R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-60-3 : — CRIMINAL OFFENSES60 - ASSISTED SUICIDE —60-3 - Prevention of assisted suicide TEXT PDF An individual or licensed health care practitioner who with the purpose of assisting another person to commit suicide knowingly: (1) Provides the physical means by which another person commits or attempts to commit suicide; or (2) Participates in a physical act by which another person commits or attempts to commit suicide is guilty of a felony and upon conviction may be punished by imprisonment for up to ten (10) years, by a fine of up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or both. R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-60-3 P.L. 1996, ch. 181, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 183, § 1.