Whenever an intoxicated person is committed to protective custody, the administration in charge of the treatment facility shall provide the person an opportunity to contact a member of the intoxicated person's family as soon as practicable.
History: 1953 Comp., § 46-14-5, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 331, § 5; 2005, ch. 198, § 8.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2005 amendment, effective July 1, 2005, deleted the former provisions that when a person is transported to a health care facility or jail, the person in charge of the facility or jail shall see that a member of the intoxicated person's family is notified of his presence there.