Rhode Island § 23-11-3 § 23-11-3. Compulsory treatment of infected persons.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 23-11-3 — § 23-11-3. Compulsory treatment of infected persons.

Rhode Island § 23-11-3

Title 23Health and Safety

Ch. 23-11Sexually Transmitted Diseases

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-11-3 (2026).

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§ 23-11-3. Compulsory treatment of infected persons.
The department of health is empowered to require persons who are in an infectious
            condition with a sexually transmitted disease to report for treatment to a licensed
            physician and to continue treatment until cured of his or her infectious condition.
            Any person suffering from any sexually transmitted disease while in the infectious
            and contagious stage of that disease who refuses to report for treatment, or who refuses
            to continue treatment, shall be isolated and treated until that person has been pronounced
            by a licensed physician to be noninfectious and no longer a danger to the public health.
  

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§ 23-11-3. Compulsory treatment of infected persons.

The department of health is empowered to require persons who are in an infectious condition with a sexually transmitted disease to report for treatment to a licensed physician and to continue treatment until cured of his or her infectious condition. Any person suffering from any sexually transmitted disease while in the infectious and contagious stage of that disease who refuses to report for treatment, or who refuses to continue treatment, shall be isolated and treated until that person has been pronounced by a licensed physician to be noninfectious and no longer a danger to the public health.

Legislative History

P.L. 1921, ch. 2081, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 163, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 257, § 4; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 180; G.L. 1956, § 23-11-3; P.L. 1986, ch. 246, § 2; P.L. 1986, ch. 436, § 2.