{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-28.15-21","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-28.15-21","heading":"Release of children to proper persons.","body":"(a) Every operator or employee of a child day care center, prior to releasing physical custody of any child to any person, shall first insure that the person to whom physical custody is released is a proper person for the child’s custody.\n(b) A proper person for the child’s custody shall be a person whose name has been furnished and updated annually to the child day care center by a parent or legal guardian of the child, and whose identity can be verified by a proper identification card bearing his or her photograph.","path":["Title 23 Health and Safety","Chapter 28.15 Child Day Care Centers"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE23/23-28.15/23-28.15-21.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:57:05Z","sha256":"4d37a80e8c871398cf4313d8a582bf5ac05166185ba557d5380face19bf7bd36","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-28.15-1-23-28.15-20","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-28.15-22"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}