§ 40.1-2-1. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Care and treatment” means the health services provided on an inpatient or outpatient basis in any facility directly operated by the department. Those services may include, but are not limited to, medical services, nursing care, bed and board, ancillary treatment services, and all other diagnostics and […]
§ 40.1-2-10. Establishment of right to balance paid to general treasurer. Any person or persons claiming a right to any moneys paid to the general treasurer may establish that right in the same manner as is provided in the case of unclaimed bank deposits in the hands of the general treasurer. History of Section.P.L. 1954, […]
§ 40.1-2-11. Abandonment of property of deceased or discharged residents. All personal property, excepting moneys, that shall have been left by any discharged or deceased patient or inmate in any institution under the control of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals and that, now or hereafter, shall not have been claimed by […]
§ 40.1-2-12. Transfer of abandoned property to the general treasurer. The fiscal agent of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals shall order the transfer of the abandoned personal property to the general treasurer for sale. History of Section.P.L. 1955, ch. 3448, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 40-2-12; Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970; […]
§ 40.1-2-13. Description of abandoned property transferred. The fiscal agent shall, upon ordering transfer of the abandoned personal property, cause to be forwarded to the general treasurer a list or declaration setting forth the name of each discharged or deceased patient or inmate and a description of each article of personal property abandoned as provided […]
§ 40.1-2-14. Sale of abandoned property — Remission of proceeds. The general treasurer, upon receipt of the abandoned personal property and the list or declaration, shall sell the articles at public sale advertised in a manner that, to the general treasurer, shall seem satisfactory and the general treasurer shall remit the proceeds received from the […]
§ 40.1-2-15. Application of proceeds of sale. The proceeds from the advertised public sale or sales, when received by the fiscal agent, shall be treated by him or her in the same manner as is provided for in §§ 40.1-2-7 — 40.1-2-10. History of Section.P.L. 1955, ch. 3448, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 40-2-15; Reorg. […]
§ 40.1-2-16. Protection of health of residents. In exercising the power and authority to provide for the care and physical welfare of the inmates, prisoners, patients, and pupils in the several institutions under its control and for the protection of the public health, the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals shall furnish all […]
§ 40.1-2-17. Resident physicians and dentists. The director of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals shall appoint resident physicians, dentists, and other physicians as may be necessary to give proper attention to the physical and mental welfare of the inmates of the institutions under the control of the department. The general assembly […]
§ 40.1-2-18. Examination of inmates for contagious disease — Investigation and report of sources. The department is hereby authorized and directed, by the attending physician at any of the institutions or by such other physician as the director of the department may, from time to time, designate, to use every available means to ascertain the […]
§ 40.1-2-19. Treatment and isolation of diseased residents — Detention after time for release. Every inmate, prisoner, patient, or pupil in any of the institutions under the department’s control, who has any dangerous, infectious, or contagious disease, including syphilis in the infectious stages and gonococcus infection, shall be forthwith placed under medical treatment, and if […]
§ 40.1-2-2. Rules and regulations. The department shall adopt, amend, promulgate, and enforce rules and regulations as are deemed necessary to accomplish the purposes of §§ 40.1-2-1 — 40.1-2-5; provided, however, that all rules and regulations shall be consistent with all applicable state and federal statutes and regulations governing third-party programs. History of Section.P.L. 1989, […]
§ 40.1-2-20. Records of venereal disease. For the statistical purposes of the department of health, the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals shall keep records of all cases of venereal diseases in institutions under its control, but those records shall not be open to public inspection, and the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental […]
§ 40.1-2-21. Powers as to health of residents. In carrying out the provisions of §§ 40.1-2-16 — 40.1-2-20 the department is hereby vested with full powers of inspection, examination, isolation, and disinfection of all inmates, prisoners, patients, or pupils in any of those institutions, and those powers may be delegated to and exercised by any […]
§ 40.1-2-22. Religious instructors and services. The director of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals shall appoint religious instructors who shall conduct religious services at such times and at such places within institutions under the control of the department, and who shall perform such other duties consistent with their office, as may […]
§ 40.1-2-23. Tenure of officers — Duties — Time devoted to duty — Sales to state by employees — Bond. All officers appointed by the director hereunder shall hold their respective offices during his or her pleasure, and may be removed and their successors appointed by the director at any time. In addition to the […]
§ 40.1-2-24. Compensation of officers and employees. The director shall fix the compensation of the officers and employees of the several institutions appointed under the authority of this chapter, and of the other institutions under his or her control, within the sum or sums appropriated to be expended for that purpose. History of Section.P.L. 1917, […]
§ 40.1-2-25. Institutional farms. The director may set apart for cultivation and other farming purposes any of the land under his or her control, whether or not the land is within the limits of any institution defined as provided in this chapter, and may place that land under the care and control of the officer […]
§ 40.1-2-26. Supervision of schools in institutions — Qualifications of teachers. The director of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals shall annually make to the council on elementary and secondary education in the month of July, a report of all the schools maintained in the institutions under its control, the report to […]
§ 40.1-2-27. Departmental seal. The department shall have a seal that shall have engraved thereon the words “Department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals, state of Rhode Island,” and the seal shall be affixed to all written contracts that the department is authorized and directed to make under the provisions of this chapter, and […]
