reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
RI Gen L § 5-37-18.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37 - Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline|Section 5-37-18.1 - Physicians required to authorize product selection.

§ 5-37-18.1. Physicians required to authorize product selection.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 physician, the brand name is medically necessary, the physician shall indicate "brand name necessary" on the prescription form. Pursuant to § 42-127.1-7 and chapter 19.1 of this title, an electronic signature shall satisfy this requirement.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 237, § 2; P.L. 1981, ch. 88, § 2; P.L. 1995, ch. 88, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 47, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 405, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-37-18.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37 - Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline|Section 5-37-18.2 - Penalty for violating § 5-37-18 or § 5-37-18.1.

§ 5-37-18.2. Penalty for violating § 5-37-18 or § 5-37-18.1.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.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 237, § 2; P.L. 1981, ch. 88, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-37-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37 - Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline|Section 5-37-19 - Blank prescriptions.

§ 5-37-19. Blank prescriptions.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).History of Section.P.L. 1971, ch. 185, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 110, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-37-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37 - Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline|Section 5-37-20 - Acupuncture.

§ 5-37-20. Acupuncture.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.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 199, § 1; P.L. 1976, ch. 260, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 301, § 5.
RI Gen L § 5-37-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37 - Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline|Section 5-37-21 - Fee splitting.

§ 5-37-21. Fee splitting.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 not longer than one year or a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or both.History of Section.P.L. 1975, ch. 114, § 3.
RI Gen L § 5-37-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37 - Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline|Section 5-37-23 - Over-billing reward program.

§ 5-37-23. Over-billing reward program.(a) Any person sixty-five (65) years of age or older who is billed for healthcare services that have never been provided to that person may report the billing error to the office of healthy aging. The division shall investigate the report.(b) The healthcare provider shall repay any verified billing error, and in addition shall pay ten percent (10%) of the billing error to this patient. The ten percent (10%) award shall not preclude recovery by the patient under any other provision of the Rhode Island general laws. Diagnostic-related group billings are exempt from the ten percent (10%) penalty.History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 374, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 301, § 5.
RI Gen L § 5-37-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37 - Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline|Section 5-37-24 - [Repealed.]

§ 5-37-24. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 117, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2003, ch. 249, § 2, effective July 17, 2003; P.L. 2003, ch. 339, § 2, effective July 17, 2003.
RI Gen L § 5-37-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37 - Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline|Section 5-37-25 - Violations - Penalties.

§ 5-37-25. Violations — Penalties.Unless another penalty is provided by the laws of this state, any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any rule or regulation adopted under this chapter, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 301, § 5.
RI Gen L § 5-37-25.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37 - Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline|Section 5-37-25.1 - Injunction of violations.

§ 5-37-25.1. Injunction of violations.When it appears to the director or board that any person is violating any of the provisions of this chapter, the director or board may institute an action to enjoin the violation in a court of competent jurisdiction, and the court may restrain and/or enjoin any person, firm, corporation, or association from violating any of the provisions of this chapter without regard to whether proceedings have been or may be instituted before the board or whether criminal proceedings have been or may be instituted.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 301, § 6.
RI Gen L § 5-37-26 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37 - Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline|Section 5-37-26 - Medical forms.

§ 5-37-26. Medical forms.Physicians or other persons are prohibited from requiring patients or their representatives to sign blank forms provided by or for any third-party payers or nonprofit medical-service corporations prior to, during, or subsequent to rendering services. Any physician or other person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be fined up to one hundred dollars ($100) for each violation.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 454, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 242, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-37-27 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37 - Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline|Section 5-37-27 - Severability.

§ 5-37-27. Severability.If any provision of this chapter, or of any rule or regulation made under this chapter, or the application of this chapter to any person or circumstances is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of the chapter, rule, or regulation, and the application of this provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 301, § 6.
RI Gen L § 5-37-28 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37 - Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline|Section 5-37-28 - Communications of information among healthcare facilities.

§ 5-37-28. Communications of information among healthcare facilities.Any licensed healthcare facility, acting by and through its chief executive officer or his or her designee, may, upon the request of any other licensed healthcare facility, communicate to the chief executive officer of the requesting facility or his or her designee any or all information available regarding circumstances under which the privileges of any physician were changed as described in § 5-37-9(3). No healthcare facility, chief executive officer (or his or her designee), nor any member of a peer-review board of a licensed healthcare facility communicating information under this section, or other person participating in or providing information to this peer-review board, shall have any liability arising out of this communication, unless the person making this communication is not acting in good faith.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 572, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-37-29 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37 - Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline|Section 5-37-29 - Hospital responsibility to take action based upon adverse information received.

§ 5-37-29. Hospital responsibility to take action based upon adverse information received.(a) Whenever a hospital receives information from the board pursuant to § 5-37-9(3), or from another hospital pursuant to § 5-37-28, that indicates that the privileges of a physician or other healthcare professional have been suspended, revoked, or limited at another hospital, the receiving hospital shall within thirty (30) days initiate a preliminary inquiry into whether the privileges of the affected physician or other healthcare professional at the receiving hospital should be suspended, revoked, or limited, based upon a review of the exercise of privileges at the receiving hospital, unless the information received indicates that any adverse action with respect to privileges was administrative in character.(b) Any hospital receiving information described in subsection (a) may take any one or more of the following courses of action, in addition to any action that is required under subsection (a), any one of which discharges its responsibility under this chapter to monitor the qualifications and fitness of physicians and other healthcare professionals on its medical staff:(1) In any case that has been referred to the board, to await final disposition of the board, and to take any further action that is consistent with sanctions, if any, imposed by the board;(2) In any case in which the matter has resulted in the suspension, revocation, or restrictions of privileges at any other hospital, to adopt the factual findings of the other hospital, and to impose any suspension, revocation, or restriction in privileges as the receiving hospital deems appropriate, if any, in light of the facts; or(3) In any case, to conduct a formal inquiry, in accordance with applicable procedural requirements, to determine what action, if any, should be taken with respect to the privileges of the physician or other healthcare professional.(c) No hospital, or officer, employee, physician, or other healthcare professional associated with the hospital is liable to any physician or other healthcare professional for any action taken in accordance with subsection (a) or (b) when that action was made in good faith.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 572, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-37-30 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37 - Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline|Section 5-37-30 - Closure of medical practice - Preservation of records.

§ 5-37-30. Closure of medical practice — Preservation of records.(a) A physician shall, at least ninety (90) days before closing his or her practice, give public notice as to the disposition of patients' medical records in a newspaper with a statewide circulation, and shall notify the Rhode Island Medical Society and Rhode Island Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline of the location of the records. The public notice shall include the date of the physician's retirement, and where and how patients may obtain their records both prior to and after closure of the physician's practice.(b) The heirs or estate of a deceased physician who had been practicing at the time of his or her death shall, within ninety (90) days of the physician's death, give public notice as to the disposition of patients' medical records in a newspaper with a statewide circulation, and shall notify the Rhode Island Medical Society and Rhode Island Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline of the location of the records.(c) Any physician closing his or her practice, or the heirs or estate of a deceased physician who had been practicing at the time of his or her death, shall dispose of the physician's patient records in a location and manner so that the records are maintained and accessible to patients.(d) Any person or corporation or other legal entity receiving medical records of any retired physician or deceased physician who had been practicing at the time of his or her death shall comply with and be subject to the provisions of chapter 37.3 of this title, the Confidentiality of Health Care Information Act, and shall be subject to the rules and regulations promulgated in accordance with § 23-1-48 and with the provisions of § 5-37-22(c) and (d), even though this person, corporation, or other legal entity is not a physician.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 597, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 195, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 358, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-37-31 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37 - Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline|Section 5-37-31 - Mammograms - Quality assurance standards.

§ 5-37-31. Mammograms — Quality assurance standards.Any licensed physician interpreting a mammogram must meet state-approved quality assurance standards for interpreting mammograms. The director of the department of health has the authority to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 217, § 6.
RI Gen L § 5-37-32 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37 - Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline|Section 5-37-32 - Pap smears - Quality assurance standards.

§ 5-37-32. Pap smears — Quality assurance standards.Any licensed physician taking a pap smear or supervising the taking of a pap smear shall submit the smear for processing only to a laboratory licensed by the Rhode Island department of health specifically to perform cervical cytology, or accredited by the American Society of Cytology, or accredited by the College of American Pathologists, or a hospital accredited by the Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations, or a hospital accredited by the American Osteopathic Association.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 217, § 13.
RI Gen L § 5-37-33 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37 - Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline|Section 5-37-33 - Restrictive covenants.

§ 5-37-33. Restrictive covenants.(a) Any contract or agreement that creates or establishes the terms of a partnership, employment, or any other form of professional relationship with a physician licensed to practice medicine pursuant to this chapter that includes any restriction of the right of such physician to practice medicine shall be void and unenforceable with respect to said restriction; provided, however, that nothing herein shall render void or unenforceable the remaining provisions of any such contract or agreement.(b) Restrictions rendered void under subsection (a) shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:(1) The right to practice medicine in any geographic area for any period of time after the termination of such partnership, employment, or professional relationship; and(2) The right of such physician to provide treatment, advise, consult with, or establish a physician/patient relationship with any current patient of the employer; and(3) The right of such physician to solicit or seek to establish a physician/patient relationship with any current patient of the employer.(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the prohibition on physician covenants shall not apply in connection with the purchase and sale of a physician practice, provided the restrictive covenant and/or noncompete covenant is for a period of a time of no more than five (5) years.History of Section.P.L. 2016, ch. 449, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 450, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-37.1-1 - 5-37.1-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37.1 - Board of Medical Review|Section 5-37.1-1 - 5-37.1-14 - [Repealed.]

§ 5-37.1-1 — 5-37.1-14. [Repealed.]
RI Gen L § 5-37.2-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37.2 - The Healing Art of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine|Section 5-37.2-1 - Legislative declaration - Acupuncture and Oriental medicine.

§ 5-37.2-1. Legislative declaration — Acupuncture and Chinese medicine.The practice of the healing art of acupuncture and Chinese medicine, and any branch of acupuncture and Chinese medicine, is declared to be a learned profession, affecting public safety and welfare and charged with the public interest, and subject to protection and regulation by the state.History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 287, § 1; P.L. 2015, ch. 140, § 2; P.L. 2015, ch. 150, § 2; P.L. 2021, ch. 62, § 2, effective June 25, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 68, § 2, effective June 25, 2021.
RI Gen L § 5-37.2-1.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37.2 - The Healing Art of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine|Section 5-37.2-1.1 - Board of acupuncture and Oriental medicine.

§ 5-37.2-1.1. Board of acupuncture and Chinese medicine.(a) The director of the department shall appoint a board of acupuncture and Chinese medicine. The board shall consist of five (5) members, all of whom shall be residents of the state, four (4) of whom shall be doctors of acupuncture and Chinese medicine licensed by the department and engaged in the practice of acupuncture and Chinese medicine in the state for at least five (5) years prior to their appointment, and there shall be one public member. The members shall be appointed for terms of three (3) years; each member may serve a maximum of two (2) consecutive, full terms. No member of the board of acupuncture and Chinese medicine shall receive compensation for his or her attendance at meetings of the board.(b) The director of health may remove any member from the board for neglect of any duty required by law or for any incompetency, unprofessional, or dishonorable conduct. Vacancies created by voluntary resignation or removal by the director of health shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment was made for the remainder of the term.History of Section.P.L. 2016, ch. 409, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 410, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 62, § 2, effective June 25, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 68, § 2, effective June 25, 2021.
RI Gen L § 5-37.2-2.1 - 5-37.2-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37.2 - The Healing Art of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine|Section 5-37.2-2.1 - 5-37.2-6 - [Repealed.]

§ 5-37.2-2.1 — 5-37.2-6. [Repealed.]
RI Gen L § 5-37.2-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37.2 - The Healing Art of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine|Section 5-37.2-7 - Powers of department.

§ 5-37.2-7. Powers of department.For the purpose of conducting its responsibilities under this chapter, the department shall:(1) Engage persons of established reputation and known ability in acupuncture or Chinese medicine as consultants to the department; the Rhode Island Society of Acupuncture, and any other professional association of acupuncture or Chinese medicine are designated as appropriate bodies with which the department shall consult for referral of consultants and other assistance to the department;(2) Maintain an office in the state to carry out the provisions of this chapter;(3) Promulgate rules and regulations, or either of them, not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter. These rules and regulations may include a code of ethics regulating the professional conduct of licensees; and(4) Compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of evidence by subpoena and administer oaths.History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 287, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 395, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 181, art. 18, § 2; P.L. 1987, ch. 422, § 2; P.L. 1998, ch. 450, § 1; P.L. 2015, ch. 140, § 2; P.L. 2015, ch. 150, § 2; P.L. 2021, ch. 62, § 2, effective June 25, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 68, § 2, effective June 25, 2021.
RI Gen L § 5-37.2-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37.2 - The Healing Art of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine|Section 5-37.2-8 - [Repealed.]

§ 5-37.2-8. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 287, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1985, ch. 181, art. 18, § 1, effective July 1, 1985.
RI Gen L § 5-37.2-8.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37.2 - The Healing Art of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine|Section 5-37.2-8.1 - License required.

§ 5-37.2-8.1. License required.(a) Unless licensed as a doctor of acupuncture or Chinese medicine under this chapter, or exempt from licensure under the provisions of this chapter, no person shall practice or hold himself or herself out as practicing, or engaging in the practice of, acupuncture and Chinese medicine, either for compensation or gratuitously.(b) This chapter shall not be construed to make unlawful the activities of persons involved in research performed under the auspices of a federal- or state-regulated research institution.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 450, § 2; P.L. 2015, ch. 140, § 2; P.L. 2015, ch. 150, § 2; P.L. 2021, ch. 62, § 2, effective June 25, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 68, § 2, effective June 25, 2021.
RI Gen L § 5-37.2-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-37.2 - The Healing Art of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine|Section 5-37.2-9 - Special licensing.

§ 5-37.2-9. Special licensing.(a) Upon application to the department prior to July 1, 1980, any person who has been an instructor in the art of acupuncture or Chinese medicine at a domestic or foreign college or university satisfactory to the department for a period of two (2) years and who has had at least ten (10) years' experience, shall be granted a license by the department as a doctor of acupuncture or doctor of acupuncture and Chinese medicine without the necessity of taking an examination.(b) An acupuncturist, licensed and in good standing to practice acupuncture in another jurisdiction, may perform acupuncture or acupuncture and Chinese medicine while teaching or demonstrating or providing acupuncture in connection with teaching or participating in an educational seminar in Rhode Island.(c) An auricular acupuncture technician, qualified and trained to perform 5NP, may perform the procedure within that individual's current scope of practice; provided, that the individual obtains a certificate of training from a recognized organization or agency that meets or exceeds NADA training.(d) Acudetox may be performed by auricular acupuncture technicians working in, or in collaboration with, behavioral health and healthcare agencies, or other state-approved programs or agencies.(e) Any complaints filed against an auricular acupuncture technician relating to the performance of any 5NP procedure shall be handled by the licensing board or department in conformance with the requirements of that individual's healthcare license or certification.(f) Any individual performing 5NP shall not use the title "acupuncturist" or "doctor of acupuncture" or "doctor of acupuncture and Chinese medicine," as defined in § 5-37.2-2, or otherwise represent himself or herself as an acupuncture professional and shall not perform acupuncture outside of the scope of the auricular acudetox procedure.(g) Nothing in this chapter is intended to limit, interfere with, or prevent a certified auricular acupuncture technician from practicing within the scope of their certification.History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 395, § 3; P.L. 1985, ch. 181, art. 18, § 2; P.L. 2015, ch. 140, § 2; P.L. 2015, ch. 150, § 2; P.L. 2021, ch. 62, § 2, effective June 25, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 68, § 2, effective June 25, 2021.