Rhode Island General Laws Title 21. Food and Drugs § 21-28-5.10. Inspection of records--Information or knowledge obtained confidential

Prescriptions, orders, and records required by this chapter, and stocks of controlled substances, shall be open for inspection only to federal, state, county, and municipal officers, whose duty it is to enforce the laws of this state or of the United States relating to controlled substances.  No person having information or knowledge by virtue of his or her office of any prescription, order, or record shall divulge or shall be required to divulge that information or knowledge, except in connection with a prosecution or proceeding in court or before a licensing or registration board or officer to which prosecution or proceeding the person to whom the prescription, orders, or records relate is a party.  Any personal records of individual use of controlled substances shall be destroyed after two (2) years unless the records relate to an on-going judicial proceeding.