{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-6.3-5","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-6.3-5","heading":"Reasonable efforts to secure consent.","body":"No involuntary testing for HIV shall take place under any of the exceptions set forth in § 23-6.3-4, unless reasonable efforts have been made to: (1) Secure voluntary consent from the individual to be tested, or in the case of a minor patient, from the legal parent or guardian of the minor patient; and (2) Provide verbal or written information as specified in § 23-6.3-3(h).","path":["Title 23 Health and Safety","Chapter 6.3 Prevention and Suppression of Contagious Diseases — HIV/AIDS"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE23/23-6.3/23-6.3-5.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:56:39Z","sha256":"5acb7f6a295e08687ad4e07fa4631b856186601cab066aa232b94264cbb402df","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-6.3-4","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-6.3-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}