{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-17.8-10","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-17.8-10","heading":"Penalties.","body":"(a) Any person who knowingly commits any act of abuse, as that term is defined by § 23-17.8-1(a)(1)(i), (ii), (iii), or (iv), mistreatment, or neglect against a patient or resident of a facility shall be fined not more than three thousand dollars ($3,000) or imprisoned not more than three (3) years, or both.\n(b) Any person who commits any act of abuse as that term is defined by § 23-17.8-1(a)(1)(v) against a patient or resident of a facility shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.\n(c) If at the time of the alleged patient abuse, neglect, or mistreatment, the person committing the act was employed by a facility which either condoned or attempted to conceal the act or acts, that facility upon conviction shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).\n(d) Any member of the board of directors or a high managerial agent of a facility who condones or conceals any acts of abuse, neglect or mistreatment of patients or residents of the facility shall be fined not more than three thousand dollars ($3,000) or imprisoned not more than three (3) years, or both.","path":["Title 23 Health and Safety","Chapter 17.8 Abuse in Healthcare Facilities"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE23/23-17.8/23-17.8-10.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:56:46Z","sha256":"73ec7c19f9a3ed7cfd19d36317d3118633bde9204b4f8450833901dfcc3a048d","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-17.8-9","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-17.8-10.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}