Title 23
Health and Safety

Chapter 4.7
Informed Consent for Abortion

R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-4.7-4

§ 23-4.7-4. Emergency requiring immediate action.

Where there is an emergency requiring immediate action, the requirements of this chapter may be waived. The woman’s attending physician shall certify in writing in the patient’s medical record that an emergency exists and the medical basis for his or her opinion.

History of Section.
P.L. 1982, ch. 323, § 2.