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RI Gen L § 23-4-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-4 - Office of State Medical Examiners|Section 23-4-12 - Compensation for recovery of body from water.

§ 23-4-12. Compensation for recovery of body from water.When services are rendered in bringing to land the dead body of a person found in any of the harbors, rivers, or waters of the state, compensation for services as he or she deemed reasonable may be allowed; but this privilege shall not entitle any person to compensation for services rendered in search for a dead body.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 169, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 400, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-4-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-4 - Office of State Medical Examiners|Section 23-4-13 - Establishment of fees.

§ 23-4-13. Establishment of fees.The director of the department of health shall establish fees for autopsy reports, cremation certificates, and statistics. The director shall also impose fees, at an hourly or daily rate, to give testimony in civil suits under this chapter. All fees are as set forth in § 23-1-54. The director is authorized to establish in regulation reasonable fees for additional documents not otherwise specified in this section. All of these fees shall be collected and deposited as general revenues; provided, however, that no city or town, or any agency or department of a city and town within the state, or the department of human services, shall be required to pay any fees established by the director pursuant to this section.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 169, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 133, art. 27, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 400, § 2; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 40, § 59; P.L. 2003, ch. 172, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 179, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 73, art. 39, § 27; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 9, § 37.
RI Gen L § 23-4-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-4 - Office of State Medical Examiners|Section 23-4-14 - Preservation of reports - Tabular reports.

§ 23-4-14. Preservation of reports — Tabular reports.The director of the department of health shall cause the returns received by the office of state medical examiners and reports made by that office on causes of death for each year, in accordance with this chapter, to be bound together with an index to the volume. The director of health in his or her capacity as ex officio state registrar shall prepare or cause to be prepared from the returns tabular results that will render them of practical utility, and shall annually report thereof in connection with the report of births, marriages, and deaths required by chapter 3 of this title.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 169, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-4-14.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-4 - Office of State Medical Examiners|Section 23-4-14.1 - Repealed.

§ 23-4-14.1. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 23-4-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-4 - Office of State Medical Examiners|Section 23-4-15 - Morgue.

§ 23-4-15. Morgue.A centrally located morgue shall be provided with laboratories, furniture, equipment, records, and supplies that may be required in the conduct of the office of state medical examiners.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 169, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 400, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-4-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-4 - Office of State Medical Examiners|Section 23-4-16 - Uniform determination of death.

§ 23-4-16. Uniform determination of death.A person who has sustained either: (1) irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions, or (2) irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem, is dead. A determination of death must be made in accordance with accepted medical standards.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 411, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-4.1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-4.1 - Emergency Medical Transportation Services|Section 23-4.1-1 - Declaration of policy and purpose.

§ 23-4.1-1. Declaration of policy and purpose.(a) The general assembly declares that it is the policy of the state to save lives and speed the healing of persons injured in accidents or otherwise in need of medical service by providing an emergency care system that will bring the injured or sick person under the care of persons properly trained to care for the injured or sick in the shortest practical time and that will provide safe transportation for the injured or sick person to a treatment center prepared to receive the injured person.(b) It is the purpose of this chapter to promote this policy by providing the means by which the best possible first aid treatment can be brought to the injured or sick person in the shortest practical time and by which the injured or sick person can be safely transported to a medical treatment center in proper equipment that is designed to provide supportive care for the injured or sick person and which is able to communicate with the medical treatment center regarding the treatment of the injured or sick person.(c) It is the plan of this chapter to provide help for any scheme of emergency medical service that provides trained personnel, furnishes adequate equipment, and which furnishes emergency medical service to the public.(d) It is not the intent of this chapter to prevent the operation of any nonprofit ambulance service which meets the minimum standards as provided by this chapter for the training of ambulance personnel and for medical service equipment.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 264, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-52-1; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-4.1-1.
RI Gen L § 23-4.1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-4.1 - Emergency Medical Transportation Services|Section 23-4.1-3 - Duties of the director.

§ 23-4.1-3. Duties of the director.(a) The director of health, referred to as the "director," shall have full authority to implement the provisions of this chapter and shall be guided by the purposes and intent of this chapter.(b) The director shall cooperate with hospitals, furnishers of ambulance services, local governments, police departments, fire departments, emergency units, first aid groups, or any other groups that furnish or work with groups that furnish emergency medical services.(c) The director shall cooperate with concerned agencies and individuals to coordinate programs for training emergency medical technicians, and other persons who provide emergency medical care services, including dispatchers. If funds are available, the director may establish training grants to aid groups and communities to train people in emergency medical care.(d) The standards used by the director under this chapter shall be reasonable and based upon local and statewide conditions. However, the minimum standards imposed by the director may be the standards issued by any responsible organization having its main concern the disposition of injured persons.(e) The director shall annually submit a report to the governor and the general assembly.(f) The director shall cooperate in the coordination of ambulance services throughout the state with local or state police and fire authorities and other concerned agencies and individuals, including the state civil defense agency. This coordination may be tested by local exercises from time to time.(g) The director shall cooperate with concerned agencies and individuals in the development of a state communications network involving the transportation of injured persons by vehicles licensed under this chapter and hospitals. The director may allocate available funds for the establishing and maintenance of a communications network involving vehicles, hospitals, and other emergency treating organizations within the state.(h) The director shall cooperate with concerned agencies and individuals in the development of a plan for the coordination of ambulance dispatching services with the state.(i) When proposing standards under this chapter, the director shall prepare and publish for the board a financial impact statement.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 264, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-52-3; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-4.1-3; P.L. 1979, ch. 378, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 281, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 189, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 84, § 20; P.L. 1990, ch. 363, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 371, § 1, effective July 13, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 372, § 1, effective July 13, 2021.
RI Gen L § 23-4.1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-4.1 - Emergency Medical Transportation Services|Section 23-4.1-4 - Minimum standards.

§ 23-4.1-4. Minimum standards.The director shall establish minimum standards to be met in the following areas:(1) Licensing;(2) Vehicles;(3) Equipment for vehicles;(4) Personnel;(5) Training;(6) Communications;(7) Cooperation with other units;(8) Treatment of acutely ill or injured persons by ambulance and rescue personnel; and(9) Financial capacity of private ambulance service providers.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 264, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-52-4; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-4.1-4; P.L. 1979, ch. 378, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 95, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 281, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 189, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 170, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-4.1-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-4.1 - Emergency Medical Transportation Services|Section 23-4.1-5 - Supervision of ambulance services.

§ 23-4.1-5. Supervision of ambulance services.The director is responsible for the statewide supervision of ambulance and rescue services and all equipment and persons coming under the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 264, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-52-5; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-4.1-5; P.L. 1983, ch. 281, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 189, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-4.1-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-4.1 - Emergency Medical Transportation Services|Section 23-4.1-7 - Standards for ambulance license.

§ 23-4.1-7. Standards for ambulance license.The director of health shall issue regulations to govern the standards of suitability of ambulances for the transportation of patients from the standpoint of health, sanitation, safety, communications, maintenance, on-board medical equipment, safety equipment, extraction equipment, ambulance markings, garaging conditions, and care and condition of the ambulance and its equipment, and to govern minimum financial capacity of private ambulance service providers.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 264, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-52-7; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-4.1-7; P.L. 1983, ch. 281, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 189, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 170, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-4.1-7.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-4.1 - Emergency Medical Transportation Services|Section 23-4.1-7.1 - Restocking of municipal ambulance supplies.

§ 23-4.1-7.1. Restocking of municipal ambulance supplies.(a) The director of health, with the cooperation of hospitals and freestanding emergency-care facilities licensed in accordance with chapter 17 of this title, will develop a listing of supplies that are subject to mandatory restocking in accordance with subsection (b).(b) Every hospital and freestanding emergency-care facility licensed in accordance with chapter 17 of this title is required to restock supplies listed in accordance with subsection (a) that are used by a licensed, emergency-medical-services provider in transporting emergency patients to hospitals or freestanding emergency-care facilities licensed in accordance with chapter 17 of this title. Restocking will not be required:(1) In the absence of documentation of supply usage on the emergency patient's RI EMS ambulance run report; or(2) If the licensed, emergency-medical-services provider bills any third-party payer for the supplies that were used.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 336, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 292, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 417, § 2; P.L. 2016, ch. 418, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-4.1-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-4.1 - Emergency Medical Transportation Services|Section 23-4.1-8 - Applications for license.

§ 23-4.1-8. Applications for license.(a) Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, municipality, volunteer units, or any other business or organization providing ambulance service shall, at the time of license application, furnish the director of health with a list of all persons authorized to act as an attendant of any ambulance owned or operated by the applicant. Further, all applicants shall submit to the director the person who shall serve as the emergency medical service physician medical director (the "physician medical director"). The physician medical director shall be a physician board-certified or board-eligible in emergency medicine and/or E.M.S. The physician medical director must have an active Rhode Island license to practice medicine. The ambulance service coordinating advisory board shall establish standards for the duties and responsibilities of the physician medical director.(b) The director shall provide application forms for licenses under this section.(c) Subject to the approval of the board, the director shall make reasonable minimum standards of health, performance, fitness, education, and moral fitness. The director may use the guides established by the American College of Surgeons' Board of Regents as a standard, except that a felony conviction shall not necessarily disqualify an attendant.(d) Each applicant shall hold a current certificate of completion of either: (1) An emergency medical responder course; (2) An emergency medical technician course; (3) An advanced emergency medical technician course; (4) An advanced emergency medical technician-cardiac course; or (5) A paramedic course. These courses shall be approved by the board. The certificate needed shall be decided by the person, firm, partnership, corporation, municipality, or any other business or organization providing ambulance service employing the individual licensee or in the case of a volunteer unit the unit for whom the individual licensee is volunteering for.(e) If there is a hardship imposed upon any applicant for a license because of an unusual circumstance, the applicant may apply to the director for a temporary waiver of the licensing provisions for good cause shown. The director has the power to waive licensing provisions for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 264, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-52-8; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-4.1-8; P.L. 1983, ch. 281, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 371, § 1, effective July 13, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 372, § 1, effective July 13, 2021.
RI Gen L § 23-4.1-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-4.1 - Emergency Medical Transportation Services|Section 23-4.1-9 - Revocation of license.

§ 23-4.1-9. Revocation of license.(a) Any license granted under this chapter may be suspended or revoked by the director for cause, after a hearing. Appeal from a decision of the director may be taken pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act, chapter 35 of title 42.(b) Cause for suspension or revocation of a license is failure to comply with any of the provisions or standards of this chapter or of any regulations of the director issued under authority of this chapter. All inspection reports are rebuttable evidence of the facts or conclusions stated in them as to the compliance or noncompliance with the pertinent laws or regulations involved in the licensing.(c) Before suspending or revoking a license, the director shall give the licensee notice of the particular charge of violation against him or her.(d) If the licensee fails to correct the deficiencies charged against him or her, or fails to comply with the law or regulations to the satisfaction of the director, the director shall notify the licensee of the charges against him or her, and the time and place of the hearing on the charges. The director shall set a reasonable time to allow a proper defense against the charges. The licensee may be represented by counsel, and may present witnesses in his or her behalf. The director shall issue a written decision, which shall include findings of fact. The decision shall be sent to the licensee by registered mail within ten (10) days of the decision.(e) If any license is suspended or revoked, the holder shall immediately stop all operations authorized by the license.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 264, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-52-9; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-4.1-9; P.L. 1983, ch. 281, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 189, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-4.1-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-4.1 - Emergency Medical Transportation Services|Section 23-4.1-10 - Regulations and fees.

§ 23-4.1-10. Regulations and fees.(a) The director shall be guided by the purposes and intent of this chapter in the making of regulations as authorized by this chapter.(b) The director may issue regulations necessary to bring into effect any of the provisions of this chapter.(c) (1) The director shall charge license fees for an annual license for an ambulance service, for an annual vehicle license, and for an emergency medical technician license. All such fees are as set forth in § 23-1-54.(2) The director may charge an examination fee for examinations for an emergency medical technician license and an inspection fee for inspections for a vehicle license as set forth in § 23-1-54.(3) The director is also authorized to establish reasonable fees for other administrative actions that the director shall deem necessary to implement this chapter. The fees provided for in this section shall be deposited as general revenues and shall not apply to any city or town employee providing services referenced in this chapter on behalf of the city or town, and shall not apply to any individual providing services referenced in this chapter on behalf of any bona fide volunteer or not for profit organization. Further, the services licensure fees and vehicle inspection fees shall not apply to services and vehicles operated by any city, town, or fire district or to services and vehicles operated by bona fide volunteer or not for profit organizations.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 264, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-52-10; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-4.1-10; P.L. 1983, ch. 281, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 189, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 138, art. 33, § 1; P.L., 1995, ch. 370, art. 40, § 60; P.L. 2001, ch. 77, art. 14, § 29; P.L. 2007, ch. 73, art. 39, § 28; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 9, § 38.
RI Gen L § 23-4.1-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-4.1 - Emergency Medical Transportation Services|Section 23-4.1-11 - Repealed.

§ 23-4.1-11. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 23-4.1-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-4.1 - Emergency Medical Transportation Services|Section 23-4.1-13 - Exclusion of non-emergency providers.

§ 23-4.1-13. Exclusion of non-emergency providers.Private ambulance services that are used solely for the transportation of non-emergency patients shall be exempted from the provisions of this chapter and chapter 17.6 of this title. These services, however, must continue to conform to rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter which were in effect on May 1, 1982.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 95, § 3.
RI Gen L § 23-4.1-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-4.1 - Emergency Medical Transportation Services|Section 23-4.1-14 - Notification of next of kin or other member of household.

§ 23-4.1-14. Notification of next of kin or other member of household.Whenever any person requires emergency medical transportation from their home or business establishment by any private or public ambulance or rescue vehicle, and no member of the patient's family, household or a business associate is present at the time of evaluation, the rescue team shall affix a sticker or other means of notification in the place of evaluation. The sticker shall note the patient's name if available and a telephone number where information can be obtained to ascertain the patient's whereabouts. Failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall not result in any civil or criminal liability on the part of the private or public ambulance or rescue vehicle company or their personnel.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 67, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-4.1-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-4.1 - Emergency Medical Transportation Services|Section 23-4.1-15 - Trauma system advisory committee.

§ 23-4.1-15. Trauma system advisory committee.There is established within the department of health a trauma system advisory committee. The committee, appointed by the director, shall include representatives of the following groups: consumers, third-party payers, emergency medical technicians, hospitals, physicians, nurses, the Hospital Association of Rhode Island, the department of health, the ambulance service advisory board, emergency medical service providers, and the Rhode Island Medical Society. Each nonprofit hospital with an emergency medical service shall have a representative appointed by its president. In addition, there shall be two (2) members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker, one of whom shall be a member of the minority party, and two (2) members of the senate appointed by the president of the senate, one of whom shall be a member of the minority party. Subject to the limitations of existing data and other resources, the committee shall undertake a thorough examination of all aspects of the state's trauma system, including:(1) A review of the current utilization of trauma services for each acute care hospital;(2) A review of each hospital's trauma patient mix and mortality and morbidity rates for classes of patients;(3) Hospital staffing patterns and likely future needs;(4) The current financing of trauma care including the issue of uncompensated care and an examination of additional costs for system enhancement; and(5) Pre-hospital care protocols and emergency medical services' capabilities and integration needs.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 375, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 180, § 39.