Rhode Island General Laws

R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-4.7-4 (2026)

Emergency requiring immediate action

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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.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1981–2002 · leading case: Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains Servs., Corp. v. Owens, 287 F.3d 910 (10th Cir. 2002).

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Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains Servs., Corp. v. Owens, 287 F.3d 910 (10th Cir. 2002). · cites it 2× “§ 3206 (consent not required in case of medical emergency); R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-4.7-4 (requirements waived where emergency exists); S.”

Women's Med. Ctr. of Providence, Inc. v. Roberts, 530 F. Supp. 1136 (D.R.I. 1982). “Stubblefield, Chief of the Division of Ambulatory and Community Medicine and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Harvard Medical School testified that if he were trying to practice…”

Women'S Med. Ctr. of Providence, Inc. v. Roberts, 512 F. Supp. 316 (D.R.I. 1981). “(4) That the printed information prescribed in § 23-4.7-4 is available, if in fact it has been made available by the department of health.”

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