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2013 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 23 - Health and Safety
Chapter 23-17.5 - Rights of Nursing Home Patients
Section 23-17.5-16 - Married patient.
RI Gen L § 23-17.5-16 (2013) What's This?
§ 23-17.5-16 Married patient. – If married, patients shall be assured privacy for visits by the spouse; if both are inpatients in the facility, they may share a room unless medically contraindicated per written order of the physician and subject to the availability of accommodations within the facility.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1978, ch. 235, § 1.)
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