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RI Gen L § 40.1-5-28 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5 - Mental Health Law|Section 40.1-5-28 - Notice of disappearance of patient.

§ 40.1-5-28. Notice of disappearance of patient.When disclosure is necessary for the protection of the patient or others due to his or her unauthorized disappearance from the facility, and his or her whereabouts is unknown, notice of the disappearance, along with relevant information, shall be made to relatives and governmental law enforcement agencies designated by the physician in charge of the patient or the professional person in charge of the facility, or his or her professional designee.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 119, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5-29 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5 - Mental Health Law|Section 40.1-5-29 - Record of disclosure.

§ 40.1-5-29. Record of disclosure.When any disclosure of information or records is made, the physician in charge of the patient or the professional person in charge of the facility, or his or her designee, shall promptly cause to be entered into the patient's medical record the date and circumstances under which the disclosure was made, the names, and relationships to the patient, if any, of the person or agencies to whom the disclosure was made, and the information disclosed.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 119, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5-30 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5 - Mental Health Law|Section 40.1-5-30 - Statistical data.

§ 40.1-5-30. Statistical data.Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the compilation and publication of anonymous statistical data for use by government or researchers under standards.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 119, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5-31 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5 - Mental Health Law|Section 40.1-5-31 - Maintenance of facilities.

§ 40.1-5-31. Maintenance of facilities.Facilities under the jurisdiction, supervision, and control of the department shall be maintained, and services shall be provided, for the care and treatment of the mentally disabled of the state and for other persons and related purposes as shall be provided and authorized by law.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 100, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 40-20-17; Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970; G.L. 1956, § 40.1-5-17; P.L. 1974, ch. 119, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5-33 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5 - Mental Health Law|Section 40.1-5-33 - Payment for care and treatment.

§ 40.1-5-33. Payment for care and treatment.For the purposes of this chapter, facilities shall be maintained by the state for the care, treatment, and maintenance of the mentally disabled, and the patients may be maintained and treated in the facilities or in foster family care, and may receive the services conditioned upon prompt and regular payments for the care, maintenance, and treatment or for the services in amounts as fixed by the director. In the discretion of the director, the rates so fixed may be the reimbursement rates or in excess thereof. A preference shall be given to persons whose estate, or the person or persons legally liable for their support, cannot sufficiently pay for the care and treatment, or for the services in licensed private facilities or from sources outside the department. The director, in his or her discretion, may accept payments for services at less than the reimbursement rates, but the acceptance of the lesser payments shall not release the patient, his or her estate, or relatives, if they have sufficient financial ability, from the obligation to make up the difference between the amount fixed, accepted, or paid and the full reimbursement rates.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 100, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 40-20-18, Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970; G.L. 1956, § 40.1-5-18; P.L. 1974, ch. 119, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5-34 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5 - Mental Health Law|Section 40.1-5-34 - Exclusiveness of this chapter.

§ 40.1-5-34. Exclusiveness of this chapter.Where under any provision of any existing law, except in the case of a person held under criminal process, or under process of the family court for an act that would be considered a crime if committed by an adult, any person with mental disability, as defined in this chapter, shall have recourse to or be dealt with as provided in this chapter, exclusively. This section shall prevail notwithstanding the provisions of § 14-1-5(1)(v).History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 100, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 40-20-20, Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970; G.L. 1956, § 40.1-5-20; P.L. 1974, ch. 119, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 136.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5-35 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5 - Mental Health Law|Section 40.1-5-35 - Support of poor or indigent patients.

§ 40.1-5-35. Support of poor or indigent patients.The director may maintain without charge or defray the expense of care and treatment of such poor or indigent persons as are mentally disabled patients under treatment in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, who may have been admitted or certified to any facility under the provisions hereof. No person shall be denied care and treatment under the provisions of this chapter at any facility maintained by the state because he or she is unable to pay for the care and treatment.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 100, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 40-20-21, Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970; G.L. 1956, § 40.1-5-21; P.L. 1974, ch. 119, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5-36 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5 - Mental Health Law|Section 40.1-5-36 - Guardians ad litem.

§ 40.1-5-36. Guardians ad litem.(a) At any hearing hereunder or upon application thereto, the district court, or family court in the case of a patient under eighteen (18) years of age, may appoint guardians ad litem to represent any patient in matters concerning the provisions of this chapter. 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 patient, 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 patient, in the same manner as reimbursement for care and treatment is had by the state.(c) A party aggrieved by a final order of the court may seek review thereof in the supreme court by writ of certiorari in accordance with the procedures contained in § 42-35-16.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 100, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 40-20-22, Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970; G.L. 1956, § 40.1-5-22; P.L. 1974, ch. 119, § 1; P.L. 1976, ch. 140, § 19.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5-37 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5 - Mental Health Law|Section 40.1-5-37 - Service of process on patients.

§ 40.1-5-37. Service of process on patients.No civil process or notice shall be served upon any patient, unless the officer or person charged with the service shall apply to the physician in charge of the facility, or his or her designated agent, where the patient is confined, and receive a statement from the physician that service of the process or notice will not be injurious to the mental health of the patient, and the statement shall be annexed to his or her return of service. In the event that the physician in charge, or his designated agent, shall state that it would be injurious to the mental health of the patient, the process or notice shall not be served on the patient and the statement shall be set forth in his or her return, and the court shall order notice of the process or notice to be published and shall appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the interests of the patient, whether the patient be otherwise represented or not.History of Section.1966, ch. 100, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 40-20-23, Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970; G.L. 1956, § 40.1-5-23; P.L. 1974, ch. 119, § 1; P.L. 1976, ch. 215, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5-38 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5 - Mental Health Law|Section 40.1-5-38 - Conspiracy to admit person improperly.

§ 40.1-5-38. Conspiracy to admit person improperly.Any person who knowingly and willfully conspires with any other person unlawfully to improperly cause to be admitted or certified to any facility any person not covered by the provisions of 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. 1966, ch. 100, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 40-20-24, Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970; G.L. 1956, § 40.1-5-24; P.L. 1974, ch. 119, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5-39 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5 - Mental Health Law|Section 40.1-5-39 - Deprivation of rights of persons admitted to facilities.

§ 40.1-5-39. Deprivation of rights of persons admitted to facilities.Any person who willfully withholds from or denies to any person admitted to a facility as defined in this chapter 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. 1966, ch. 100, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 40-20-25, Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970; G.L. 1956, § 40.1-5-25; P.L. 1974, ch. 119, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 136.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5-40 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5 - Mental Health Law|Section 40.1-5-40 - Disciplinary action against employees of facilities.

§ 40.1-5-40. Disciplinary action against employees of facilities.Any employee of any facility who shall deny to or withhold from any patient any right granted him or her by this chapter shall, independently of the above criminal sanctions, be subject to such disciplinary action as the officer in charge shall see fit to impose, after notice, a hearing, and finding of a violation of the right.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 100, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 40-20-26, Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970; G.L. 1956, § 40.1-5-26; P.L. 1974, ch. 119, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5-40.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5 - Mental Health Law|Section 40.1-5-40.1 - Duty to report.

§ 40.1-5-40.1. Duty to report.Any employee who has reasonable cause to believe that an assault or a battery has been committed upon a patient shall make an immediate report, including the identity of parties and witnesses and details of the incident, to the director of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals, or his or her designee. The director of the department shall cause the report to be investigated immediately and further shall notify the mental health advocate and appropriate law enforcement agencies of the investigation. Any person who fails to make a report shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500).History of Section.P.L. 1983, ch. 145, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 254, § 4; P.L. 2012, ch. 264, § 4.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5-40.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5 - Mental Health Law|Section 40.1-5-40.2 - Immunity from liability for reporting patient abuse.

§ 40.1-5-40.2. Immunity from liability for reporting patient abuse.Any person, who, in good faith, makes a report pursuant to § 40.1-5-40.1, excluding any perpetrator or conspirator of the acts, shall have immunity from any liability, civil or criminal, that might be incurred as a result of having made the report.History of Section.P.L. 1983, ch. 145, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5-41 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5 - Mental Health Law|Section 40.1-5-41 - Immunity of physicians and surgeons from liability.

§ 40.1-5-41. Immunity of physicians and surgeons from liability.Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to contravene the provisions of § 5-37-14, and no physician or surgeon licensed to practice in this state, having met the requirements either of the statute or of this chapter, shall be made to answer in any court for his or her participation in any proceeding under this chapter except upon a showing of actual fraud; provided further, that no physician or surgeon shall be made to answer in any court for any damage or injury to any person or thing arising out of a patient's enjoyment and/or exercise of rights protected by this chapter including, without limitation, discharge, where the enjoyment and/or exercise of the rights, or any of them, are in contravention of either the written orders or prescription or advice of a physician or surgeon.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 119, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 30, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5-42 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5 - Mental Health Law|Section 40.1-5-42 - Severability.

§ 40.1-5-42. 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. 1966, ch. 100, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 40-20-27, Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970; G.L. 1956, § 40.1-5-27; P.L. 1974, ch. 119, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5-43 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5 - Mental Health Law|Section 40.1-5-43 - Applicability to acts done, rights accruing, orders, or admissions prior to January 1, 1975.

§ 40.1-5-43. Applicability to acts done, rights accruing, orders, or admissions prior to January 1, 1975.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 January 1, 1975. As to any person admitted or certified pursuant to the provisions of the law prior to January 1, 1975, the prior law shall continue to govern until six (6) months thereafter, whereupon the provisions of this chapter shall apply in all respects.History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 100, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 40-20-28, Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970; G.L. 1956, § 40.1-5-28; P.L. 1974, ch. 119, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5.1-1 - 40.1-5.1-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5.1 - Commitment of Insane Persons|Section 40.1-5.1-1 - 40.1-5.1-19 - [Repealed.]

§ 40.1-5.1-1 — 40.1-5.1-19. [Repealed.]
RI Gen L § 40.1-5.2-1 - 40.1-5.2-30 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5.2 - Care and Treatment|Section 40.1-5.2-1 - 40.1-5.2-30 - [Repealed.]

§ 40.1-5.2-1 — 40.1-5.2-30. [Repealed.]
RI Gen L § 40.1-5.3-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5.3 - Incompetency to Stand Trial and Persons Adjudged Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity|Section 40.1-5.3-1 - Facility for incompetent persons and others.

§ 40.1-5.3-1. Facility for incompetent persons and others.(a) The state director of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals shall maintain, at the state institution of Cranston, an appropriate facility for the confinement of persons committed to his or her custody pursuant to this chapter and shall provide for the proper care, treatment, and restraint of all such persons. All persons now or hereafter committed, pursuant to the provisions of §§ 40.1-5.3-3, 40.1-5.3-4, 40.1-5.3-7, or the provisions of prior law, shall be removed or committed, as the case may be, to the facility.(b) The cost of care, maintenance, and treatment of persons committed to the custody of the director of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals, as provided in §§ 40.1-5.3-3 and 40.1-5.3-4, unless otherwise provided for, shall be paid by the person, if he or she has any estate, or by the person liable for his or her support, if such there be; otherwise, the director may maintain without charge or defray the expense of care and treatment of the poor or indigent persons incompetent to stand trial or acquitted on the grounds of insanity.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 175, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 26-4-1; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 221, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5.3-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5.3 - Incompetency to Stand Trial and Persons Adjudged Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity|Section 40.1-5.3-2 - Transfers to and from general wards.

§ 40.1-5.3-2. Transfers to and from general wards.Whenever any person committed, transferred, or removed to the facility provided for in § 40.1-5.3-1 shall have recovered his or her mental health sufficiently to be cared for in the general wards of the institute of mental health, the director may, upon request of the superintendent of the state hospital, transfer the person to the general wards of the state hospital, and retransfer him or her to the facility provided for in § 40.1-5.3-1 upon a like request.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 175, § 2: G.L. 1956, § 26-4-2; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5.3-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5.3 - Incompetency to Stand Trial and Persons Adjudged Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity|Section 40.1-5.3-5 - Expenses of examination.

§ 40.1-5.3-5. Expenses of examination.All necessary expenses of an examination conducted under the provisions of § 40.1-5.3-3 or 40.1-5.3-4 shall be paid by the general treasurer, upon recommendation of the justice or judge who orders the examination.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 175, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 26-4-5; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5.3-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5.3 - Incompetency to Stand Trial and Persons Adjudged Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity|Section 40.1-5.3-6 - Examination of persons awaiting trial or convicted and imprisoned for crime.

§ 40.1-5.3-6. Examination of persons awaiting trial or convicted and imprisoned for crime.On a petition of the director of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals, or on the petition of the director of the department of corrections, setting forth that any person awaiting trial or convicted of a crime and imprisoned for the crime in the adult correctional institutions is mentally ill and requires specialized mental health care and psychiatric in-patient services that cannot be provided in a correctional facility, a judge of the district court or justice of the superior court may order the examination of the person as in his or her discretion he or she shall deem appropriate.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 175, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 26-4-6; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 231, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 576, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 542, § 97; P.L. 2013, ch. 279, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5.3-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5.3 - Incompetency to Stand Trial and Persons Adjudged Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity|Section 40.1-5.3-7 - Hearing on petition.

§ 40.1-5.3-7. Hearing on petition.(a) Upon receipt of the petition and appropriate notice to the director, the attorney general, and the person, or his or her counsel, the court having jurisdiction over the case shall hold a hearing at which the parties may introduce evidence bearing on the mental condition of the person. The person who is the subject of the petition may testify, confront witnesses, and present evidence.(b) If the court having jurisdiction over the case finds by clear and convincing evidence that the person is mentally ill and requires specialized mental health care and psychiatric inpatient services that cannot be provided in a correctional facility, the court may order the transfer of the prisoner from the adult correctional institutions, to be detained in the facility provided for in § 40.1-5.3-1.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 175, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 26-4-7; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 231, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 576, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 542, § 97; P.L. 2013, ch. 279, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5.3-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5.3 - Incompetency to Stand Trial and Persons Adjudged Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity|Section 40.1-5.3-8 - Duration of order of transfer - Officer to whom directed.

§ 40.1-5.3-8. Duration of order of transfer — Officer to whom directed.An order of transfer entered pursuant to § 40.1-5.3-7 shall be for and during the term of the prisoner's sentence, and shall be directed to the sheriff, or any of his or her deputies, of the county in which the prisoner stands committed.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 175, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 26-4-8; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 40.1-5.3-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals|Chapter 40.1-5.3 - Incompetency to Stand Trial and Persons Adjudged Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity|Section 40.1-5.3-9 - Return to confinement.

§ 40.1-5.3-9. Return to confinement.When any person transferred pursuant to § 40.1-5.3-7 has sufficiently recovered his or her mental health, he or she may, upon petition of the director and by order of a judge of the district court or justice of the superior court in his or her discretion, be transferred to the place of his or her original confinement, to serve out the remainder of his or her term of sentence.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 175, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 26-4-9; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 231, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 576, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 542, § 97; P.L. 2013, ch. 279, § 1.