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2018 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 12 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 12-1.5 DNA Detection of Sexual and Violent Offenders
Section 12-1.5-17 Bailed and convicted persons - Refusal to give DNA sample.
Universal Citation: RI Gen L § 12-1.5-17 (2018)
§ 12-1.5-17. Bailed and convicted persons - Refusal to give DNA sample.
Any person who is required to have a DNA sample taken after having been arrested and charged with any crime of violence as defined in § 12-1.5-2 or convicted of any felony, who refuses to do so, and who knowingly, violently resists the taking of a DNA sample duly authorized by medical personnel, shall be in violation of the terms of his or her release, regardless of whether or not the term was a special condition of his or her bail, release on probation, parole, or home confinement, or other form of supervised release.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1998, ch. 33, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 120, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 176, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 192, § 1.)
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