{"id":869,"date":"2015-04-17T15:49:03","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T19:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/?post_type=article&#038;p=697"},"modified":"2015-12-14T15:38:44","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T15:38:44","slug":"rhode-islands-boat-accident-reporting-requirements","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/article\/rhode-islands-boat-accident-reporting-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhode Island&#8217;s Boat Accident Reporting Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An operator involved in a boating accident is required to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stop their boat at the scene.<\/li>\n<li>Render assistance to any person who has been injured or who is in danger so long as they can do so without risking their safety or their passenger&#8217;s safety.<\/li>\n<li>Provide their name, address and boat information in writing to any person who was injured, and to the owner of any property that was damaged as a result of the accident.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Accident Reports<\/h2>\n<p>Operators involved in a boating accident which results in any of the following circumstances must immediately notify the Department of Environmental Management or a nearby office of local or state police:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If a person is killed.<\/li>\n<li>If a boat is stolen or vandalized (with a value of $2,000).<\/li>\n<li>If a person is injured and requires medical attention beyond first aid.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Boat accident report forms must be submitted to the Department of Environmental Management within 24 hours of the accident.<\/p>\n<p>When a person is seriously injured due to reckless operation, the operator will be charged with \u201coperating so as to endanger, resulting in personal injury\u201d and be imprisoned for up to 5 years.<\/p>\n<p>When a person dies as a result of an injury received by the operation of any boat in reckless disregard of the safety of others, the person operating the boat will be guilty of \u201coperating so as to endanger, resulting in death\u201d and shall be imprisoned for up to 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>Boat Accident Report Forms may be obtained from Rhode Island\u2019s Department of Environmental Management.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dem.ri.gov\/programs\/bnatres\/enforce\/pdfs\/boatacc.pdf\">http:\/\/www.dem.ri.gov\/programs\/bnatres\/enforce\/pdfs\/boatacc.pdf<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","article-category":[13],"article-tag":[24,83,247,296,23],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Reporting Boat Accidents in Rhode Island<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn about boat accident reporting requirements in the state of Rhode Island, including how, when and where to file the accident report.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow\" \/>\n<meta name=\"googlebot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"bingbot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/article\/rhode-islands-boat-accident-reporting-requirements\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Reporting Boat Accidents in Rhode Island\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Learn about boat accident reporting requirements in the state of Rhode Island, including how, when and where to file the accident report.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/article\/rhode-islands-boat-accident-reporting-requirements\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"BOATsmart! 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