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RI Gen L § 5-37-5.4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37 - Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline|Section 5-37-5.4 - Time and notice of hearing.

§ 5-37-5.4. Time and notice of hearing.The time of the hearing shall be fixed by the hearing committee of the board as soon as is practicable. The hearing committee of the board shall issue a notice of a hearing of the charges, which shall specify the time and place of the hearing and shall notify the accused that he or she may file with the hearing committee of the board a written response within twenty (20) days of the date of service. The notice shall also notify the accused that a stenographic record of the proceedings will be kept; that he or she shall have the opportunity to appear personally and to have counsel present, with the right to produce witnesses and evidence in his or her own behalf; to cross-examine witnesses; to examine any documentary evidence that may be produced against him or her; and to have subpoenas issued by the hearing committee of the board.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 301, § 6.
RI Gen L § 5-37-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37 - Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline|Section 5-37-6 - Subpoenas - Contempt.

§ 5-37-6. Subpoenas — Contempt.Subpoenas may be issued by the board or the board's constituted committees to compel the production of documents or other written records, or the attendance and testimony of witnesses, at any investigation or hearing. The board shall also issue subpoenas at the request and on behalf of the accused. If any person refuses to obey a subpoena or answer any proper question put to him or her during the hearing or proceeding, the superior court has jurisdiction, upon application by the board, to issue to that person an order requiring him or her to appear before the board or its hearing committee, to produce evidence if ordered, or to give testimony concerning the matter under investigation. Any failure to obey the order of the court may be punished by the court as civil contempt.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 165, § 5; P.L. 1901, ch. 926, § 2; C.P.A. 1905, § 1221; G.L. 1909, ch. 193, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 159, § 5; P.L. 1927, ch. 1029, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 275, § 5; impl. am. P.L. 1949, ch. 2228, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 5-37-6; P.L. 1986, ch. 301, § 5.
RI Gen L § 5-37-6.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37 - Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline|Section 5-37-6.1 - Report of hearing.

§ 5-37-6.1. Report of hearing.After holding a hearing, the hearing committee of the board shall make a written report of its findings of fact, conclusions of law, and disciplinary order, if any.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 301, § 6.
RI Gen L § 5-37-6.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37 - Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline|Section 5-37-6.2 - Decision of the board.

§ 5-37-6.2. Decision of the board.If a majority of the members of the board, sitting as the hearing committee, vote in favor of finding the accused guilty of unprofessional conduct as specified in the charges, the board shall prepare written findings of fact and law in support of that conclusion. The board shall immediately transmit its findings, together with an order stating the sanction to be imposed upon the accused, to the director who shall, as soon as practicable, order that appropriate action be taken in accordance with the order of the board. In no case shall a person be found guilty of unprofessional conduct unless a majority of the hearing committee votes in favor of finding the person guilty. If the accused is found not guilty, the board shall immediately issue an order dismissing the charges.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 301, § 6; P.L. 1988, ch. 385, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 534, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-37-6.3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37 - Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline|Section 5-37-6.3 - Sanctions.

§ 5-37-6.3. Sanctions.If the accused is found guilty of unprofessional conduct as described in § 5-37-6.2, the director, at the direction of the board, shall impose one or more of the following conditions:(1) Administer a reprimand;(2) Suspend or limit or restrict his or her license or limited registration to practice medicine;(3) Require him or her to serve a period of probation subject to certain conditions and requirements including, where appropriate, sanctions or restitution;(4) Revoke indefinitely his or her license or limited registration to practice medicine;(5) Require him or her to submit to the care, counseling, or treatment of a physician or program acceptable to the board;(6) Require him or her to participate in a program of continuing medical education in the area or areas in which he or she has been judged deficient;(7) Require him or her to practice under the direction of a physician in a public institution, public or private healthcare program, or private practice for a period of time specified by the board;(8) Assess against the physician the administrative costs of the proceedings instituted against the physician under this chapter; provided, that this assessment does not exceed thirty thousand dollars ($30,000);(9) Any other conditions or restrictions deemed appropriate under the circumstances.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 301, § 6; P.L. 1999, ch. 354, § 7; P.L. 2021, ch. 396, § 1, effective July 14, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 397, § 1, effective July 14, 2021.
RI Gen L § 5-37-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37 - Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline|Section 5-37-7 - Appeal from the decision of the director.

§ 5-37-7. Appeal from the decision of the director.(a) Any person whose license or limited registration to practice medicine has been revoked or suspended by the director or board, or is aggrieved by the decision of the board and/or director, has the right of judicial review of the decision of the board and director. This review shall be initiated by serving on the director a notice of appeal and filing such notice of appeal with a complaint in accordance with the rules of civil procedure in the superior court within thirty (30) days after the decision of the director.(b) The director shall, within twenty (20) days after the service of the notice of appeal, transmit to the clerk of the superior court to which the appeal is taken, a transcript of the record of the board certified under the seal of the board, together with a certified copy of the board's written findings, all of which shall be admissible as evidence.(c) The findings of the board and/or director shall be final and conclusive, subject to review in the superior court pursuant to the administrative procedures act, chapter 35 of title 42. Any appeal taken to the superior court shall have precedence on the calendar, be considered an emergency matter, and shall be heard in any event not later than thirty (30) days from the date of appeal when practicable. There shall be no stay pending the appeal of any sanction imposed by the director unless it is determined that the matter cannot be placed on the court's docket within the specified time. Except as provided in this chapter, appeals follow the procedures established in the administrative procedures act in chapter 35 of title 42.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 165, § 5; P.L. 1901, ch. 926, § 2; C.P.A. 1905, § 1226; G.L. 1909, ch. 193, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 159, § 5; P.L. 1927, ch. 1029, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 275, § 5; P.L. 1945, ch. 1638, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1949, ch. 2228, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 5-37-7; P.L. 1986, ch. 301, § 5.
RI Gen L § 5-37-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37 - Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline|Section 5-37-8 - Grounds for discipline without hearing.

§ 5-37-8. Grounds for discipline without hearing.The director may temporarily suspend the license of a physician or limited registrant without a hearing if the director finds that evidence in his or her possession indicates that a physician's or limited registrant's continuation in practice would constitute an immediate danger to the public. In the event that the director temporarily suspends the license of a physician or limited registrant without a hearing, a hearing by the board must be held within ten (10) days after the suspension has occurred.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 301, § 6.
RI Gen L § 5-37-9.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37 - Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline|Section 5-37-9.1 - Requirements relating to professional conduct.

§ 5-37-9.1. Requirements relating to professional conduct.The board shall receive and maintain a confidential file, which will be available to the board to precipitate or aid in their investigations. The information shall also be available to licensed healthcare facilities including health-maintenance organizations in connection with the granting of staff privileges and to the individual physicians themselves and shall be available for inclusion in physician profiles pursuant to § 5-37-9.2. The file shall contain the following physician information:(1) Cases of malpractice suits against a physician as reported to the board by insurers and self-insurers;(2) Cases of malpractice suits that result in allegations being dropped, a dismissal, a settlement, or court judgment or arbitration award adverse to the physician;(3) Reports by any hospital or state or local professional medical association/society of disciplinary action taken against any physician. This should also include any resignation of a physician if related to unprofessional conduct as defined in law or any withdrawal of an application for hospital privileges relating to unprofessional conduct;(4) Reports by state and federal courts of physicians found guilty of a felony;(5) Reports by the professional review organization and third-party health insurers of sanctions imposed on a physician;(6) Annual reports by hospitals and health-maintenance organizations of current appointments to their medical staffs; and(7) Information supplied to the board by the Federation of State Medical Boards and the American Medical Association. The file may contain any other data that the board by reasonable rule or regulation deems appropriate.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 350, § 11; P.L. 1997, ch. 348, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-37-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37 - Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline|Section 5-37-10 - Biannual registration, physicians - Annual registration, hospitals.

§ 5-37-10. Biannual registration, physicians — Annual registration, hospitals.(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 state. Every licensed person who intends to engage in the practice of his or her profession during the ensuing two-year (2) period shall register his or her license by submitting to the board, on or before June 1, the application, executed together with the registration form, and fee as established by regulation by the director of the department of health. Upon receipt of the application and fee, the board shall issue a registration certificate effective July 1 and expiring two (2) years following on June 30. The registration certificate renders the holder a registered practitioner of medicine for that registration period. Effective beginning in calendar year 2004, any references in this chapter to annual registration or annual limited registration shall be interpreted to mean biannual registration and biannual limited registration, respectively.(b) The registration certificate of all physicians whose renewals accompanied by the prescribed fee are not completed and filed on or before the first day of July shall automatically lapse. The board may, in its discretion and upon the payment by the physician of the current registration fee plus an additional fee as set forth in § 23-1-54, reinstate any certificate lapsed under the provisions of this section.(c) Hospitals shall, on or before the first day of December of each year, submit an application and annual fee to the board as a condition of rendering hospital services in the state. The form of application and fee shall be as the director, by regulation, establishes; provided, that the ratio of payment between hospital per-bed licensing fees and the combined licensing and board of medical licensure and discipline fees paid by physicians remain the same as the ratio that existed as of January 1, 1987. All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited as general revenues.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 275, § 30; P.L. 1954, ch. 3409, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 5-37-10; P.L. 1960, ch. 76, § 19; P.L. 1961, ch. 60, § 1; P.L. 1977, ch. 138, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 364, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 301, § 5; P.L. 1993, ch. 300, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 104, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 40, § 19; P.L. 1998, ch. 65, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 249, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 339, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 73, art. 39, § 10; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 9, § 12.
RI Gen L § 5-37-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37 - Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline|Section 5-37-11 - Inactive list.

§ 5-37-11. Inactive list.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 registration fee as long as he or she remains inactive. Any physician whose name has been included in the inactive list as provided for in this section shall be restored to active status by the administrator of professional regulation upon the filing of a written request accompanied by the registration form and fee as established by regulation by the director of the department of health.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 275, § 30; P.L. 1954, ch. 3409, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 5-37-11; P.L. 1991, ch. 354, § 4.
RI Gen L § 5-37-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37 - Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline|Section 5-37-12 - Unauthorized practice of medicine.

§ 5-37-12. Unauthorized practice of medicine.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 intent of receiving, either directly or indirectly, any bonus, gift, or compensation, or who opens an office with intent to practice medicine, or holds himself or herself out to the public as a practitioner of medicine, whether by appending to his or her name the title of doctor or any abbreviation, or M.D., or any other title or designation implying a practitioner of medicine, or in any other way, shall be imprisoned not more than three (3) years, or fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or shall suffer both fine and imprisonment; and in no case when any provision of this chapter has been violated shall the person violating these provisions be entitled to receive compensation for services rendered.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 165, § 8; P.L. 1901, ch. 926, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 193, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 159, § 8; P.L. 1927, ch. 1029, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 275, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 5-37-12; P.L. 1964, ch. 193, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-37-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37 - Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline|Section 5-37-13 - [Repealed.]

§ 5-37-13. [Repealed.]History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 165, § 7; P.L. 1896, ch. 340, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 193, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 159, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 275, § 7; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 180; impl. am. P.L. 1949, ch. 2228, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 5-37-13; Repealed by P.L. 1976, ch. 244, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-37-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37 - Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline|Section 5-37-14 - Exceptions to licensure requirement - Immunity from liability.

§ 5-37-14. Exceptions to licensure requirement — Immunity from liability.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 a person in need of it, shall be liable for civil damages for any personal injuries that result from acts or omissions by these persons in rendering emergency care that may constitute ordinary negligence. This immunity does not apply to acts or omissions constituting gross, willful, or wanton negligence, or when rendered at any hospital, doctors' offices, or clinic where these services are normally rendered.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 165, § 6; P.L. 1901, ch. 926, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 193, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 159, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 275, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 5-37-14; P.L. 1963, ch. 138, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 492, § 4; P.L. 2014, ch. 190, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 213, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-37-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37 - Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline|Section 5-37-15 - Practice of religious beliefs.

§ 5-37-15. Practice of religious beliefs.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 force, are complied with.History of Section.P.L. 1927, ch. 1029, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 275, § 28; 1956, § 5-37-15; P.L. 1986, ch. 301, § 5.
RI Gen L § 5-37-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37 - Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline|Section 5-37-16 - Limited registrations.

§ 5-37-16. Limited registrations.(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 legally chartered medical school or school of osteopathic medicine having power to grant degrees in allopathic or osteopathic medicine; and that the applicant has been appointed an intern, resident, fellow, or medical officer in a hospital or other institution maintained by the state, or by a city or town, or in a hospital or clinic that is incorporated under the laws of this state, or in a clinic that is affiliated with a hospital licensed by the department of health, or in an outpatient clinic operated by the state, may, upon the payment as set forth in § 23-1-54, be registered by the board as a hospital medical officer for any time that the board may prescribe. This limited registration shall entitle the applicant to practice medicine in the hospital or other institution designated on his or her certificate of limited registration, or outside this hospital or other institution for the treatment, under the supervision of one of its medical officers who is a licensed physician, of persons accepted by it as patients, or in any hospital, institution, clinic, or program affiliated for training purposes with the hospital, institution, or clinic designated on this certificate, which affiliation is approved by the board, and in any case under regulations established by the hospital, institution, or clinic; provided, that each hospital, institution, or clinic annually submits to the board a list of affiliated hospitals, institutions, clinics, or programs providing training programs that comply with the terms of this section. Limited registration under this section may be revoked at any time by the board.(b) The director may promulgate any rules and regulations that he or she deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1958, ch. 158, § 1; P.L. 1971, ch. 69, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 84, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 159, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 301, § 5; P.L. 2007, ch. 73, art. 39, § 10; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 9, § 12.
RI Gen L § 5-37-16.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37 - Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline|Section 5-37-16.1 - Limited registration - Academic faculty.

§ 5-37-16.1. Limited registration — Academic faculty.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 for a limited registration while serving on the academic staff of the medical school. Upon recommendation of the dean of an accredited school of medicine in this state, the board in its discretion, after being satisfied that the applicant is a graduate of a foreign medical school and a person of professional rank whose knowledge and special training will benefit the medical school in this state, may issue to this physician a limited registration to engage in the practice of medicine to the extent that this practice is incidental to a necessary part of his or her academic appointment and then only in the hospital or hospitals and outpatient clinics connected with the medical school. Except to the extent authorized by this section, the registrant shall not engage in the practice of medicine or receive compensation for his or her limited-registration work, unless he or she is issued a license to practice medicine in accordance with the provisions of § 5-37-2. The registration shall be valid for a period of not more than one year expiring on the 30th day of June following its initial effective date but may be renewed annually; provided, that the registration automatically expires when the holder's relationship with the medical school is terminated. The application fee for the initial registration authorized under this section and the initial application fee for annual renewal shall be as set forth in § 23-1-54. Thereafter the fees shall be as promulgated by regulation of the director.History of Section.P.L. 1983, ch. 139, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 160, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 301, § 5; P.L. 1986, ch. 386, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 73, art. 39, § 10; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 9, § 12.
RI Gen L § 5-37-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37 - Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline|Section 5-37-17 - Power to examine individuals.

§ 5-37-17. Power to examine individuals.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 as designated and defined by regulations of the department of health within the provisions of this chapter upon the person of an individual aged eighteen (18) and older who has given consent shall not constitute an assault or an assault and battery upon that person.History of Section.P.L. 1971, ch. 90; P.L. 1998, ch. 391, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-37-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37 - Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline|Section 5-37-18 - Prescription slips.

§ 5-37-18. Prescription slips.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.History of Section.P.L. 1971, ch. 122, § 1; P.L. 1976, ch. 237, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 106, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 110, § 1.