Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-26-7. Deprivation of rights – Penalty
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Any person who willfully withholds from, or denies to, any participant in an agency any of his or her rights as granted in this chapter or who retaliates against a participant who exercises the right to register an alleged violation of rights or on whose behalf a grievance is filed, shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisoned not exceeding six (6) months.
History of Section.
P.L. 1990, ch. 414, § 1; P.L. 1994, ch. 83, § 2; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 143.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-26-7
- Agency: means any person or organization that provides day-program services, residential services, support services, or advocacy services for persons with developmental disabilities, and that is licensed by the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals pursuant to Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-26-2
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Participant: means any person eighteen (18) years or older, with a developmental disability who receives services from the division of developmental disabilities and/or an agency licensed by the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals. See Rhode Island General Laws 40.1-26-2
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6