STATE v. SCOTT

No. 92-78-C.A.

617 A.2d 1362 (1992)

STATE v. Cheryl E. SCOTT.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

December 15, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. O'Neil, Atty. Gen., John E. Farley, and Jeffrey Greer, Asst. Attys. Gen., for plaintiff.

Neil Philbin, Kirshenbaum & Kirshenbaum, Cranston, for defendant.


OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

This matter presents certified questions from the Superior Court pertaining to the validity of penalty provisions of G.L. 1956 (1989 Reenactment) § 23-17.8-10 of the Abuse in Health Care Facilities Act, so called. The defendant, Cheryl E. Scott, was charged with violations of that act.

The questions propounded are:

"(a) Should the provisions of the R.I. Gen. Laws 1956, § 23-17.8-10, as amended by P.L. 1989...

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