Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act, §38-2-1 et seq.,(FOIA)--BERNIE

 

Rhode Island Sample FOIA Request

 

Bernard L Lefoley                                                                                                                                  Brookdale CONE                                                                                                                                    600 CONE Blvd                                                                                                                                        Rm 284                                                                                                                                          Coventry,R.I. 02816       

August 26,2021

[Name of Custodian of Records]

[Title] 
[Company Name]
[Street Address]
[City, ST ZIP Code]

Dear [custodian of records]:

Under the Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act, §38-2-1 et seq., I am requesting an opportunity to inspect or obtain copies of public records that [Describe the records or information sought with enough detail for the public agency to respond.  Be as specific as your knowledge of the available records will allow. But it is more important to describe the information you are seeking.

Please send me all documents,emails,phone call records,interoffice memos,pertaining to my formal public charges  against Brookdale Cone in Coventry,R.I. about my being left in Rm 284    that was vibrating  and damaging my health.I  would like to receive the report of the investigation  that your dept (R.I. Dept. of Health) stated would be done about my formal public charges against Brookdale Cone of Coventry,R.I.

The letter fromR.I.Heath Dept

hehe If there are any fees for searching or copying these records, please inform me if the cost will exceed $______.  However, I would also like to request a waiver of all fees in that the disclosure of the trequested information is in the public interest and will contribute significantly to the public’s heunderstanding of the security of the elderly in elderly residence institutions ln Rhode Island.

 This information is not being sought for commercial purposes.

 

The Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act requires a response time within seven business days.  If access to the records I am requesting will take longer than this amount of time, please contact me with information about when I might expect copies or the ability to inspect the requested records.

 

If you deny any or all of this request, please cite each specific exemption you feel justifies the refusal to release the information and notify me of the appeal procedures available to me under the law.

Thank you for considering my request.

Sincerely,

[Your Name]

[Your Phone number]

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