2009 Rhode Island Code
Title 12 - Criminal Procedure
CHAPTER 12-1.5 - DNA Detection of Sexual and Violent Offenders
§ 12-1.5-8 - DNA sample required upon conviction.
SECTION 12-1.5-8
§ 12-1.5-8 DNA sample required upon conviction. – (a) Every person convicted of an offense as listed in § 12-1.5-7 after June 29, 1998, shall have a DNA sample taken for analysis as follows:
(1) Every person who is sentenced to a term of confinement to prison, for an offense as listed in § 12-1.5-7 shall not be released prior to the expiration of his or her maximum term of confinement unless and until a DNA sample has been taken;
(2) Every person convicted of an offense or sentenced to probation as listed in § 12-1.5-7 shall have a DNA sample taken for analysis by the department of the health as a condition for any sentence which disposition will not involve an intake into prison.
(b) All DNA samples taken pursuant to this section shall be taken in accordance with regulations promulgated by the department of health.
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