Rhode Island General Laws 23-4.10-8. Penalties
(a) Failure of a physician to transfer a patient pursuant to § 23-4.10-6 shall constitute “unprofessional conduct” as that term is used in § 5-37-5.1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 23-4.10-8
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
- Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
(b) Any person who willfully conceals, cancels, defaces, or obliterates the durable power of attorney of another absent the declarant’s consent or direction or who falsifies or forges a revocation of the durable power of attorney of another shall be imprisoned for no less than six (6) months but no more than one year, or shall be fined not less than two thousand dollars ($2,000) but no more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).
(c) Any person who falsifies or forges the durable power of attorney of another, or willfully conceals or withholds personal knowledge of a revocation as provided in § 23-4.10-3 with the intent to cause a withholding or withdrawal of life sustaining procedures, shall be imprisoned for no less than one year but no more than five (5) years, or shall be fined not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) but no more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
(d) In addition to the sanctions and/or penalties previously mentioned in this section, any physician or person referred to in this section or in violation of this section, shall be civilly liable.
History of Section.
P.L. 1992, ch. 443, § 2; P.L. 1993, ch. 72, § 1.