§ 5-63.1-2 Reports of sexual contact.– (a) If a mental health professional has reasonable cause to suspect that apatient he or she has seen in the course of professional duties is a victim ofsexual contact by another mental health professional or a person who holdshimself or herself out to be a mental health professional, as soon thereafteras practicable the mental health professional shall ask the patient if he orshe wants to make a report or wants the mental health professional to make areport under this section. If the patient wants the mental health professionalto make the report, the patient shall provide the mental health professionalwith written consent to report.
(b) Within thirty (30) days after a patient consents undersubsection (a) of this section to a report, the mental health professionalshall report the suspected activity to:
(1) The professional's board of licensing, certification,registration, or equivalent oversight authority, if the reporter believes thesubject of the report is licensed or certified by the state;
(2) In the case of state employees, to the governing agencyof the state employee; or
(3) The attorney general's office if subdivisions (1) and (2)of this subsection are not applicable.
(c) A report under this section shall contain onlyinformation that is necessary to identify the reporter and subject and toexpress the suspicion that sexual contact has occurred.
(d) Any person required to make a written report under thissection who fails to do so shall be punished by a fine of not more than fivehundred dollars ($500) and shall be subject to discipline by the appropriatelicensing board of registration or equivalent oversight authority. Unlicensedmental health professionals shall be referred to the attorney general's office.
(e) The attorney general shall establish, within the office'sbudget, a restricted receipts account for the limited purpose of receiving andretaining the fines assessed under the provisions of this chapter. These fundsshall be retained in the restricted receipts account to be used exclusively forprograms established by the state and any subdivisions of the state, orestablished by any municipality, for the purpose of assisting victims of sexualmisconduct that is perpetrated by mental health professionals.
§ 5-63.1-2 Reports of sexual contact.– (a) If a mental health professional has reasonable cause to suspect that apatient he or she has seen in the course of professional duties is a victim ofsexual contact by another mental health professional or a person who holdshimself or herself out to be a mental health professional, as soon thereafteras practicable the mental health professional shall ask the patient if he orshe wants to make a report or wants the mental health professional to make areport under this section. If the patient wants the mental health professionalto make the report, the patient shall provide the mental health professionalwith written consent to report.
(b) Within thirty (30) days after a patient consents undersubsection (a) of this section to a report, the mental health professionalshall report the suspected activity to:
(1) The professional's board of licensing, certification,registration, or equivalent oversight authority, if the reporter believes thesubject of the report is licensed or certified by the state;
(2) In the case of state employees, to the governing agencyof the state employee; or
(3) The attorney general's office if subdivisions (1) and (2)of this subsection are not applicable.
(c) A report under this section shall contain onlyinformation that is necessary to identify the reporter and subject and toexpress the suspicion that sexual contact has occurred.
(d) Any person required to make a written report under thissection who fails to do so shall be punished by a fine of not more than fivehundred dollars ($500) and shall be subject to discipline by the appropriatelicensing board of registration or equivalent oversight authority. Unlicensedmental health professionals shall be referred to the attorney general's office.
(e) The attorney general shall establish, within the office'sbudget, a restricted receipts account for the limited purpose of receiving andretaining the fines assessed under the provisions of this chapter. These fundsshall be retained in the restricted receipts account to be used exclusively forprograms established by the state and any subdivisions of the state, orestablished by any municipality, for the purpose of assisting victims of sexualmisconduct that is perpetrated by mental health professionals.
§ 5-63.1-2 Reports of sexual contact.– (a) If a mental health professional has reasonable cause to suspect that apatient he or she has seen in the course of professional duties is a victim ofsexual contact by another mental health professional or a person who holdshimself or herself out to be a mental health professional, as soon thereafteras practicable the mental health professional shall ask the patient if he orshe wants to make a report or wants the mental health professional to make areport under this section. If the patient wants the mental health professionalto make the report, the patient shall provide the mental health professionalwith written consent to report.
(b) Within thirty (30) days after a patient consents undersubsection (a) of this section to a report, the mental health professionalshall report the suspected activity to:
(1) The professional's board of licensing, certification,registration, or equivalent oversight authority, if the reporter believes thesubject of the report is licensed or certified by the state;
(2) In the case of state employees, to the governing agencyof the state employee; or
(3) The attorney general's office if subdivisions (1) and (2)of this subsection are not applicable.
(c) A report under this section shall contain onlyinformation that is necessary to identify the reporter and subject and toexpress the suspicion that sexual contact has occurred.
(d) Any person required to make a written report under thissection who fails to do so shall be punished by a fine of not more than fivehundred dollars ($500) and shall be subject to discipline by the appropriatelicensing board of registration or equivalent oversight authority. Unlicensedmental health professionals shall be referred to the attorney general's office.
(e) The attorney general shall establish, within the office'sbudget, a restricted receipts account for the limited purpose of receiving andretaining the fines assessed under the provisions of this chapter. These fundsshall be retained in the restricted receipts account to be used exclusively forprograms established by the state and any subdivisions of the state, orestablished by any municipality, for the purpose of assisting victims of sexualmisconduct that is perpetrated by mental health professionals.
