{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-16-16-43","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-16-43","heading":"Purchase of credit while serving a prison sentence prohibited.","body":"Notwithstanding any other provisions of the retirement law or rulings of the retirement board in accordance with the powers vested in the board, no teacher shall be allowed to purchase service credits for time while incarcerated in prison, including, but not limited to, work release programs or home confinement programs.","path":["Title 16 Education","Chapter 16 Teachers’ Retirement [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE16/16-16/16-16-43.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:45Z","sha256":"fa1ab03588a5ea8836d7d5eba318754563e45923f85afe8f105891990db3d5a6","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-16-16-42","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-16-17-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}