Title 42
State Affairs and Government

Chapter 66.7
Long-Term Care Ombudsperson Act of 1995

R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-66.7-8

§ 42-66.7-8. Retaliation prohibited.

No discriminatory, disciplinary, or retaliatory action shall be taken against any officer or employee of a facility by the facility; nor against any guardian or family member of any resident; nor against any resident of the facility; nor against any volunteer for any communication by him or her with the long-term care ombudsperson or for any information given or disclosed by him or her in good faith to aid the long-term care ombudsperson in carrying out the ombudsperson's duties and responsibilities.

History of Section.
P.L. 1995, ch. 92, § 1.