committed a felony and shall be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years, or fined not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or both. Further, if at the time of the assault and battery the person committing the act was employed by a health care facility that either condoned the act or attempted to conceal it, the health care facility shall be fined not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000).History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 442, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-5-10.4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-5 - Assaults|Section 11-5-10.4 - Assault on persons 60 years of age or older by caretaker causing serious bodily injury.

§ 11-5-10.4. Assault on persons 60 years of age or older by caretaker causing serious bodily injury.(a) Any person who shall commit an assault or battery, or both, upon a person sixty (60) years of age or older, causing serious bodily injury, and who was, at the time of the assault and battery, responsible for the care and treatment of the victim, shall be deemed to have committed a felony and shall be imprisoned for not less than two (2) years but not more than twenty (20) years, or fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both. Further, if at the time of the assault and battery the person committing the act was employed by a health care facility that either condoned the act or attempted to conceal it, the health care facility shall be fined not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000). Every person so convicted shall be ordered to make restitution to the victim of the offense or to perform up to five hundred (500) hours of public community restitution work or attend violence counseling and/or substance abuse counseling, or any combination of them imposed by the sentencing judge. The court may not waive the obligation to make restitution and/or public community restitution work. The restitution and/or public community restitution work shall be in addition to any fine or sentence which may be imposed and not in lieu of the fine or sentence.(b) "Serious bodily injury" means physical injury that:(1) Creates a substantial risk of death;(2) Causes protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily part, member or organ; or(3) Causes serious permanent disfigurement.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 442, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 324, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 119, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-5-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-5 - Assaults|Section 11-5-11 - Assault on persons with severe impairments.

§ 11-5-11. Assault on persons with severe impairments.(a) For the purposes of this section:(1) "adult" means a person over the age of eighteen (18).(2) "major life activities" means: (i) mobility; (ii) self-care; (iii) communication; (iv) receptive and/or expressive language; (v) learning; (vi) self-direction; (vii) capacity for independent living; or (viii) economic self-sufficiency.(3) "person with severe impairments" means a child or adult who has a disability which is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and physical impairments which results in a substantial limitation on the person's ability to function independently in the family or community and in one or more major life activities.(b) Any person who shall commit an assault and battery upon a person who is severely impaired as defined in subsection (a) of this section, causing bodily injury, shall be deemed to have committed a felony and shall be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years, or fined not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000), or both.(c) Violations of this section shall be reported to the local police department.(d) After July 1, 2007 pursuant to § 40-8.5-2, the local police department may request the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals provide crisis intervention services for the adult victim with severe impairments when:(1) Necessary to ensure the immediate health and safety of the adult victim;(2) The adult victim relies on the person believed to have committed the assault and/or battery, for assistance in performing three (3) or more major life activities; and(3) After the victim is informed of his or her right to refuse crisis intervention and/or supportive services.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 445, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 374, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 423, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 83, § 10; P.L. 1999, ch. 130, § 10; P.L. 2006, ch. 175, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 268, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 254, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 264, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-5-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-5 - Assaults|Section 11-5-13 - Repealed.

§ 11-5-13. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 11-5-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-5 - Assaults|Section 11-5-14 - Assault on child in care of department of children, youth and families.

§ 11-5-14. Assault on child in care of department of children, youth and families.Any employee of the department of children, youth and families, or any employee of any public or private agency with which the department contracts for services in furtherance of the care or custody of children, who shall commit an assault and battery upon a child in the care of the department shall be deemed to have committed a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than three (3) years but not more than ten (10) years and a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 258, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-5-14.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-5 - Assaults|Section 11-5-14.1 - Assault on child in care of department of children, youth and families causing serious bodily injury.

§ 11-5-14.1. Assault on child in care of department of children, youth and families causing serious bodily injury.(a) Any employee of the department of children, youth and families, or any employee of any public or private agency with which the department contracts for services in furtherance of the care or custody of children who shall commit an assault or battery upon a child in the care of the department, causing serious bodily injury, shall be deemed to have committed a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than five (5) years but not more than twenty (20) years and a fine of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) nor more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000).(b) "Serious bodily injury" means physical injury that:(1) Creates a substantial risk of death;(2) Causes protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily part, member or organ; or(3) Causes serious permanent disfigurement.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 258, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-5-14.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-5 - Assaults|Section 11-5-14.2 - Battery by an adult upon child ten (10) years of age or younger causing serious bodily injury.

§ 11-5-14.2. Battery by an adult upon child ten (10) years of age or younger causing serious bodily injury.(a) Any person eighteen (18) years of age or older who shall commit a battery upon a child ten (10) years of age or younger, causing serious bodily injury, shall be deemed to have committed a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than five (5) years but not more than twenty (20) years and a fine of not less than five thousand ($5,000) dollars nor more than twenty thousand ($20,000) dollars.(b) "Serious bodily injury" means physical injury that:(1) Creates a substantial risk of death;(2) Causes protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily part, member or organ; or(3) Causes serious permanent disfigurement.History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 90, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 109, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-5-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-5 - Assaults|Section 11-5-15 - Aggravated harassment of a deputy sheriff by an inmate.

§ 11-5-15. Aggravated harassment of a deputy sheriff by an inmate.Every prisoner confined in a custodial unit of the adult correctional institutions or in the custody of the warden or other correctional employee while outside the confines of the institutions who causes or attempts to cause any deputy sheriff to come into contact with blood, seminal fluid, urine or feces, by throwing, tossing or expelling the fluid or material with the intent to harass, annoy, threaten or alarm, shall be imprisoned not exceeding two (2) years, or fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than two thousand dollars ($2,000), or both.History of Section.P.L. 1999, ch. 467, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 29.
RI Gen L § 11-5-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-5 - Assaults|Section 11-5-16 - Assault of health care providers or emergency services medical personnel.

§ 11-5-16. Assault of health care providers or emergency services medical personnel.(a) Any person who shall knowingly and willfully assault a health care provider and/or emergency medical services personnel while that provider is engaged in providing health care services shall be deemed to have committed a felony, and may be imprisoned no more than three (3) years and fined not more than fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500), or both.(b) The following terms, as used in this section, are defined as follows:(1) "Health care provider" has the same meaning as defined in § 5-37.3-3 and includes any personnel directed by them.(2) "Emergency medical services personnel" means anyone who provides emergency medical transportation services and anyone directed by them.(3) "Health care services" has the same meaning as defined in § 5-37.3-3 and includes any personnel directed by them.History of Section.P.L. 2001, ch. 74, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 201, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-5-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-5 - Assaults|Section 11-5-17 - Assault or battery for purpose of causing unconsciousness.

§ 11-5-17. Assault or battery for purpose of causing unconsciousness.Any person who shall make an assault or battery, or both, by causing, or attempting to cause, another person to be rendered unconscious by a single punch, kick, or other singular striking motion to the head of such person for the purpose of bringing about the loss of consciousness of such person, or who shall knowingly assist, aid, abet, solicit, encourage, counsel, command, or conspire to coerce any person to commit such an act, shall be deemed to have committed a felony and shall be imprisoned for not more than three (3) years or fined not more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500), or both.History of Section.P.L. 2014, ch. 483, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 546, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-6-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-6 - Bigamy and Adultery|Section 11-6-1 - Bigamy.

§ 11-6-1. Bigamy.Every person who shall be convicted of being married to another, or of cohabiting with another as husband and wife, having at the time a former husband or wife living, shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000); provided, that this shall not extend to any person whose husband or wife shall be continually remaining without the limits of this state for the space of seven (7) years together, the party being married after the expiration of the seven (7) years, not knowing the other to be living within that time, nor to any person who shall be divorced at the time of the second marriage, nor to any person by reason of any former or prior marriage made when the man was less than fourteen (14) and the woman less than twelve (12) years of age.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 281, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 347, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 399, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 610, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-6-1; P.L. 1989, ch. 214, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-6-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-6 - Bigamy and Adultery|Section 11-6-2 - Adultery.

§ 11-6-2. Adultery.Every person who shall commit adultery shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500); and illicit sexual intercourse between any two (2) persons, where either of them is married, shall be deemed adultery in each.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 281, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 347, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 399, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 610, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 11-6-2; P.L. 1989, ch. 214, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-6-3, 11-6-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-6 - Bigamy and Adultery|Section 11-6-3, 11-6-4 - Repealed.

§ 11-6-3, 11-6-4. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 11-7-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-7 - Bribery|Section 11-7-1 - Bribery of juror or person exercising judicial function.

§ 11-7-1. Bribery of juror or person exercising judicial function.Every person who shall give any sum of money or any bribe, present, reward or unsecured loan, or any promise or security for any, to obtain or influence the opinion, judgment, verdict, sentence, report or award of any judge, justice of the peace, warden, juror, auditor, referee, arbitrator, master in chancery, or person summoned as a juror, in any matter or cause pending or to be tried before him or her alone or before him or her with others, shall be imprisoned not exceeding seven (7) years or be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000).History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 276, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 342, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 394, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 605, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 11-7-1; P.L. 1990, ch. 95, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-7-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-7 - Bribery|Section 11-7-2 - Acceptance of bribe by juror or person exercising judicial function.

§ 11-7-2. Acceptance of bribe by juror or person exercising judicial function.Every judge, justice of the peace, warden, juror, auditor, referee, arbitrator, master in chancery, or person summoned as a juror, who shall accept, receive, or agree for in any way any bribe, present, reward, or unsecured loan, to him or her offered, for the purpose of obtaining or influencing his or her opinion, judgment, verdict, sentence, report, or award in any matter or cause depending or to be tried before him or her alone or before him or her with others, shall be imprisoned not exceeding seven (7) years or fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000).History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 276, § 5; G.L. 1909, ch. 342, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 394, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 605, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 11-7-2; P.L. 1990, ch. 95, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-7-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-7 - Bribery|Section 11-7-3 - Solicitation or acceptance of bribe by agent, employee, or public official.

§ 11-7-3. Solicitation or acceptance of bribe by agent, employee, or public official.(a) No person in public or private employ, or public official shall corruptly accept, or obtain or agree to accept, or attempt to obtain from any person, for himself or herself or any other person, any gift or valuable consideration as an inducement or reward for doing or forbearing to do, or for having done or forborne to do, any act in relation to the business of his or her principal, master, employer, or state, city, or town of which he or she is an official, or for showing or forbearing to show favor or disfavor to any person in relation to the business of his or her principal, master, employer, or state, city, or town of which he or she is an official.(b) It shall not be a defense to a prosecution under this section that the person did not have the power or authority to perform the act or omission for which the reward or inducement was offered, solicited, accepted, or agreed upon.History of Section.P.L. 1905, ch. 1219, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 349, § 21; G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 21; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 11-7-3; P.L. 1991, ch. 139, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-7-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-7 - Bribery|Section 11-7-4 - Bribery of agent, employee, or public official.

§ 11-7-4. Bribery of agent, employee, or public official.(a) No person shall corruptly give or offer any gift or valuable consideration to any person in public or private employ, or any public official as an inducement or reward for doing or forebearing to do, or for having done or forborne to do, any act in relation to the business of his or her principal, master, or employer, or the state, city, or town of which he or she is an official, or for showing or forbearing to show favor or disfavor to any person in relation to the business of his or her principal, master, employer, or state, city, or town of which he or she is an official.(b) It shall not be a defense to a prosecution under this section that the person did not have the power or authority to perform the act or omission for which the reward or inducement was offered, solicited, accepted, or agreed upon.History of Section.P.L. 1905, ch. 1219, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 349, § 22; G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 22; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 22; G.L. 1956, § 11-7-4; P.L. 1991, ch. 136, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-7-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-7 - Bribery|Section 11-7-5 - Penalty for violations.

§ 11-7-5. Penalty for violations.Any person who violates any of the provisions of § 11-7-3 or 11-7-4 shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) nor more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or three times the monetary equivalent of the gift or valuable consideration, whichever is greater, or imprisoned for not more than twenty (20) years, or both.History of Section.P.L. 1905, ch. 1219, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 349, § 24; G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 24; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 24; G.L. 1956, § 11-7-5; P.L. 1981, ch. 193, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 89, § 1.