Title 23, Title 23 and Safety

Prior to being granted loan repayment, each eligible health professional shall enter into a contract with the department agreeing to the terms and conditions upon which the loan repayment is granted. The contract shall include any provisions that are required to fulfill the purpo…

(a) If the eligible health professional fails to begin or fails to complete service, they will incur a debt to the state in an amount not less than the damages that would be owed under the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program default provisions pursuant to 42 U.S.…

The governor, on behalf of the state, is authorized and directed to execute a compact, substantially in the following form, with any one or more of the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont: The purpose of the New England health services and faci…

When the governor shall have executed the compact on behalf of this state and shall have caused a verified copy to be filed with the secretary of state, then the compact shall become operative and effective as between this state and the other state or states. The governor is auth…

Upon the compact becoming operative, the governor shall appoint the three (3) resident members from Rhode Island who shall serve in accordance with article II of the compact for terms of one, two (2), and three (3) years, respectively, and until their successors are appointed and…

To carry out the purposes of this chapter, the general assembly shall annually appropriate the sum that it may deem necessary. The state controller is authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of the sum or so much of it as may b…

It is found that the proper operation of laboratories and stations within the state is a matter of vital concern to the health and safety of the state and that the determination of proper standards to insure qualifications of personnel in the laboratories and stations and to insu…

No person owning, maintaining, or operating a station or laboratory shall transmit specimens originating from the human body to a laboratory, except when the laboratory in which the work is to be done is duly licensed by the department of health or by the United States government…

In addition to the revocation or suspension of the licenses granted under this chapter as provided for in § 23-16.2-7, any person who commits a violation of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or impris…

This chapter shall be enforced by the director and he or she shall be exempt from giving surety for costs.

When used in this chapter: (1) “Analytical laboratory” means a facility for the biological, microbiological, chemical, physical, and radiochemical examination of potable water, nonpotable water or other environmental matrices. (2) “Clinical laboratory” means a facility for the bi…

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all laboratories and stations performing analytical or clinical laboratory services or specimens in this state except: (1) A laboratory maintained by a hospital licensed under chapter 17 of this title or by a licensed physician or gro…

(a) It shall be unlawful for any persons, corporation, or other form of business entity to perform clinical or analytical laboratory services on specimens collected in this state or to own or maintain a laboratory or station in this state without having a license issued by the de…

It shall be unlawful for any analytical laboratory to perform testing or analyses of samples originating in this state, for which the department of health requires certification, without having a certificate issued by the department of health pursuant to this chapter. Certificate…

(a) The authority to promulgate regulations for the efficient enforcement of this chapter is vested in the director of health. (b) Hearings authorized or required under this chapter shall be conducted by the director of health or any officer, agent, or employee that the director …

(a) It shall be unlawful for any purveyor of clinical laboratory services, directly or indirectly, through any person, firm, corporation, or association, or its officers or agents, to bill or receive payment, reimbursement, compensation, or fee from any person other than the reci…

Not less than thirty (30) days from the time any application for the license is received, the director shall grant the application and issue a license to maintain a laboratory or station if the director shall be satisfied that the applicant complies with the rules and regulations…

(a) The department of health may revoke or suspend the license or specific certification of any laboratory or station for conduct by or chargeable to the laboratory or stations as follows: (1) Failure to observe any term of the license or specific certification issued under autho…

Any person aggrieved by a decision of the director refusing to grant an application for a license to maintain a laboratory or station or suspending or revoking a license or specific certification already issued, may appeal the decision to the superior court which shall have power…

For the purpose of this chapter, the director or the director’s duly authorized agents or employees shall, at all reasonable times, have authority to enter upon any and all parts of the premises on which any laboratory or station is located and of the premises appurtenant to any …

Whereas, recent medical and technological advances have had tremendous benefit to patients, and society as a whole, and biomedical research for the purpose of scientific investigation of disease or cure of a disease or illness should be preserved and protected and not be impeded …

(a) Prohibition. [Expires July 7, 2017] No person or entity shall utilize somatic cell nuclear transfer for the purpose of initiating or attempting to initiate a human pregnancy nor shall any person create genetically identical human beings by dividing a blastocyst, zygote, or em…

(a) For violations of § 23-16.4-1 the director of the department of health may, after appropriate notice and opportunity for a hearing, by order, levy administrative penalties as follows: (1) If the violator is a corporation, firm, clinic, hospital, laboratory, or research facili…

Subsection 23-16.4-2(a) shall expire on July 7, 2017.

This chapter may be cited as the “Nursing or Personal Care Home Accountability Act”.

(a) Any person employed or compensated by the state for their services to patients or residents of nursing or personal care homes, as defined in chapter 17 of this title, shall, upon each official visit to a nursing or personal care home, enter in a log or journal as defined in t…

The department of health shall enforce the provisions of this chapter and the director of the department shall design and issue a log or journal to be maintained by and in each nursing or personal care home which shall provide for the information required by this chapter. The dir…

The administrator of every nursing or personal care home subject to the provisions of this chapter shall maintain and provide for the safekeeping of the log or journal and shall further maintain an original signature card of every person required to comply with § 23-17.2-2.

Any person who knows or has reason to know of any violations of this chapter shall report the violations to the director of the department of health who shall conduct an immediate investigation and report his or her findings to the attorney general.

Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall be fined fifty dollars ($50.00) for each failure. Any person employed by the state who fails to comply as provided in this chapter shall be subject to being discharged from that employment.

Any person who knowingly signs the name of another, or signs his or her own name and enters false information in the log or journal, or otherwise alters the information contained in the log or journal shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person employed by the state found to hav…

(a) There is established the long-term care coordinating council. The purpose of the council shall be to develop and coordinate state policy concerning all forms of long-term health care for the elderly and adults with chronic disabilities and illnesses, ranging from at-home and …

The council shall be comprised of thirty-three (33) members, as follows: the lieutenant governor or designee; the director of the department of health or designee; the secretary of the executive office of health and human services or designee; the director of the department of be…

The members of the council shall elect from among themselves a chairperson, a vice chairperson, and a secretary. The officers shall serve one-year terms and shall be eligible to succeed themselves.

The council shall meet at least four (4) times annually. All meetings of the council shall be open to the public, and the public shall be duly notified of the date, time, and location of each meeting.

The council shall submit an annual report to the governor and the general assembly on or before January 15th of each year, setting forth the council’s recommendations for the betterment of long-term health care for the elderly. In addition, the council shall make recommendations …

This chapter may be cited as the “Assisted Living Residence Licensing Act”.

(a) The licensing agency shall after public hearing pursuant to reasonable notice, adopt, amend, promulgate, and enforce any rules, regulations, and standards with respect to assisted-living residences for adults licensed under this chapter as may be designed to further the accom…

Each assisted living residence shall develop, implement and maintain a documented, ongoing quality assurance program.

Every person or corporation who shall willfully and continually violate the provisions of this chapter will be subject to a fine of not less than three hundred dollars ($300) nor more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) for each violation of this section.

(a) The licensee or its designee has the right to an informal dispute resolution process to dispute any violation found or enforcement remedy imposed by the licensing agency during an inspection or complaint investigation. The purpose of the informal dispute resolution process is…

Access to an assisted living residences for adults and its residents by individuals other than relatives and friends of the residents shall be permitted at reasonable hours by duly authorized agents of state and municipal agencies other than the licensing agency and the division …

Any person who shall obtain access to an assisted living residence for adults or to its residents under false representation of purpose or identification shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisoned n…

The licensing agency may grant a variance from the provisions of any rule or regulation in a specific case if it finds that a literal enforcement of the provision will result in unnecessary hardship to the applicant, and that the variance will not be contrary to the public intere…

Any person establishing, conducting, managing, or operating an assisted living residence for adults without a license under this chapter or who shall operate the facility after revocation or suspension of a license or after an order to curtail any or all activities, shall be liab…

Notwithstanding the existence or pursuit of any other remedy, the licensing agency may, in the manner provided by law upon the advice of the attorney general who shall represent the licensing agency in the proceedings, maintain an action in the name of the state for injunction or…