R.I. Gen. Laws § 44-44-22 — Information confidential

It shall be unlawful for any state official or employee to divulge or to make known
to any person in any manner not provided by law the amount or source of income, profits,
losses, expenditures, or any particular of these set forth or disclosed in any return
or other record required under this chapter, or to permit any return or other record
required by this chapter or copy of a record, or any book containing any abstract
or particulars to be seen or examined by any person except as provided by law. Any
offense against this provision shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand
dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both, at the discretion
of the court.