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2017 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 40.1 - Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals
Chapter 40.1-5 - Mental Health Law
Section 40.1-5-40 - Disciplinary action against employees of facilities.
Universal Citation: RI Gen L § 40.1-5-40 (2017)
§ 40.1-5-40. Disciplinary action against employees of facilities.
Any employee of any facility who shall deny to or withhold from any patient any right granted him or her by this chapter shall, independently of the above criminal sanctions, be subject to such disciplinary action as the officer in charge shall see fit to impose, after notice, a hearing, and finding of a violation of the right.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1966, ch. 100, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 40-20-26, Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970; G.L. 1956, § 40.1-5-26; P.L. 1974, ch. 119, § 1.)
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