Rhode Island § 40.1-2-20 § 40.1-2-20. Records of venereal disease.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 40.1-2-20 — § 40.1-2-20. Records of venereal disease.

Rhode Island § 40.1-2-20

Title 40.1Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals

Ch. 40.1-2Administration of State Institutions

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 40.1-2-20 (2026).

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§ 40.1-2-20. Records of venereal disease.
For the statistical purposes of the department of health, the department of behavioral
            healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals shall keep records of all cases
            of venereal diseases in institutions under its control, but those records shall not
            be open to public inspection, and the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental
            disabilities and hospitals shall make every reasonable effort to keep secret the identity
            of those with such diseases so far as may be consistent with the enforcement of the
            provisions of §§ 40.1-2-16 — 40.1-2-21 and with the protection of the public health.
         
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§ 40.1-2-20. Records of venereal disease.

For the statistical purposes of the department of health, the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals shall keep records of all cases of venereal diseases in institutions under its control, but those records shall not be open to public inspection, and the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals shall make every reasonable effort to keep secret the identity of those with such diseases so far as may be consistent with the enforcement of the provisions of §§ 40.1-2-16 — 40.1-2-21 and with the protection of the public health.

Legislative History

P.L. 1917, ch. 1470, art. 4, § 5; P.L. 1918, ch. 1613, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 413, art. 4, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 54, § 5; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, §§ 80, 180; G.L. 1956, § 40-2-20; Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970; P.L. 1999, ch. 83, § 105; P.L. 1999, ch. 130, § 105.