§ 40-2-15 - Treatment and isolation of diseased residents – Detention after time for release. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 40-2-15

   § 40-2-15  Treatment and isolation ofdiseased residents – Detention after time for release. – Every inmate, prisoner, patient, or pupil in any of the institutions, who hasany dangerous, infectious or contagious disease, including syphilis in theinfectious stages and gonococcus infection, shall be forthwith placed undermedical treatment, and, if in the opinion of the attending physician it isnecessary, shall be isolated until danger of contagion has passed or until theattending physician determines that further isolation is unnecessary; and ifdanger of contagion shall not have passed or if further isolation is stillnecessary at the expiration of sentence or at the time for discharge or releasefrom the institution, that inmate, prisoner, patient, or pupil shall bedetained in the institution and continued under medical treatment until theattending physician shall determine that his or her discharge or release fromthe institution will not endanger the public health; and during the period ofdetention, the person so detained shall be supported in the same manner asbefore the detention.