§ 40-2-1. Records of institution residents — Reports of injury or death — Communications to department. The department of human services shall keep a record showing the name, residence, sex, age, nativity, occupation, condition, and date of entrance or commitment of every inmate, patient, or pupil in the several institutions under the control of the […]
§ 40-2-10. Sale of abandoned property — Remission of proceeds. The state general treasurer, upon receipt of the abandoned personal property and a 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 […]
§ 40-2-11. Application of proceeds of sale. The proceeds from advertised public sale or sales, when received, shall be treated in the same manner as is provided for in §§ 40-2-3 — 40-2-6. History of Section.P.L. 1955, ch. 3448, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 40-2-15; Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970.
§ 40-2-12. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1917, ch. 1470, art. 4, § 1; P.L. 1918, ch. 1613, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 413, art. 4, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 54, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 80; G.L. 1956, § 40-2-16; Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970; Repealed by P.L. 2016, ch. […]
§ 40-2-13. Resident physicians and dentists. The director of the department of human services 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 shall annually appropriate such […]
§ 40-2-14. 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 another physician as the director of the department may from time to time designate, to use every available means to ascertain the existence […]
§ 40-2-15. Treatment and isolation of diseased residents — Detention after time for release. Every inmate, prisoner, patient, or pupil in any of the institutions, 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 in the opinion of […]
§ 40-2-16. Records of venereal disease. For the statistical purposes of the department of health, the department of human services shall keep records of all cases of venereal diseases in the institutions, but the records shall not be open to public inspection, and the department of human services shall make every reasonable effort to keep […]
§ 40-2-17. Powers as to health of residents. In carrying out the provisions of §§ 40-2-12 — 40-2-16, the department is hereby vested with full powers of inspection, examination, isolation, and disinfection of all inmates, prisoners, patients, or pupils in any of the institutions, and the powers may be delegated to, and exercised by, any […]
§ 40-2-18. Religious instructors and services. The director of the department of human services shall appoint religious instructors who shall conduct religious services at times and at places within institutions under the control of the department, and who shall perform other duties consistent with their office, as may be required of them by the director […]
§ 40-2-19. Tenure of officers — Duties — Time devoted to duty — Holding other offices — Sales to state — Bond. All officers appointed by the director under this chapter shall hold their respective offices during his or her pleasure, and may be removed and their successors appointed by the director at any time. […]
§ 40-2-2. Support of families of residents. The director of human services may contribute to the support of the destitute family of any adult resident of this state, committed to any one of the state institutions under his or her supervision, whenever he or she is satisfied that the destitution has resulted from the commitment; […]
§ 40-2-20. 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 the purpose. History of Section.P.L. 1917, […]
§ 40-2-21. Reports on schools in institutions — Inspections — Qualifications of teachers. The director of the department of human services shall annually make to the department of 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 be in […]
§ 40-2-22. Departmental seal. The department shall have a seal that shall have engraved thereon the words “department of human services, 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 the contracts shall be […]
§ 40-2-23. Annual report to general assembly. (a) The director shall make an annual report to the general assembly during the month of January, setting forth: (1) The condition and needs of the several institutions under his or her control; the number of inmates in each institution; and an abstract of all reports received from […]
§ 40-2-24. Prohibition against duplication of keys. Every key for maximum security units of the several institutions under the control of the department of human services shall contain embossed thereon the state seal with the words “do not duplicate,” and whoever reproduces or causes to be reproduced any key without a written order from the […]
§ 40-2-3. Application of funds deposited to care and treatment of residents. The director of the department of human services shall apply any funds now or hereafter deposited in the name of any discharged or deceased patient or inmate in any institution under the control of the department of human services as partial or full […]
§ 40-2-4. Notice of balance to credit of deceased or discharged resident. When a balance remains after the payment of the amount due the department of human services for care and treatment, the director shall cause notice of the balance to be mailed, postage prepaid, to each discharged patient or inmate at his or her […]
§ 40-2-5. Payment of balance to general treasurer. The balance, as shall remain after the amount due the department of human services for the care and treatment of any discharged or deceased patient or inmate is applied in payment thereof, shall be paid over to the general treasurer by the director. History of Section.P.L. 1954, […]
