Section 40.1-27-7. – Non-retaliation or discrimination.
§ 40.1-27-7. Non-retaliation or discrimination. A program that discharges, discriminates, or retaliates against a person who makes a report, testifies, or is about to testify in any proceeding, shall be liable to the person so discharged, discriminated, or retaliated against, for treble damages, costs, and attorney’s fees. History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 414, § 1.
Section 40.1-27-8. – Abrogation of privilege.
§ 40.1-27-8. Abrogation of privilege. Any privilege established by chapter 37.3 of title 5, or any professional code relating to the exclusion of confidential communications and/or the competency of witnesses, may not be invoked in any civil or criminal action arising out of a report made pursuant to this chapter or the failure to make […]
Section 40.1-27-9. – Notice — Posting provisions.
§ 40.1-27-9. Notice — Posting provisions. A notice of the reporting requirements imposed under this chapter, and of the penalty imposed for failure to report, shall be conspicuously posted on each floor of any program required to be licensed under the provisions of § 40.1-24-1 et seq. History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 414, § 1.
Section 40.1-27-10. – Penalties for acts of abuse or neglect.
§ 40.1-27-10. Penalties for acts of abuse or neglect. (a) Any person who knowingly abuses, mistreats, or neglects a participant, or commits any acts of abuse, mistreatment, or neglect as those terms are defined by § 40.1-27-1(a)(1), (2), (3), or (4), shall be fined not more than three thousand dollars ($3,000) or imprisoned not more […]
Section 40.1-28-1 – — 40.1-28-6. [Repealed.]
§ 40.1-28-1 — 40.1-28-6. [Repealed.]
Section 40.1-27-2. – Duty to report.
§ 40.1-27-2. Duty to report. (a) Any person within the scope of his or her employment at a program or in his or her professional capacity who has knowledge of, or reasonable cause to believe, that a participant in a program has been abused, mistreated, or neglected shall make, within twenty-four (24) hours or by […]
Section 40.1-26-4.1. – Aversive interventions — Prohibitions.
§ 40.1-26-4.1. Aversive interventions — Prohibitions. It shall be unlawful for any agency to use prohibited aversive intervention techniques on a person with a developmental disability in the state of Rhode Island. The specific strategies to be prohibited within the context of behavioral treatment interventions include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) Noxious, […]
Section 40.1-26-5. – Participant grievance procedure.
§ 40.1-26-5. Participant grievance procedure. (a) Every agency must establish a written grievance procedure. The grievance procedure shall be presented to every participant or applicant in a manner consistent with the participant’s or applicant’s learning style and be conspicuously posted in each agency. The notice of grievance procedure shall include the name of organizations that […]
Section 40.1-26-6. – Immunity from liability.
§ 40.1-26-6. Immunity from liability. The state shall protect and hold harmless any volunteer member of a human rights committee from financial loss and expense, including legal fees and costs, if any, arising out of any claim, demand, or suit for damages resulting from acts or omissions committed in the discharge of his or her […]
Section 40.1-26-6.1. – Good-faith immunity.
§ 40.1-26-6.1. Good-faith immunity. Any volunteer member of a human rights committee, acting in good faith and meeting the requirements of this statute, shall have immunity from any liability, civil or criminal, that might be incurred in the performance of his or her duties as a volunteer member of a human rights committee and shall […]