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RI Gen L § 11-60-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-60 - Assisted Suicide|Section 11-60-3 - Prevention of assisted suicide.

§ 11-60-3. Prevention of assisted suicide.An individual or licensed health care practitioner who with the purpose of assisting another person to commit suicide knowingly:(1) Provides the physical means by which another person commits or attempts to commit suicide; or(2) Participates in a physical act by which another person commits or attempts to commit suicide is guilty of a felony and upon conviction may be punished by imprisonment for up to ten (10) years, by a fine of up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or both.History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 181, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 183, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-60-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-60 - Assisted Suicide|Section 11-60-4 - Acts and omissions exempted.

§ 11-60-4. Acts and omissions exempted.(a) A licensed health care professional who administers, prescribes, or dispenses medications or procedures to relieve another person's pain or discomfort, even if the medication or procedure may hasten or increase the risk of death, does not violate the provision of this chapter unless the medications or procedures are knowingly administered, prescribed, or dispensed to cause death.(b) A licensed health care professional who withholds or withdraws a life-sustaining procedure in compliance with chapter 4.10 of title 23 does not violate the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 181, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 183, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-60-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-60 - Assisted Suicide|Section 11-60-5 - Injunctive relief.

§ 11-60-5. Injunctive relief.(a) The attorney general is empowered to seek an injunction against any person violating the provisions of this chapter. The person who has been assisted or counseled in an attempt to commit suicide, may seek an injunction against all future unlawful assisted suicides by the particular individual who assisted or attempted to assist the suicide.(b) A cause of action for injunctive relief under this section may be maintained by the attorney general against any individual or licensed health care practitioner who is reasonably believed to be about to violate or who is in the course of violating this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 181, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 183, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-61-1 - 11-61-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-61 - The Rhode Island Street Terrorism Enforcement and Prevention Act|Section 11-61-1 - 11-61-8 - Repealed.

§ 11-61-1 — 11-61-8. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 11-62-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-62 - Community Restitution|Section 11-62-1 - Community restitution.

§ 11-62-1. Community restitution.The general assembly declares that the words "public service" which appear throughout this title shall now be substituted with, and referred to as "public community restitution".History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 454, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-63-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-63 - Use of Theft Detection Devices|Section 11-63-1 - Unlawful use and/or removal of theft detection shielding devices.

§ 11-63-1. Unlawful use and/or removal of theft detection shielding devices.(a) A person commits unlawful use of a theft detection shielding device when he or she knowingly manufactures, sells, offers for sale or distributes in any way a laminated or coated bag or device peculiar to and marketed for shielding and intended to shield merchandise from detection by an electronic or magnetic theft alarm sensor.(b) A person commits unlawful possession of a theft detection shielding device when he or she knowingly possesses any laminated or coated bag or device peculiar to and designed for shielding and intended to shield merchandise from detection by an electronic or magnetic theft alarm sensor, with the intent to commit theft or retail theft.(c) A person commits unlawful possession of a theft detection device remover when he or she knowingly possesses any tool or device designed to allow the removal of any theft detection device from any merchandise with the intent to use the tool to remove any theft detection device from any merchandise without the permission of the merchant or person owning or holding the merchandise.(d) A person commits unlawful removal of a theft detection device when he or she intentionally removes the device from merchandise prior to purchase.History of Section.P.L. 2001, ch. 282, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-63-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-63 - Use of Theft Detection Devices|Section 11-63-2 - Detention of persons suspected of unlawful use and/or removal of theft detection devices - Reasonable cause.

§ 11-63-2. Detention of persons suspected of unlawful use and/or removal of theft detection devices — Reasonable cause.(a) The activation of an anti-shoplifting or inventory control device as a result of a person exiting the establishment or a protected area within the establishment shall constitute reasonable cause for the detention of the person exiting by the owner or operator of the establishment or by an agent or employee of the owner or operator, provided sufficient notice has been posted to advise the patrons that the device is being utilized. Each detention shall be made only in a reasonable manner and only for a reasonable period of time sufficient for any inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the activation of the device or for the recovery of goods.(b) The taking into custody and detention by a law enforcement officer, merchant, or merchant's employee, if done in compliance with all the requirements of this section, shall not render law enforcement officer, merchant, or merchant's employee criminally or civilly liable for false arrest, false imprisonment, or unlawful detention.History of Section.P.L. 2001, ch. 282, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-63-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-63 - Use of Theft Detection Devices|Section 11-63-3 - Penalties for violation.

§ 11-63-3. Penalties for violation.Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be subject to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or shall be imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.History of Section.P.L. 2001, ch. 282, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-64-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-64 - Electronic Imaging Devices|Section 11-64-1 - Definitions.

§ 11-64-1. Definitions.For the purposes of this chapter the following definitions apply:(1) "Disseminate" means to make available by any means to any person.(2) "Harm" means bodily injury, emotional distress, financial loss, or reputational injury.(3) "Identifiable" means identifiable by any person from the visual image or information offered in connection with the visual material.(4) "Imaging device" means any electronic instrument capable of capturing, recording, storing, or transmitting visual images.(5) "Intimate areas" means the naked or undergarment clad genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or any portion of the female breast below the top of the areola of a person that the person intended to be protected from public view.(6) "Legal entity" means any partnership, firm, association, corporation, or any agent or servant thereof.(7) "Publish" means to:(i) Disseminate with the intent that the image or images be made available by any means to any person or other legal entity;(ii) Disseminate with the intent the images be sold by another person or legal entity;(iii) Post, present, display, exhibit, circulate, advertise, or allow access by any means, so as to make an image or images available to the public; or(iv) Disseminate with the intent that an image or images be posted, presented, displayed, exhibited, circulated, advertised, or made accessible by any means, and to make the images available to the public.(8) "Sell" means to disseminate to another person, or to publish, in exchange for something of value.(9) "Sexually explicit conduct" means actual:(i) Graphic sexual intercourse, including: genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-genital, or oral-anal, or lascivious sex where the genitals or pubic area of any person is exhibited;(ii) Bestiality;(iii) Masturbation; or(iv) Sadistic or masochistic abuse.(10) "Visual image" means any photograph, film, video, or digital image or recording, whether produced by electronic, mechanical, or other means.History of Section.P.L. 2004, ch. 202, § 2; P.L. 2004, ch. 206, § 2; P.L. 2018, ch. 27, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 28, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-64-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-64 - Electronic Imaging Devices|Section 11-64-2 - Video voyeurism.

§ 11-64-2. Video voyeurism.(1) A person is guilty of video voyeurism when, for the purpose of sexual arousal, gratification or stimulation, such person:(a) Uses, installs or permits the use or installation of an imaging device to capture, record, store or transmit visual images of the intimate areas of another person without that other person's knowledge and consent, and under circumstances in which that other person would have a reasonable expectation of privacy.(b) Intentionally, and with knowledge that the image was obtained in violation of subsection (a), disseminates, publishes, or sells such image of the captured representation of another person or persons depicted in the representation or reproduction, and who did not consent to the dissemination, publication or sale.(2) A person is also guilty of video voyeurism when that person, for the purpose of sexual arousal, gratification or stimulation, looks into an occupied dwelling or other building by use of an imaging device that provides images of the interior of a dwelling.(3) A person found guilty of the crime of video voyeurism shall be imprisoned for not more than three (3) years in jail and/or fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5000).History of Section.P.L. 2004, ch. 202, § 2; P.L. 2004, ch. 206, § 2.
RI Gen L § 11-65-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-65 - Unlawful Operation of a Recording Device|Section 11-65-1 - Definitions.

§ 11-65-1. Definitions.As used in this chapter:(1) The term "audiovisual recording function" means the capability of a device to record or transmit a motion picture, or any part thereof, by means of any technology now in use or later developed.(2) The term "motion picture theater" means a movie theater, screening room, or other venue that is being utilized primarily for the exhibition of a motion picture at the time of the offense provided for in § 11-65-2 of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 2005, ch. 162, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 164, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-65-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-65 - Unlawful Operation of a Recording Device|Section 11-65-2 - Unlawful operation of a recording device.

§ 11-65-2. Unlawful operation of a recording device.(a) Any person who knowingly operates the audiovisual recording function of any device in a motion picture theater, while a motion picture is being exhibited with the intention of recording the movie or picture being played, and without the consent of the motion picture theater owner, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.(b) A person found guilty of the crime of unlawful operation of a recording device shall be imprisoned for not more than one year, or fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the operation of an audiovisual recording function of a device by any authorized employee or agent of a local, state or federal law enforcement agency while such employee or agent is engaged in authorized investigative, protective, law enforcement or intelligence gathering activities.(d) Nothing in this section shall preclude prosecution of a person under any other provision of the general statutes.(e) Any person reasonably believed to have committed or to be committing the crime of unlawful operation of a recording device as defined in § 11-65-2 shall be subject to detention by a police officer in accordance with § 12-7-1.History of Section.P.L. 2005, ch. 162, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 164, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-65-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-65 - Unlawful Operation of a Recording Device|Section 11-65-3 - Immunity of motion picture theater owner.

§ 11-65-3. Immunity of motion picture theater owner.(a) Any theater owner or lessee, or an employee or agent of a theater owner or lessee, who observes any person committing an offense or attempting to commit an offense in violation of this chapter may stop the person. Immediately upon stopping the person, the theater owner, an employee or agent of a theater owner shall identify himself or herself and state his or her reason for stopping the person. If after his or her initial confrontation with the person under suspicion, the theater owner or lessee, or employee or agent of a theater owner or lessee, has reasonable grounds to believe that at the time stopped, the person was committing or attempting to commit the crime of unlawful operation of a recording device on the premises, the theater owner or lessee, or employee or agent of a theater owner or lessee, may detain the person for a reasonable time sufficient to summon a police officer to the premises. In no case shall the detention be for a period exceeding one hour. Detention must be accomplished in a reasonable manner without unreasonable restraint or excessive force, and may take place only on the premises of the "motion picture theater" establishment where the alleged crime occurred. Any person so stopped by a theater owner or lessee, or employee or agent of an owner or lessee pursuant to this section shall promptly identify himself or herself by name and address. Once placed under detention, no other information shall be required of the person and no written and/or signed statement shall be elicited from the person until a police officer has taken him or her into custody.(b) For the purposes of this section, "reasonable grounds" includes knowledge that a person appeared to be operating a recording device on the premises in violation of § 11-65-2, or appeared to be attempting to operate a recording device in violation of § 11-65-2 while on the premises.(c) In detaining a person whom the theater owner, or an employee or agent of a theater owner has reasonable grounds to believe is committing the crime of unlawful operating of a recording device, the theater owner, or an employee or agent of a theater owner may use a reasonable amount of nondeadly force when and only when that force is necessary to protect himself or herself, or to prevent the escape of the person being detained or the loss of the unlawful audiovisual recording.(d) The owner or lessee of a motion picture theater, or the agent or employee of such owner or lessee, who alerts law enforcement authorities of an alleged violation of this chapter shall not be liable in any civil action arising out of measures taken by such owner, lessee, agent or employee in the course of reasonably detaining a person that the owner, lessee, agent or employee had reasonable grounds to believe violated this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 2005, ch. 162, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 164, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-66-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-66 - Hydrant Tampering|Section 11-66-1 - Interference with fire hydrants.

§ 11-66-1. Interference with fire hydrants.Every person or entity engaged who for the purposes of commercial activity, who willfully or fraudulently injures or knowingly allows to be injured any fire hydrant or "dry hydrant," so called as constructed and maintained by a fire company or district, connected with or belonging to any public waterworks or water service owned and furnished by the city of Providence or willfully tampers or meddles with any other of the appliances or appurtenances connected with or belonging to the public waterworks or water service owned and furnished by the city of Providence in a manner that causes loss or damage, shall be fined not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000), nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).This chapter shall not apply to any person who is under the age of eighteen (18) years.History of Section.P.L. 2006, ch. 581, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 593, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-67-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-67 - Trafficking of Persons and Involuntary Servitude|Section 11-67-1 - Repealed.

§ 11-67-1. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 2007, ch. 123, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 217, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2017, ch. 232, § 1, effective July 18, 2017; P.L. 2017, ch. 260, § 1, effective July 19, 2017.
RI Gen L § 11-67-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-67 - Trafficking of Persons and Involuntary Servitude|Section 11-67-2 - Repealed.

§ 11-67-2. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 2007, ch. 123, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 217, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 188, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 192, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2017, ch. 232, § 1, effective July 18, 2017; P.L. 2017, ch. 260, § 1, effective July 19, 2017.
RI Gen L § 11-67-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-67 - Trafficking of Persons and Involuntary Servitude|Section 11-67-3 - Repealed.

§ 11-67-3. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 2007, ch. 123, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 217, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2017, ch. 232, § 1, effective July 18, 2017; P.L. 2017, ch. 260, § 1, effective July 19, 2017.
RI Gen L § 11-67-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-67 - Trafficking of Persons and Involuntary Servitude|Section 11-67-4 - Repealed.

§ 11-67-4. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 2007, ch. 123, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 217, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2017, ch. 232, § 1, effective July 18, 2017; P.L. 2017, ch. 260, § 1, effective July 19, 2017.
RI Gen L § 11-67-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-67 - Trafficking of Persons and Involuntary Servitude|Section 11-67-5 - Repealed.

§ 11-67-5. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 2007, ch. 123, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 217, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2017, ch. 232, § 1, effective July 18, 2017; P.L. 2017, ch. 260, § 1, effective July 19, 2017.
RI Gen L § 11-67-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-67 - Trafficking of Persons and Involuntary Servitude|Section 11-67-6 - Repealed.

§ 11-67-6. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 188, § 2; P.L. 2009, ch. 192, § 2; P.L. 2015, ch. 42, § 1; P.L. 2015, ch. 45, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2017, ch. 232, § 1, effective July 18, 2017; P.L. 2017, ch. 260, § 1, effective July 19, 2017.
RI Gen L § 11-67-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-67 - Trafficking of Persons and Involuntary Servitude|Section 11-67-7 - Repealed.

§ 11-67-7. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 188, § 2; P.L. 2009, ch. 192, § 2; Repealed by P.L. 2017, ch. 232, § 1, effective July 18, 2017; P.L. 2017, ch. 260, § 1, effective July 19, 2017.
RI Gen L § 11-67-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-67 - Trafficking of Persons and Involuntary Servitude|Section 11-67-8 - Repealed.

§ 11-67-8. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 188, § 2; P.L. 2009, ch. 192, § 2; Repealed by P.L. 2017, ch. 232, § 1, effective July 18, 2017; P.L. 2017, ch. 260, § 1, effective July 19, 2017.
RI Gen L § 11-67.1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-67.1 - Uniform Act on Prevention of and Remedies for Human Trafficking|Section 11-67.1-1 - Short title.

§ 11-67.1-1. Short title.This chapter shall be known and cited as the "Uniform Act on Prevention of and Remedies for Human Trafficking."History of Section.P.L. 2017, ch. 232, § 2; P.L. 2017, ch. 260, § 2.
RI Gen L § 11-67.1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-67.1 - Uniform Act on Prevention of and Remedies for Human Trafficking|Section 11-67.1-3 - Trafficking an individual.

§ 11-67.1-3. Trafficking an individual.(a) A person commits the offense of trafficking an individual if the person knowingly recruits, transports, transfers, harbors, receives, provides, obtains, isolates, maintains, or entices an individual in furtherance of:(1) Forced labor in violation of § 11-67.1-4; or(2) Sexual servitude in violation of § 11-67.1-5.(b) Every person who shall commit trafficking of a minor shall be guilty of a felony, subject to not more than fifty (50) years imprisonment, a fine of up to forty thousand dollars ($40,000), or both.(c) Every person who shall commit trafficking of an adult shall be guilty of a felony, subject to not more than twenty (20) years imprisonment, a fine of up to twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), or both.History of Section.P.L. 2017, ch. 232, § 2; P.L. 2017, ch. 260, § 2.
RI Gen L § 11-67.1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-67.1 - Uniform Act on Prevention of and Remedies for Human Trafficking|Section 11-67.1-4 - Forced labor.

§ 11-67.1-4. Forced labor.(a) A person commits the offense of forced labor if the person knowingly uses coercion to compel an individual to provide labor or services, except when such conduct is permissible under federal law or law of this state other than this chapter.(b) Every person who shall commit forced labor of a minor shall be guilty of a felony, subject to not more than fifty (50) years imprisonment, a fine of up to forty thousand dollars ($40,000), or both.(c) Every person who shall commit forced labor of an adult shall be guilty of a felony, subject to not more than twenty (20) years imprisonment, a fine of up to twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), or both.History of Section.P.L. 2017, ch. 232, § 2; P.L. 2017, ch. 260, § 2.
RI Gen L § 11-67.1-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-67.1 - Uniform Act on Prevention of and Remedies for Human Trafficking|Section 11-67.1-5 - Sexual servitude.

§ 11-67.1-5. Sexual servitude.(a) A person commits the offense of sexual servitude if the person knowingly:(1) Maintains or makes available a minor for the purpose of engaging the minor in commercial sexual activity; or(2) Uses coercion or deception to compel an adult to engage in commercial sexual activity.(b) It is not a defense in a prosecution under subsection (a)(1) of this section that the minor consented to engage in commercial sexual activity or that the defendant believed the minor was an adult.(c) Every person who shall commit sexual servitude of a minor shall be guilty of a felony, subject to not more than fifty (50) years imprisonment, a fine of up to forty thousand dollars ($40,000), or both.(d) Every person who shall commit sexual servitude of an adult shall be guilty of a felony, subject to not more than twenty (20) years imprisonment, a fine of up to twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), or both.History of Section.P.L. 2017, ch. 232, § 2; P.L. 2017, ch. 260, § 2.