Rhode Island § 40.1-2-17 § 40.1-2-17. Resident physicians and dentists.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 40.1-2-17 — § 40.1-2-17. Resident physicians and dentists.

Rhode Island § 40.1-2-17

Title 40.1Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals

Ch. 40.1-2Administration of State Institutions

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 40.1-2-17 (2026).

Text

§ 40.1-2-17. Resident physicians and dentists.
The director of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities
            and hospitals shall appoint resident physicians, dentists, and other physicians as
            may be necessary to give proper attention to the physical and mental welfare of the
            inmates of the institutions under the control of the department. The general assembly
            shall annually appropriate the sum as it may deem necessary to compensate those appointees.
         

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§ 40.1-2-17. Resident physicians and dentists.

The director of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals shall appoint resident physicians, dentists, and other physicians as may be necessary to give proper attention to the physical and mental welfare of the inmates of the institutions under the control of the department. The general assembly shall annually appropriate the sum as it may deem necessary to compensate those appointees.

Legislative History

P.L. 1917, ch. 1470, art. 1, § 11; P.L. 1920, ch. 1901, § 1; P.L. 1922, ch. 2230, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 413, art. 1, § 11; P.L. 1925, ch. 639, § 2; P.L. 1930, ch. 1508, § 1; P.L. 1932, ch. 1888, § 1; P.L. 1935, ch. 2250, §§ 50, 149; G.L. 1938, ch. 50, § 5; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 80; G.L. 1956, § 40-2-17; Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970.