2019 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 11 - Criminal Offenses
Chapter 11-37.3 Child Safe Zones
Section 11-37.3-2 Prohibition from employment.
§ 11-37.3-2. Prohibition from employment.
(a) Any entity that is a child safe zone is prohibited from employing a person who is an offender.
(b) The individual who made the final hiring decision for an entity that is a child safe zone that knowingly employs an offender as prohibited in § 11-37.3-3(a) shall be subject to a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each day the offender is employed.
(c) Any offender who knowingly misrepresents or omits his or her sex offender registration status to obtain employment in a child safe zone shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, be subject to imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.
History of Section.
(P.L. 2014, ch. 506, § 1.)
