2013 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 11 - Criminal Offenses
Chapter 11-37.1 - Sexual Offender Registration and Community Notification
Section 11-37.1-5 - Registration requirement upon release, parole, or probation.

§ 11-37.1-5 Registration requirement upon release, parole, or probation. – (a) Duty of state officials. If a person who is required to register under this chapter is released from prison, then the official in charge of the place of confinement or his or her designee shall comply with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section;

(2) If a person who is required to register under this chapter is placed on parole, the executive secretary of the parole board shall comply with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section;

(3) If a person who is required to register under this chapter is released on probation or placed on home confinement, then the assistant administrator or the division of probation shall comply with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section;

(4) If a person who is required to register under this chapter is released from a juvenile correctional facility, either outright or on some form of supervised release, then the person in charge of the institution shall comply with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section;

(5) If a person who is required to register under this chapter is placed on juvenile probation, then the person in charge of the program shall comply with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section; or

(6) If a person who is required to register under this chapter has moved into this state under the provisions of an interstate compact providing for supervision of the terms of his or her release by agents of this state, then the administrator of the interstate compact shall comply with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section.

(b) Notification of registration requirements. The person designated with the responsibility for the notification requirements of this chapter shall, prior to the release of any person required to register under this chapter:

(1) Inform the person of the duty to register and obtain the information required for registration;

(2) Inform the person that if the person changes his or her residence address, the person shall give the new address to a designated state law enforcement agency in writing within twenty-four (24) hours;

(3) Inform the person that if the person changes residence to another state, the person shall register the new address with the law enforcement agency with whom the person last registered, and the person is also required to register with a designated law enforcement agency in the new state in accordance with the new state's sex offender registration statute;

(4) Inform the person that if the person works or attends school in another state in which he or she does not reside, the person shall register his or her employment address or address of the educational institution he or she attends as required by the other state;

(5) Obtain fingerprints and a photograph of the person if these have not already been obtained in connection with the offense that triggers registration; and

(6) Require the person to read and sign a form approved by the attorney general stating that the duty of the person to register under this section has been explained.

(c) Registration information. In addition to the requirements of subsection (b) of this section, for a person required to register under § 11-37.1-3, then the person responsible for the notification required under subsection (b) of this section shall obtain the name of the person, identifying factors, anticipated future residence, juvenile and adult offense history, and documentation of any treatment received for the mental abnormality or personality disorder of the person. For purposes of this subsection, the provisions of chapter 37.3 of title 5 pertaining to health care privileges, the provisions of § 9-17-24 pertaining to the privilege of witnesses, or the provisions of § 42-72-8 pertaining to confidentiality of records of the department of children, youth and families, shall not be effective so as to prevent the transfer of information or the testimony of any person possessing any information required by this subsection. Any information so obtained may be transferred to the sex offender board of review and may be used by them in making a determination of whether or not the person is a sexually violent predator or in determining the level of notification under § 11-37.1-12. The information may also be used by the sentencing court or by any court reviewing the level of notification determined by the sex offender board of review or reviewing any conviction or sentence which requires registration under this chapter. Provided, information so obtained shall not be admissible in any other judicial proceeding against the subject of the information except to determine a person's status as a sexually violent predator or to determine or review the level of notification to the community which has been made by a court or the sex offender board of review. Provided, further, that this subsection shall not be applicable to any person for whom an appeal is pending for which a final judgment of conviction has not been entered, until the time that a final conviction has been entered.

History of Section.
(P.L. 1996, ch. 104, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 35; P.L. 1999, ch. 255, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 162, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 170, § 1.)