(a)  There is established a uniform statewide motor vehicle accident police report which shall be used by the Rhode Island state police and all other state or municipal police departments.

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(b)  This report shall include any information that the superintendent of the Rhode Island state police in consultation with the Municipal Police Chiefs Association shall deem appropriate.

(c)  The failure of a police department to use the uniform report form when taking a report shall not be used:

(1)  By a defendant in a criminal prosecution or violation hearing as grounds for challenge to, or dismissal of, any charges or citations arising out of the motor vehicle accident; or

(2)  As a basis to challenge the admissibility of a police report in any administrative or judicial proceeding, civil or criminal.

History of Section.
P.L. 1993, ch. 183, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 166, § 1.