R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-37.3-6.2: Legislative or administrative proceedings.

Except as provided in § 5-37.3-6(b), confidential healthcare information and confidential healthcare communications are not subject to compulsory legal process in any legislative or administrative proceedings, and a patient or his or her authorized representative has the right to refuse to disclose, and to prevent a witness from disclosing, his or her confidential healthcare information in these proceedings.