{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-42-158-2","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-158-2","heading":"Fundamental purpose.","body":"This chapter is enacted to protect and promote the right of each person who is served by a covered facility to be free from the use of prone restraint. Research has shown that prone restraint is a hazardous and potentially lethal position.","path":["Title 42 State Affairs and Government","Chapter 158 Freedom From Prone Restraint Act"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE42/42-158/42-158-2.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:00:14Z","sha256":"b54efc4b984cba084237f56ead6365c623c13afab5c6d87b161d6a092e96031f","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-42-158-1","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-42-158-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}