2015 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 11 - Criminal Offenses
Chapter 11-9 - Children
Section 11-9-17 - Sterilization.
§ 11-9-17 Sterilization. – Every person who performs or aids and abets in the performance of a sterilization procedure on any person under the age of eighteen (18), unless the sterilization is incidental to, or is rendered necessary or unavoidable by, some other medical treatment or procedure required to preserve the life or health of that person, shall be guilty of a felony punishable by up to five (5) years imprisonment and a fine of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1974, ch. 187, § 1.)
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