This chapter is enacted to protect and promote the right of each person who is served by a covered facility to be free from the use of prone restraint. Research has shown that prone restraint is a hazardous and potentially lethal position.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-158-2
Fundamental purpose
Known as the Freedom From Prone Restraint Act
The act spans §§ 42-158-1 to 42-158-6 (6 sections).
P.L. 2016, ch. 94, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 102, § 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.