Rhode Island § 40-2-18 § 40-2-18. Religious instructors and services.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 40-2-18 — § 40-2-18. Religious instructors and services.

Rhode Island § 40-2-18

Title 40Human services

Ch. 40-2Administration of State Institutions

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 40-2-18 (2026).

Text

§ 40-2-18. Religious instructors and services.
The director of the department of human services shall appoint religious instructors
            who shall conduct religious services at times and at places within institutions under
            the control of the department, and who shall perform other duties consistent with
            their office, as may be required of them by the director of human services. The general
            assembly shall annually appropriate such sum as it may deem necessary to compensate
            the religious instructors.
         

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§ 40-2-18. Religious instructors and services.

The director of the department of human services shall appoint religious instructors who shall conduct religious services at times and at places within institutions under the control of the department, and who shall perform other duties consistent with their office, as may be required of them by the director of human services. The general assembly shall annually appropriate such sum as it may deem necessary to compensate the religious instructors.

Legislative History

P.L. 1917, ch. 1470, art. 1, § 12; P.L. 1922, ch. 2230, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 413, art. 1, § 12; P.L. 1925, ch. 639, § 3; P.L. 1935, ch. 2250, § 149; G.L. 1938, ch. 50, § 6; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 80; G.L. 1956, § 40-2-22; Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970.