2009 Rhode Island Code
Title 5 - Businesses and Professions
CHAPTER 5-37.3 - Confidentiality of Health Care Communications and Information Act
§ 5-37.3-8 - Appointment of guardian ad litem for incompetents.
SECTION 5-37.3-8
§ 5-37.3-8 Appointment of guardian ad litem for incompetents. – Whenever health care information subject to this chapter is relevant to a criminal proceeding and the patient to whom it pertains is incompetent due to a physical or mental incapacity and has no authorized representative, the court shall appoint a guardian ad litem for the patient who shall review the information and determine whether it is in the best interest of the patient to authorize disclosure of that information.
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