Rhode Island § 28-35-21 § 28-35-21. Admissibility of medical and wage records.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 28-35-21 — § 28-35-21. Admissibility of medical and wage records.

Rhode Island·Title 28 Labor and Labor Relations·Ch. 28-35 Workersâ€™ Compensation â€” Procedure

§ 28-35-21. Admissibility of medical and wage records.
(a) The certified copy of the record of a licensed healthcare facility as defined in chapter 17 of title 23 or of any healthcare provider or medical personnel licensed to practice under title
            5 shall be admissible as evidence in any workers' compensation proceeding. The determination
            of the admissibility of this evidence shall be made pursuant to the provisions of
            §§ 9-19-27 and 9-19-39 and the Rhode Island Rules of Evidence.
         
(b) The contents of wage records of a claimant employee signed by his or her employer
            or by the person having charge of those records may be 

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§ 28-35-21. Admissibility of medical and wage records.

(a) The certified copy of the record of a licensed healthcare facility as defined in chapter 17 of title 23 or of any healthcare provider or medical personnel licensed to practice under title 5 shall be admissible as evidence in any workers' compensation proceeding. The determination of the admissibility of this evidence shall be made pursuant to the provisions of §§ 9-19-27 and 9-19-39 and the Rhode Island Rules of Evidence.

(b) The contents of wage records of a claimant employee signed by his or her employer or by the person having charge of those records may be admitted in evidence in any workers' compensation proceeding.

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Legislative History

G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 3; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; P.L. 1955, ch. 3593, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-35-21; P.L. 1982, ch. 32, art. 1, § 10; P.L. 1985, ch. 365, § 8; P.L. 1986, ch. 507, § 9; P.L. 1990, ch. 332, art. 1, § 5; P.L. 1998, ch. 453, § 1.