(a)  Any person who has admitted to or been convicted of or adjudicated wayward or delinquent by reason of having committed any sexual offense involving sexual penetration, as defined in § 11-37-1, whether or not sentence or fine is imposed or probation granted, shall be ordered by the court upon the petition of the victim, immediate family members of the victim or legal guardian of the victim, to submit to a blood test for the presence of a sexually transmitted disease including, but not limited to, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) which causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) as provided for in chapter 23-6.3.

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 11-37-17

  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Sexual penetration: means sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, and anal intercourse, or any other intrusion, however slight, by any part of a person's body or by any object into the genital or anal openings of another person's body, or the victim's own body upon the accused's instruction, but emission of semen is not required. See Rhode Island General Laws 11-37-1
  • Victim: means the person alleging to have been subjected to sexual assault. See Rhode Island General Laws 11-37-1

(b)  Notwithstanding the limitations imposed by § 23-6.3-7 and § 5-37.3-4, the results of the HIV test shall be reported to the court, which shall then disclose the results to any victim of the sexual offense who requests disclosure. Review and disclosure of blood test results by the courts shall be closed and confidential, and any transaction records relating to them shall also be closed and confidential.

(c)  [Deleted by P.L. 2009, ch. 196, § 3, and by P.L. 2009, ch. 289, § 3].

(d)  [Deleted by P.L. 2009, ch. 196, § 3, and by P.L. 2009, ch. 289, § 3].

(e)  [Deleted by P.L. 2009, ch. 196, § 3, and by P.L. 2009, ch. 289, § 3].

History of Section.
P.L. 1995, ch. 105, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 196, § 3; P.L. 2009, ch. 289, § 3; P.L. 2010, ch. 239, § 17.