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RI Gen L § 23-17-30 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17 - Licensing of Healthcare Facilities|Section 23-17-30 - Blood or tissue transfer services.

§ 23-17-30. Blood or tissue transfer services.(a) The procurement, processing, distribution, or use of whole blood, plasma, blood products, blood derivatives, and other human tissues such as corneas, bones, or organs for the purpose of injecting, transfusing, or transplanting any of them into the human body is declared to be, for all purposes, the rendition of a service by every person participating in the rendition of that service and, whether or not any remuneration is paid for the service, is declared not to be a sale of whole blood, plasma, blood products, blood derivatives, or other tissues, for any purpose. No health care facility, professional, or other person or organization involved in the procurement, processing, distribution, or use of whole blood, plasma, blood products, or blood derivatives for the purpose of injecting or transfusing any of them into the human body shall be liable for damages resulting from these activities except for his or her own negligence or willful misconduct.(b) No hospital, nonprofit tissue bank, physician, nurse, or other medical personnel acting under the supervision and direction of a physician involved in the procurement, processing, distribution, or use of human tissues such as corneas, bones, or organs for the purpose of transplanting any of them into the human body shall be liable for damages resulting from those activities except for negligence or willful misconduct by that hospital, nonprofit tissue bank, physician, nurse, or other medical personnel.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 249, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-17-31 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17 - Licensing of Healthcare Facilities|Section 23-17-31 - Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing - Hospitals.

§ 23-17-31. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing — Hospitals.(a) Hospital patients in any hospital licensed under this chapter shall be offered testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as set forth in chapter 23-6.3.(b) [Deleted by P.L. 2009, ch. 196, § 7 and P.L. 2009, ch. 289, § 7].(c) [Deleted by P.L. 2009, ch. 196, § 7 and P.L. 2009, ch. 289, § 7].(d) [Deleted by P.L. 2009, ch. 196, § 7 and P.L. 2009, ch. 289, § 7].History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 405, § 2; P.L. 2000, ch. 171, § 4; P.L. 2009, ch. 196, § 7; P.L. 2009, ch. 289, § 7.
RI Gen L § 23-17-31.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17 - Licensing of Healthcare Facilities|Section 23-17-31.1 - Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing - Facilities for drug users.

§ 23-17-31.1. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing — Facilities for drug users.(a) Every physician or healthcare provider attending any person for any service offered at a facility for injecting drug users, shall offer testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). All testing pursuant to this section shall be performed in accordance with the provisions of chapter 23-6.3 except where federal confidentiality laws may supersede.(b) The department of health shall maintain sites for providing both anonymous and confidential HIV testing, and HIV counseling and referral. Each site, funded by the department of health, shall offer free testing, counseling and referral for indigent parties and other individuals without health insurance, offer a sliding scale for payment for all other individuals and, in the case of confidential testing, screen for ability to pay through a third-party insurer. In the case of nonfunded sites for HIV testing, organizations and/or institutions performing the test shall offer free testing, counseling and referral for indigent parties and other individuals without health insurance.History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 14, § 18; P.L. 2006, ch. 599, § 7; P.L. 2009, ch. 196, § 7; P.L. 2009, ch. 289, § 7.
RI Gen L § 23-17-32 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17 - Licensing of Healthcare Facilities|Section 23-17-32 - Mammograms - Quality assurance standards.

§ 23-17-32. Mammograms — Quality assurance standards.Any licensed health care facility performing a mammogram shall meet state-approved quality assurance standards for taking and processing mammograms. The director of health shall have the authority to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 217, § 7.
RI Gen L § 23-17-33 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17 - Licensing of Healthcare Facilities|Section 23-17-33 - Pap smears - Quality assurance standards.

§ 23-17-33. Pap smears — Quality assurance standards.Any licensed health care facility in which pap smears are taken shall submit the smear for processing only to a laboratory which is licensed by the department of health specifically to perform cervical cytology, or is accredited by the American Society of Cytology, or is accredited by the College of American Pathologists, or is a hospital accredited by the joint commission for the accreditation of health care organizations, or is a hospital accredited by the American Osteopathic Association.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 217, § 14.
RI Gen L § 23-17-35 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17 - Licensing of Healthcare Facilities|Section 23-17-35 - Prior criminal records checks.

§ 23-17-35. Prior criminal records checks.If an applicant for employment has undergone a statewide criminal records check within eighteen (18) months of an application for employment, then an employer may request from the bureau of criminal identification or local police a letter indicating if any disqualifying information was discovered. The bureau of criminal identification will respond without disclosing the nature of the disqualifying information. The letter may be maintained on file to satisfy the requirements of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 368, § 3; P.L. 1992, ch. 407, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-17-36 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17 - Licensing of Healthcare Facilities|Section 23-17-36 - Rules and regulations.

§ 23-17-36. Rules and regulations.The director of the department of health is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the intent of this chapter as well as establishing administrative penalties for violations of the provisions of §§ 23-17-60 and 23-17-61.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 368, § 3; P.L. 2014, ch. 366, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 376, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-17-37 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17 - Licensing of Healthcare Facilities|Section 23-17-37 - Disqualifying information.

§ 23-17-37. Disqualifying information.(a) Information produced by a national criminal records check pertaining to conviction for the following crimes will result in a letter to the employee and employer disqualifying the applicant from employment: murder, voluntary manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter, first-degree sexual assault, second-degree sexual assault, third-degree sexual assault, assault on persons sixty (60) years of age or older, assault with intent to commit specified felonies (murder, robbery, rape, burglary, or the abominable and detestable crime against nature) felony assault, patient abuse, neglect or mistreatment of patients, burglary, first-degree arson, robbery, felony drug offenses, felony larceny, or felony banking law violations, felony obtaining money under false pretenses, felony embezzlement, abuse, neglect and/or exploitation of adults with severe impairments, exploitation of elders, or a crime under section 1128(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7(a)). An employee against whom disqualifying information has been found may provide a copy of the national criminal records check to the employer who shall make a judgment regarding the continued employment of the employee. An employee against whom disqualifying information has been found may provide a copy of the national criminal records check to the employer who shall make a judgment regarding the continued employment of the employee.(b) For purposes of this section, "conviction" means, in addition to judgments of conviction entered by a court subsequent to a finding of guilty or a plea of guilty, those instances where the defendant has entered a plea of nolo contendere and has received a sentence of probation and those instances where a defendant has entered into a deferred sentence agreement with the attorney general.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 368, § 3; P.L. 1993, ch. 306, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 347, § 3; P.L. 2014, ch. 399, § 3.
RI Gen L § 23-17-38 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17 - Licensing of Healthcare Facilities|Section 23-17-38 - Establishment of fees.

§ 23-17-38. Establishment of fees.The director shall establish fees for licensure application, licensure renewal, inspection, and administrative actions under this chapter. Annual inspection fees for hospitals and rehabilitation hospital centers shall be assessed on a per facility basis, as well as an additional fee per bed. Annual licensure fees for for-profit end stage renal dialysis facilities shall be assessed on a per facility basis. Annual licensure fees for home nursing-care providers and home-care providers shall be assessed on a per facility basis; however, no additional license fee shall be charged when a home nursing-care provider or home-care provider changes location during any calendar year for which an annual license fee has already been paid for that home nursing-care provider or home-care provider. All fees required in this section shall be as set forth in § 23-1-54. Annual licensure fees for organized ambulatory care facilities shall also be as set forth in § 23-1-54, provided that not-for-profit entities operating more than one ambulatory care facility shall be subject to a single annual licensure fee for all such licenses; provided, further, that nonprofit charitable community health centers, school based health centers and nonprofit hospice programs with a current home nursing care provider license shall be exempt from the fee. All annual licensure fees not otherwise designated shall be established in regulation and shall be collected and deposited as general revenues of the state.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 138, art. 32, § 2; P.L. 1994, ch. 70, art. 19, § 2; P.L. 1994, ch. 330, § 1; P.L. 1994, ch. 386, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 40, § 63; P.L. 1996, ch. 310, § 2; P.L. 2001, ch. 168, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 224, § 1; P.L. 2002, ch. 65, art. 13, § 21; P.L. 2002, ch. 398, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 73, art. 39, § 30; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 9, § 40.
RI Gen L § 23-17-39 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17 - Licensing of Healthcare Facilities|Section 23-17-39 - Immunity from liability.

§ 23-17-39. Immunity from liability.No employer who disqualifies an individual from employment or continued employment within thirty (30) days of receipt of a letter containing disqualifying information as defined in § 23-17-37 or of a criminal background report relating to the individual shall be liable for civil damages or subject to any claim, demand, cause of action or proceeding of any nature as a result of the disqualification.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 306, § 3.
RI Gen L § 23-17-41 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17 - Licensing of Healthcare Facilities|Section 23-17-41 - Employer/employee relationships.

§ 23-17-41. Employer/employee relationships.A home nursing care provider and home care provider shall be considered for all purposes an employer; and those persons that it supplies on a temporary basis shall be considered employees and not independent contractors; and home nursing care providers and home care providers shall be subject to all state and federal laws which govern employer/employee relationships.History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 310, § 3.
RI Gen L § 23-17-42 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17 - Licensing of Healthcare Facilities|Section 23-17-42 - Home nursing care providers - Uncompensated care provisions.

§ 23-17-42. Home nursing care providers — Uncompensated care provisions.The director shall establish minimum level of uncompensated care on an annual basis to be provided by licensed home nursing care providers. These minimal levels shall be reasonable and shall be based upon historical levels of uncompensated care with the exclusion of bad debt. Failure to meet this standard shall be grounds for action pursuant to §§ 23-17-8 and 23-17-8.1.History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 310, § 3.
RI Gen L § 23-17-43 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17 - Licensing of Healthcare Facilities|Section 23-17-43 - Charity care requirements.

§ 23-17-43. Charity care requirements.Any new hospital or freestanding emergency-care facility licensee shall meet the statewide community standard for the provision of charity-care services as a condition of initial and continued licensure. That standard shall be consistent with guidelines established by the legislature in the charters of the existing hospitals in the state that hold charters from the legislature.History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 433, § 4; P.L. 2016, ch. 417, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 418, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-17-45 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17 - Licensing of Healthcare Facilities|Section 23-17-45 - Quality standards for volume related tertiary services.

§ 23-17-45. Quality standards for volume related tertiary services.The director is authorized to establish through regulation quality and volume related standards to be achieved and maintained for specific tertiary health care services offered by individual licensed health care facilities where peer reviewed medical and health literature establishes significant relationships between desired quality related outcomes and volume of services provided. The standards shall include time frames for achieving stipulated volumes of services. In developing the standards the director shall seek input from affected providers and the public at large. The director may accept in regulation the standards of and the accreditation from recognized national accrediting entities in lieu of standards and assessments otherwise developed pursuant to this section.History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 433, § 4.
RI Gen L § 23-17-46 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17 - Licensing of Healthcare Facilities|Section 23-17-46 - Financial interest disclosure.

§ 23-17-46. Financial interest disclosure.(a) (1) Any health care facility licensed pursuant to this chapter which refers clients to another licensed health care facility or to a residential care/assisted living facility licensed pursuant to chapter 17.4 of this title or to a certified adult day care program in which the referring entity has a financial interest shall, at the time a referral is made, disclose, in writing, the following information to the client: (i) that the referring entity has a financial interest in the facility or provider to which the referral is being made; (ii) that the client has the option of seeking care from a different facility or provider which is also licensed and/or certified by the state to provide similar services to the client.(2) The referring entity shall also offer the client a written list prepared by the department of all alternative licensed and/or certified facilities or providers.(b) Noncompliance with this section shall constitute grounds to revoke, suspend or otherwise discipline the licensee or to deny an application for licensure by the director, or may result in imposition of an administrative penalty in accordance with chapter 17.10 of this title.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 103, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 162, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 373, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 396, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-17-47 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17 - Licensing of Healthcare Facilities|Section 23-17-47 - Identification badges.

§ 23-17-47. Identification badges.A health care facility shall require all persons, including students, who examine, observe, or treat a patient or resident of the facility to wear a photo identification badge which states, in a reasonably legible manner: (1) the first name, (2) licensure registration status, if any, (3) fluency in sign language other than English, if any, and (4) staff position of that person.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 306, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 88, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 253, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-17-48 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17 - Licensing of Healthcare Facilities|Section 23-17-48 - Labor disputes/actions.

§ 23-17-48. Labor disputes/actions.Health care facilities shall provide the licensing agency with prompt notice of pending and actual labor disputes/actions which would impact delivery of patient care services including, but not limited to, strikes, walk-outs, and strike notices. Health care facilities shall provide a plan, acceptable to the director, for continued operation of the facility, suspension of operations, or closure in the event of an actual or potential labor dispute/action. The director of health has the authority to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.History of Section.P.L. 1999, ch. 39, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 52, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 88, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-17-49 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17 - Licensing of Healthcare Facilities|Section 23-17-49 - Surgical procedures - General provisions.

§ 23-17-49. Surgical procedures — General provisions.(a) The director shall determine through regulation categories of patients that shall be permitted to receive surgical services in free standing ambulatory surgical facilities, podiatry ambulatory surgery centers and physician ambulatory surgery centers providing surgical treatment based upon criteria including, but not limited to:(1) Risks related to patient characteristics;(2) The type of and risks associated with the anesthesia required; and(3) As appropriate, the complexity of the surgical procedure and the expected duration of the surgical procedure.(b) Further, the director shall determine through regulation categories of patients that are prohibited from receiving surgical services in free standing ambulatory surgical facilities, physician ambulatory surgery centers, podiatry ambulatory surgery centers, and physician offices not licensed under this chapter based upon criteria including, but not limited to:(1) Risks related to patient characteristics;(2) The type of and risks associated with the anesthesia required; and(3) As appropriate, the complexity of the surgical procedure.History of Section.P.L. 1999, ch. 136, § 3; P.L. 2002, ch. 412, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-17-49.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17 - Licensing of Healthcare Facilities|Section 23-17-49.1 - Workplace and patient safety - Evacuation of surgical smoke plume required in operating rooms.

§ 23-17-49.1. Workplace and patient safety — Evacuation of surgical smoke plume required in operating rooms.(a) As used in this section, the following definitions shall apply:(1) "Smoke-evacuation system" means smoke evacuators, laser plume evacuators, or local exhaust ventilators that capture and neutralize plume at the site of origin and before plume can make ocular contact or contact with the respiratory tract of employees.(2) "Surgical smoke" means the by-product of use of energy-generating devices, including surgical plume, smoke plume, bio-aerosols, laser-generated airborne contaminants, and lung-damaging dust.(b) In order to protect patient and health workers from the hazards of surgical smoke, each hospital and freestanding ambulatory surgical facility licensed in the state of Rhode Island pursuant to this chapter shall adopt policies to ensure the elimination of surgical smoke by use of a smoke-evacuation system for each procedure that generates surgical smoke from the use of energy-based devices such as, but not limited to, electrosurgery and lasers.(c) Each hospital and freestanding ambulatory surgical center shall report to the department of health within ninety days (90) of the effective date of this act that policies pursuant to this section have been adopted.History of Section.P.L. 2018, ch. 18, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 25, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-17-50 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17 - Licensing of Healthcare Facilities|Section 23-17-50 - Physician ambulatory-surgery center - Accreditation, survey, complaint investigation, and exemptions.

§ 23-17-50. Physician ambulatory-surgery center — Accreditation, survey, complaint investigation, and exemptions.(a) Accreditation from a national organization acceptable to the director may be required, at the discretion of the director, in lieu of an annual survey by the department.(b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall not limit in any way the prerogatives of the director to inspect any physician ambulatory-surgery center at any reasonable time, whether for purpose of general survey or for complaint investigation. The director has access to all records of the licensed physician ambulatory-surgery center including medical records.(c) Single practice physician ambulatory-surgery centers as defined in § 23-17-2(17) are exempt from the requirements of chapter 15 of this title.(d) Single practice physician ambulatory-surgery centers as defined in § 23-17-2(17) are exempt from the provisions of §§ 23-17-14.3 and 23-17-14.4 with respect to initial licensure under this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1999, ch. 136, § 3; P.L. 2002, ch. 412, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 197, § 2; P.L. 2009, ch. 287, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-17-52 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17 - Licensing of Healthcare Facilities|Section 23-17-52 - Department of health concern line.

§ 23-17-52. Department of health concern line.Any hospital licensed pursuant to this chapter shall provide the department of health's concern line number to all patients and staff through posted notices in conspicuous places throughout the hospital. The notices shall be written in English and in, at minimum, the three (3) most common foreign languages used by the patients served by each hospital as determined by the hospital.History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 76, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 88, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 253, § 1.