§ 23-4.7-7 - Liability of physician. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 23-4.7-7

   § 23-4.7-7  Liability of physician. –Any physician who knowingly violates the requirements of this chapter shall bedeemed to have engaged in "unprofessional conduct" for the purposes of §5-37-5.1. The willful failure to provide the woman with the substance of theinformation pursuant to the requirements of § 23-4.7-3 shall be primafacie evidence of failure to obtain informed consent in an action at law or inequity.