Except as provided in § 5-37.3-6(b), confidential healthcare information and confidential healthcare communications are not subject to compulsory legal process in any legislative or administrative proceedings, and a patient or his or her authorized representative has the right to refuse to disclose, and to prevent a witness from disclosing, his or her confidential healthcare information in these proceedings.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-37.3-6.2
Legislative or administrative proceedings
Known as the Confidentiality of Health Care Information Act
The act spans §§ 5-37.3-1 to 5-37.3-9 (16 sections).
P.L. 1996, ch. 248, § 3; P.L. 1996, ch. 266, § 3.
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.