Title 5, Title 5 and Professions

When it appears to the board of nurse registration and nursing education that any person is violating any of the provisions of this chapter, the director of the department of health may cause an action to be instituted, commenced in the name of the board, to enjoin that violation…

No provisions of this chapter shall be construed as prohibiting: (1) Gratuitous nursing by friends or members of the family or as prohibiting the care of the sick by domestic servants, housekeepers, nursemaids, companions, or household aides of any type, whether employed regularl…

The director of health shall enforce the provisions of this chapter. He or she is exempt from providing surety for costs in connection with the commencement of any legal proceedings pursuant to this chapter.

The provisions of this chapter are severable and, if any of the provisions of this chapter are held unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of that court shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions.

No person licensed under the provision of this chapter or members of the same professions licensed to practice in other states of the United States who voluntarily and gratuitously and, other than in the ordinary course of his or her employment or practice, renders emergency medi…

The initial application fee for licensure as a certified registered nurse practitioner, the renewal fee for a certified registered nurse practitioner, and the fee for application for prescriptive privileges shall be as set forth in § 23-1-54.

Any person who holds a license to practice as a certified registered nurse practitioner in this state has the right to use the title certified registered nurse practitioner and use the abbreviation “R.N.P..” No other person may assume that title or use that abbreviation or any ot…

(a) Within the division of professional regulation, pursuant to chapter 26 of this title, there is a board of nurse registration and nursing education, sometimes referred to herein as the “board of nursing.” The board shall be composed of fifteen (15) members. The term of office …

(a) The seven-member (7) committee consists of two (2) certified nurse practitioners, two (2) certified registered nurse anesthetists, two (2) certified clinical nurse specialists, and one consumer. The director of health shall appoint the committee. In making appointments to the…

Whenever any provision of the general or public law or regulation requires a signature, certification, stamp, verification, affidavit, or endorsement by a physician, it shall be deemed to include a signature, certification, stamp, verification, affidavit, or endorsement by a cert…

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary contained in any general or public law, rule, or regulation, any person seeking a license to practice under this chapter, or who is previously licensed and authorized to practice under this chapter and is seeking employment…

APRNs are licensed, independent practitioners within standards established or recognized by the board of nursing. Each APRN is accountable to patients, the nursing profession, and the board of nursing for: (1) Complying with the requirements of this chapter and the quality of adv…

(a) An applicant for initial licensure to practice as an APRN shall: (1) Submit a completed, written application and appropriate fees as established by the board of nursing; (2) Hold a current RN license or privilege to practice and shall not hold an encumbered license or privile…

(a) Any person holding a license to practice nursing as a certified nurse practitioner, psychiatric clinical nurse specialist, or certified registered nurse anesthetist, as defined in this chapter and chapter 34.2 of this title, in this state that is valid upon passage of this ch…

(a) Only those persons who hold a license or privilege to practice as advanced practice registered nurses in this state shall have the right to use the title “advanced practice registered nurse” and the roles of “certified registered nurse anesthetist,” “clinical nurse specialist…

(a) The standards for the establishment and outcomes of APRN education programs, including clinical learning experiences, shall be set by APRN national accrediting agencies recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. (b) Comp…

(a) The board of nursing shall grant prescribing, ordering, dispensing, and furnishing authority. (b) An APRN licensed by the board of nursing may prescribe, order, procure, administer, dispense, and furnish over-the-counter, legend, and controlled substances pursuant to applicab…

(a) Each member of the board of nurse registration and nursing education shall: (1) Be a citizen of the United States; (2) Be a resident of the state for at least one year immediately preceding appointment; (3) File the statutory oath of office with the secretary of state before …

(a) Any contract or agreement that creates or establishes the terms of a partnership, employment, or any other form of professional relationship with an advanced practice registered nurse (“APRN”) licensed to practice pursuant to § 5-34-45 that includes any restriction of the rig…

The board of nurse registration and nursing education shall elect annually from its membership a president and vice-president. A secretary shall also be elected. The state director of nurse registration and nursing education shall not be a member of the board. Meetings may be cal…

The board of nurse registration and nursing education is authorized, subject to the approval of the director of the department of health, to: (1) Adopt, review, or revise rules and regulations consistent with the law that may be necessary to effect provisions of the chapter; (2) …

No member of the board of nurse registration and nursing education shall be compensated for the discharge of official duties.

The department shall license and renew licenses upon the recommendation of the board of nurse registration and nursing education and shall maintain a roster of all applicants for licensure and all nurses licensed under this chapter, which shall be open at all reasonable times to …

(a) As used in this chapter: (1) “ACGME” means the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. (2) “ACGME-I” means the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-International. (3) “Board” means the Rhode Island board of medical licensure and discipline or any…

(a)(1) There is created within the department of health, the Rhode Island board of medical licensure and discipline which is composed of the following members: (i) Four (4) licensed physicians who possess the degree of doctor of allopathic medicine; one of whom shall be a full-ti…

(a) The chairperson shall appoint two (2) physician members of the board who possess the degree of doctor of medicine or osteopathic medicine and one public member of the board to serve as an examining committee for applicants applying for licensure as allopathic or osteopathic p…

The board has the following duties and powers: (1) To adopt, amend, and rescind rules and regulations, with the approval of the director, necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter; (2) To investigate all complaints and charges of unprofessional conduct against any lic…

The director has the following duties and powers: (1) With the prior approval of the governor, the director shall appoint a chief administrative officer who shall administer and supervise the investigatory and other activities of the board. The chief administrative officer shall …

(a) The director of the department of health, chief administrative officer, board members, and their agents and employees are immune from suit in any action, civil or criminal, based on any disciplinary proceeding or other official act performed in good faith in the course of the…

(a) Effective beginning in calendar year 2004, on or before the first day of March in each year, the board shall mail an application for biannual registration to every person to whom a license to practice medicine in this state has been granted by the licensing authority in the s…

A physician licensed to practice medicine who does not intend to engage in the practice of his or her profession during any year, upon written request to the board, may have his or her name transferred to an inactive list, and is not required to register annually or pay any regis…

Any person who is not lawfully authorized to practice medicine within this state, and registered according to law, who practices medicine or surgery or attempts to practice medicine or surgery, or any of the branches of medicine or surgery, after having received or with the inten…

No person licensed under this chapter, or members of the same professions licensed to practice in other states of the United States, who voluntarily and gratuitously and other than in the ordinary course of his or her employment or practice renders emergency medical assistance to…

This chapter and chapter 30 of this title shall not be construed to affect the practice of the religious tenets of any church; provided, that any sanitary laws of the state, or rules and regulations of any officer, board, division, or department, as now are or hereafter may be in…

(a) An applicant for limited registration under this chapter who furnishes the board with satisfactory proof that the applicant is eighteen (18) years of age or older and of good moral character; that the applicant has graduated from a fully legally chartered medical school or sc…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a physician of noteworthy and recognized professional attainment who is a clearly outstanding physician and who has been offered by the dean of a medical school in this state a full-time academic appointment, shall be eligible…

(a) A physician who is licensed to practice medicine in another state or states, but not in this state, and who is in good standing in such state or states, may exercise the privilege to practice medicine for a patient located in this state under the following circumstances only:…

Persons between the ages of eighteen (18) and twenty-one (21) years may give legal consent for examination and treatment for illnesses resulting from administration of drugs, and any physical examination and treatment by a registered physician, hospital, or mental-health facility…

Every prescription slip issued by a physician shall contain the clearly-printed name and address of the issuing physician. In addition, every prescription written in this state shall have one line for the practitioner’s signature.

Every licensed Rhode Island physician, when prescribing any drug by brand name, shall in each prescription, oral, written, or electronic, authorize a less expensive generic-equivalent drug product by signing the prescription. If, in the professional judgment of the prescribing ph…

Any person, firm, or corporation, who or that violates any of the provisions of § 5-37-18 or § 5-37-18.1 shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100) for each violation.

Any physician who signs a prescription in blank and delivers it to a patient or any other person except a duly licensed pharmacist shall be fined no more than five hundred dollars ($500).

(a)(1) Authority to practice allopathic or osteopathic medicine under this chapter shall be by a license issued by the director of the department of health to any reputable physician who intends to practice allopathic or osteopathic medicine in this state, and who meets the requi…

Effective beginning in calendar year 2004, every physician licensed to practice medicine within this state shall, in connection with biannual registration, on or before the first day of June in each even-numbered year, provide satisfactory evidence to the board of medical licensu…

Persons licensed and registered as physicians under this chapter shall be allowed to practice acupuncture only in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the director.

No physician shall directly or indirectly receive payment, reimbursement, compensation, or fee for a referral to any clinical laboratory. A violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof may be punished by imprisonment for n…