Rhode Island § 23-4.10-8 § 23-4.10-8. Penalties.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 23-4.10-8 — § 23-4.10-8. Penalties.

Rhode Island § 23-4.10-8

Title 23Health and Safety

Ch. 23-4.10Health Care Power of Attorney

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-4.10-8 (2026).

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§ 23-4.10-8. Penalties.
(a) Failure of a physician to transfer a patient pursuant to § 23-4.10-6 shall constitute "unprofessional conductâ€� as that term is used in § 5-37-5.1.
         
(b) Any person who willfully conceals, cancels, defaces, or obliterates the durable power
            of attorney of another absent the declarant's consent or direction or who falsifies
            or forges a revocation of the durable power of attorney of another shall be imprisoned
            for no less than six (6) months but no more than one year, or shall be fined not less
            than two thousand dollars ($2,000) but no more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).
         
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§ 23-4.10-8. Penalties.

(a) Failure of a physician to transfer a patient pursuant to § 23-4.10-6 shall constitute "unprofessional conductâ€� as that term is used in § 5-37-5.1.

(b) Any person who willfully conceals, cancels, defaces, or obliterates the durable power of attorney of another absent the declarant's consent or direction or who falsifies or forges a revocation of the durable power of attorney of another shall be imprisoned for no less than six (6) months but no more than one year, or shall be fined not less than two thousand dollars ($2,000) but no more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).

(c) Any person who falsifies or forges the durable power of attorney of another, or willfully conceals or withholds personal knowledge of a revocation as provided in § 23-4.10-3 with the intent to cause a withholding or withdrawal of life sustaining procedures, shall be imprisoned for no less than one year but no more than five (5) years, or shall be fined not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) but no more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

(d) In addition to the sanctions and/or penalties previously mentioned in this section, any physician or person referred to in this section or in violation of this section, shall be civilly liable.