R.I. Gen. Laws § 40.1-26-7

Current through 2024 Public Law 457

Section 40.1-26-7 - Deprivation of rights - Penalty

Any person who willfully withholds from, or denies to, any participant in an agency any of his or her rights as granted in this chapter or who retaliates against a participant who exercises the right to register an alleged violation of rights or on whose behalf a grievance is filed, shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisoned not exceeding six (6) months.

P.L. 1990, ch. 414, §1; P.L. 1994 , ch. 83, § 2; P.L. 1997 , ch. 326, § 143.