When disclosure is necessary for the protection of the patient or others due to his or her unauthorized disappearance from the facility, and his or her whereabouts is unknown, notice of the disappearance, along with relevant information, shall be made to relatives and governmental law enforcement agencies designated by the physician in charge of the patient or the professional person in charge of the facility, or his or her professional designee.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 40.1-5-28
Notice of disappearance of patient
Known as the Mental Health Law
The act spans §§ 40.1-5-1 to 40.1-5-9 (48 sections).
P.L. 1974, ch. 119, § 1.
Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.