{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-40.1-26-7","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 40.1-26-7","heading":"Deprivation of rights — Penalty.","body":"Any person who willfully withholds from, or denies to, any participant in an agency any of his or her rights as granted in this chapter or who retaliates against a participant who exercises the right to register an alleged violation of rights or on whose behalf a grievance is filed, shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisoned not exceeding six (6) months.","path":["Title 40.1 Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals","Chapter 26 Rights for Persons with Developmental Disabilities"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE40.1/40.1-26/40.1-26-7.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:59:34Z","sha256":"1be9655a158c49b4c49539960ad52f4fcf74847ae62f2a8192d4c0ede7e17535","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-40.1-26-6.1","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-40.1-26-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}