Rhode Island § 9-19-44 § 9-19-44. Mediator confidentiality in mediation proceedings.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 9-19-44 — § 9-19-44. Mediator confidentiality in mediation proceedings.

Rhode Island § 9-19-44

Title 9COURTS and CIVIL PROCEDURE–PROCEDURE GENERALLY

Ch. 9-19Evidence

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-19-44 (2026).

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§ 9-19-44. Mediator confidentiality in mediation proceedings.
(a) All memoranda and other work product, including files, reports, interviews, case summaries,
            and notes, prepared by a mediator shall be confidential and not subject to disclosure
            in any subsequent judicial or administrative proceeding involving any of the parties
            to any mediation in which the materials are generated; nor shall a mediator be compelled
            to disclose in any subsequent judicial or administrative proceeding any communication
            made to him or her in the course of, or relating to the subject matter of, any mediation
            by a participant in the mediation process. For the purpos

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§ 9-19-44. Mediator confidentiality in mediation proceedings.

(a) All memoranda and other work product, including files, reports, interviews, case summaries, and notes, prepared by a mediator shall be confidential and not subject to disclosure in any subsequent judicial or administrative proceeding involving any of the parties to any mediation in which the materials are generated; nor shall a mediator be compelled to disclose in any subsequent judicial or administrative proceeding any communication made to him or her in the course of, or relating to the subject matter of, any mediation by a participant in the mediation process. For the purposes of this section, "mediationâ€� shall mean a process in which an impartial third party who is a qualified mediator, who lacks authority to impose a solution, helps participants reach their own agreement for resolving a dispute, whether or not a judicial action has been filed; and a "mediatorâ€� shall mean an impartial person who enters into a written agreement with the parties to assist them in resolving their dispute and who has completed at least thirty (30) hours of training in mediation, or has two (2) years of professional experience as a mediator, or has been appointed to mediate by a judicial or governmental body.

(b) This section shall not be applicable to any and all collective bargaining mediation, including but not limited to collective bargaining mediation conducted pursuant to chapters 9.1 — 9.5 and 10 of title 28 and chapter 11 of title 36.