{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-9-17-25","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-17-25","heading":"Privileged communication — Interpreter.","body":"Whenever a sign language interpreter is used to facilitate a communication which is privileged pursuant to either statutory law or common law between parties, one or more of whom is hearing impaired, the sign language interpreter shall not be compelled to testify in any forum regarding that communication.","path":["Title 9 Courts and Civil Procedure — Procedure Generally","Chapter 17 Witnesses"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE9/9-17/9-17-25.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:00Z","sha256":"fba3815bd513cad7158871971c8d9b03c6480033687143da1f073ac993bef485","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-9-17-24","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-9-18-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}