Title 28
Labor and Labor Relations

Chapter 34
Workers’ Compensation — Occupational Diseases

R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-34-11

§ 28-34-11. Rights as to diseases not covered by chapter.

Nothing in this chapter shall affect the rights of an employee, or his or her dependents, to recover compensation in respect to a disease to which this chapter does not apply, if the disease, apart from this chapter, is one for which compensation is payable under the other provisions of chapters 29 — 38 of this title.

History of Section.
G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 8, § 11; P.L. 1936, ch. 2358, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 8, § 11; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-34-11.