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RI Gen L § 5-54-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-54 - Physician Assistants|Section 5-54-9 - Criteria for licensure as a physician assistant.

§ 5-54-9. Criteria for licensure as a physician assistant.The board shall recommend to the director for licensure as a physician assistant an applicant who:(1) Is of good character and reputation;(2) Graduated from a physician-assistant training program certified by the AMA's Committee on Allied Health, Education, and Accreditation, its successor, the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), its successor, or the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA), or its successor;(3) Passed the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants physician assistant national certification examination or any other national exam approved by the board;(4) Submitted a completed application together with the required fee as set forth in § 23-1-54.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 94, § 2; P.L. 1995, ch. 42, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 77, art. 14, § 21; P.L. 2007, ch. 73, art. 39, § 19; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 9, § 21; P.L. 2013, ch. 70, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 75, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 197, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 230, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-54-9.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-54 - Physician Assistants|Section 5-54-9.1 - [Repealed.]

§ 5-54-9.1. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 72, § 2; P.L. 1991, ch. 358, § 2; P.L. 1995, ch. 42, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2011, ch. 44, § 1, effective June 6, 2011; P.L. 2011, ch. 112, § 1, effective June 27, 2011.
RI Gen L § 5-54-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-54 - Physician Assistants|Section 5-54-10 - Registration based on previous practice.

§ 5-54-10. Registration based on previous practice.The board shall recommend to the director for registration as a physician assistant an applicant who:(1) Is employed in this state as a physician assistant on July 1, 1982, and has successfully passed the national qualifying exam prior to July 1, 1982;(2) No person shall represent himself or herself or be registered as a physician assistant after July 1, 1982, unless he or she has passed the certifying examination approved by the board in § 5-54-9(3); and(3) Submitted a completed application with the application fee.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 94, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-54-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-54 - Physician Assistants|Section 5-54-11 - Issuance and annual renewal of certificates of licensure.

§ 5-54-11. Issuance and annual renewal of certificates of licensure.(a) The board shall recommend to the director for registration those individuals who meet the criteria for licensure as stated in this chapter. Upon that recommendation, the director shall issue a certificate of licensure as a physician assistant.(b) The certificate of licensure shall expire biannually on the thirtieth (30th) day of June. On or before the first day of March in each year, the administrator shall mail an application for a renewal certificate to every person licensed under the provisions of this chapter, and every person who desires his or her certificate to be renewed shall file with the division the renewal application together with a renewal fee as set forth in § 23-1-54 on or before the first day of June in every other year. Upon receipt of the renewal application and payment of fee, the accuracy of the application shall be verified and the administrator shall grant a renewal certificate effective July 1st and expiring June 30th two years hence, unless the certificate is sooner suspended for cause as provided in § 5-54-12.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 94, § 2; P.L. 1993, ch. 138, art. 71, § 11; P.L. 1995, ch. 42, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 42, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 197, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 77, art. 14, § 21; P.L. 2004, ch. 119, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 152, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 73, art. 39, § 19; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 9, § 21.
RI Gen L § 5-54-11.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-54 - Physician Assistants|Section 5-54-11.1 - Inactive list.

§ 5-54-11.1. Inactive list.A physician assistant licensed to practice 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 shall not be required to register annually or pay any renewal as long as he or she remains inactive. Any physician assistant included in the inactive list as provided in this section shall be restored to active status by the administrator upon filing of a written request accompanied by the renewal fee.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 364, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-54-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-54 - Physician Assistants|Section 5-54-12 - Grounds for refusal to renew, suspension or revocation of certificates.

§ 5-54-12. Grounds for refusal to renew, suspension or revocation of certificates.The director may, after notice and a hearing, refuse to grant, renew, suspend, or revoke any certificate of licensure or discipline any registrant upon proof that the person is guilty of unprofessional conduct as defined in § 5-54-2.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 94, § 2; P.L. 1995, ch. 42, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 364, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-54-12.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-54 - Physician Assistants|Section 5-54-12.1 - [Repealed.]

§ 5-54-12.1. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 353, § 2; Repealed by P.L. 2019, ch. 197, § 3, effective July 15, 2019; P.L. 2019, ch. 230, § 3, effective July 15, 2019.
RI Gen L § 5-54-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-54 - Physician Assistants|Section 5-54-13 - Procedure for discipline.

§ 5-54-13. Procedure for discipline.(a) When a sworn complaint is filed with the board charging a person with being guilty of any of the actions specified in § 5-54-12, the division of professional regulation or the board shall immediately investigate those charges. In the event that investigation reveals reasonable grounds for believing that the applicant or physician assistant is guilty of the charges, and upon the recommendation of the board or the administrator, the director shall fix a time and place for a hearing, and shall cause a copy of the charges together with a notice of the time and the place fixed for the hearing to be served upon the accused at least twenty (20) days prior to the time fixed for the hearing. At the hearing, the accused has the right to appear personally or by counsel or both; to produce witnesses and evidence on his or her behalf; to cross-examine witnesses; and to have subpoenas issued by the administrator of professional regulation. The attendance of witnesses and the production of books, documents, and papers at the hearing may be compelled by subpoenas issued by the administrator which shall be served in accordance with law. At the hearing, the director or his or her designee shall administer oaths that may be necessary for the proper conduct of the hearing. The director of health or his or her designee is not bound by the strict rules of procedure or by the laws of evidence in the conduct of its proceedings but the determination shall be based upon sufficient legal evidence to sustain it. If the accused is found guilty of the charges, the director may refuse to issue a registration to the applicant or may revoke or suspend his or her certificate or discipline the person.(b) Upon the revocation or suspension of any certificate, the holder of the certificate shall surrender the certificate to the administrator of professional regulation who shall strike the name of the holder from the register of physician assistants.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 94, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-54-13.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-54 - Physician Assistants|Section 5-54-13.1 - Nondisciplinary alternative.

§ 5-54-13.1. Nondisciplinary alternative.The board may permit a licensee to enter into a nondisciplinary alternative program. All records pertaining to the physician assistant's participation in the nondisciplinary program shall be confidential and shall not be subject to discovery, subpoena, or public disclosure.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 364, § 2; P.L. 2000, ch. 364, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 516, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-54-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-54 - Physician Assistants|Section 5-54-14 - Grounds for discipline without a hearing.

§ 5-54-14. Grounds for discipline without a hearing.The director may temporarily suspend the license of a physician assistant without a hearing if the director finds that the evidence in his or her possession indicates that a physician assistant's continuation in practice would constitute a danger to the public. In the event that the director temporarily suspends the license of a physician assistant without a hearing, a hearing by the board must be held within ten (10) days after the suspension.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 94, § 2; P.L. 1998, ch. 364, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-54-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-54 - Physician Assistants|Section 5-54-15 - Appeals from board, administrator, or director.

§ 5-54-15. Appeals from board, administrator, or director.An appeal from any decision or order of the board, administrator of professional regulation, or director of department of health may be taken by any aggrieved party to the superior court in the manner provided for in chapter 35 of title 42.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 94, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-54-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-54 - Physician Assistants|Section 5-54-16 - Penalty for misrepresentation.

§ 5-54-16. Penalty for misrepresentation.No person who is not licensed as a physician assistant may use the title of "physician assistant" or "PA" or hold himself or herself out as a physician assistant. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), nor more than one year imprisonment, or by both the fine and imprisonment.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 94, § 2; P.L. 1995, ch. 42, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 197, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 230, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-54-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-54 - Physician Assistants|Section 5-54-17 - Injunction of violations.

§ 5-54-17. Injunction of violations.When it appears to the director that any person is violating any of the provisions of this chapter, the director may cause an action to be instituted, commenced in the name of the board, to enjoin that violation in a court of competent jurisdiction and that court may enjoin any person, firm, corporation, or association without regard to whether proceedings have been or may be instituted before the director or whether criminal proceedings have been or may be instituted.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 94, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-54-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-54 - Physician Assistants|Section 5-54-18 - [Repealed.]

§ 5-54-18. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 94, § 2; Repealed by P.L. 2004, ch. 119, § 2, effective June 26, 2004; P.L. 2004, ch. 152, § 2, effective June 26, 2004.
RI Gen L § 5-54-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-54 - Physician Assistants|Section 5-54-19 - Receipts.

§ 5-54-19. Receipts.The proceeds of any fees collected pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited as general revenues.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 94, § 2; P.L. 1989, ch. 126, art. 26, § 9; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 40, § 29.
RI Gen L § 5-54-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-54 - Physician Assistants|Section 5-54-20 - Enforcement of chapter.

§ 5-54-20. Enforcement of chapter.The director of the department health shall enforce the provisions of this chapter. The director or his or her authorized agents and the board shall be exempt from providing surety for costs in connection with the commencement of any legal proceedings under this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 94, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-54-20.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-54 - Physician Assistants|Section 5-54-20.1 - Immunity from liability for gratuitous emergency assistance.

§ 5-54-20.1. Immunity from liability for gratuitous emergency assistance.No person licensed under the provisions of this chapter or members of the same profession 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 shall be liable for civil damages for any personal injuries resulting from acts or omissions by those persons in rendering the emergency care that may constitute ordinary negligence. The immunity granted by this section shall not apply to acts or omissions constituting gross, willful, wanton negligence or when the medical assistance is rendered at any hospital, physician's office, or other healthcare delivery entity where those services are normally rendered.History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 42, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-54-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-54 - Physician Assistants|Section 5-54-21 - Severability.

§ 5-54-21. Severability.The provisions of this chapter are severable and if any of the provisions of this chapter are held unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of that court does not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 94, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-54-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-54 - Physician Assistants|Section 5-54-22 - Continuing medical education.

§ 5-54-22. Continuing medical education.Every physician assistant licensed to practice within the state shall be required to have satisfactorily completed twenty-five (25) hours of approved continuing medical education annually. The annual period for accumulation of continuing-education hours commences on the first day of October and runs through the last day of September beginning in 1996. Beginning with the annual renewal period commencing the first day of October 1997, the administrator shall not renew the certificate of licensure until satisfactory evidence of the completion of the required continuing medical education is provided to the division.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 364, § 2; P.L. 2019, ch. 197, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 230, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-54-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-54 - Physician Assistants|Section 5-54-24 - Requirements relating to professional conduct.

§ 5-54-24. Requirements relating to professional conduct.The board shall receive and maintain a confidential file which shall 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 physician assistants themselves. The file shall contain the following information:(1) Cases of malpractice suits against physician assistants 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 assistant;(3) Reports by any hospital or state or local professional medical association/society of disciplinary action taken against any physician assistant. This should also include any resignation of a physician assistant 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 physician assistants found guilty of a felony;(5) Reports by professional review organizations and third-party health insurers of sanctions imposed on a physician assistant;(6) The file may contain any other data that the board by reasonable rule or regulation deems appropriate.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 364, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-54-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-54 - Physician Assistants|Section 5-54-25 - Communication of information among healthcare facilities.

§ 5-54-25. Communication 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 and all information available regarding circumstances under which the privileges of any physician assistant were changed as described in § 5-54-23(3). No healthcare facility, chief executive officer, or his or her designee, communicating information under this section, shall have liability arising out of the communication, unless the person making the communication is not acting in good faith.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 364, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-54-26 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-54 - Physician Assistants|Section 5-54-26 - Hospital responsibility to take action based upon adverse information received.

§ 5-54-26. Hospital responsibility to take action based upon adverse information received.(a) Whenever a hospital receives information from the board pursuant to § 5-54-23(3) that indicates that the privileges of a physician assistant 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 assistant or other healthcare professional at the receiving hospital should be suspended, revoked, or limited, based upon review of the exercise of privileges at the receiving hospital, unless the information 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 the action required in subsection (a), any one of which shall discharge its responsibility under this chapter to monitor the qualification and fitness of physician assistants 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 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 restriction of privileges at any other hospital, to adopt the factual findings of the other hospital, and to impose the suspension, revocation, or restriction in privileges that the receiving hospital deems appropriate, if any, in light of these factors; 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 assistant or other healthcare professional.(c) No hospital, or officer, employee, physician assistant, or other healthcare professional associated with these shall be liable to any physician assistant or other healthcare professional for any action taken in accordance with subsection (a) or (b) when the action was made in good faith.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 364, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-54-27 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-54 - Physician Assistants|Section 5-54-27 - Participation in disaster and emergency care.

§ 5-54-27. Participation in disaster and emergency care.A person licensed under the provisions of this chapter or members of the same profession licensed to practice in other states of the United States or members of the same profession credentialed by a federal employer who voluntarily and gratuitously, and other than in the ordinary course of his or her employment or practice, renders emergency medical assistance during an emergency or a state or local disaster may render such care without collaboration as set forth in § 5-54-2(5), or with such supervision as is available.History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 44, § 2; P.L. 2011, ch. 112, § 2; P.L. 2019, ch. 197, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 230, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-54-28 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-54 - Physician Assistants|Section 5-54-28 - Participation in charitable and voluntary care.

§ 5-54-28. Participation in charitable and voluntary care.A physician assistant licensed in this state, or licensed or authorized to practice in any other U.S. jurisdiction, or who is credentialed by a federal employer or meets the licensure requirements of his or her requisite federal agency as a physician assistant may volunteer to render such care that he or she is able to provide at a children's summer camp or for a public or community event or in a licensed ambulatory health center providing free care. Such care must be rendered without compensation or remuneration. It is the obligation of the physician assistant to assure adequate and appropriate professional liability coverage.History of Section.P.L. 2019, ch. 197, § 2; P.L. 2019, ch. 230, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-55-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-55 - Motor Fuel Distribution and Sales|Section 5-55-1 - Short title.

§ 5-55-1. Short title.This chapter shall be known as the "Motor Fuel Distribution and Sales Act."History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 324, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-55-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-55 - Motor Fuel Distribution and Sales|Section 5-55-2 - Legislative findings and purpose.

§ 5-55-2. Legislative findings and purpose.The legislature finds and declares that the distribution and retail sale of motor fuels at reasonable prices and in adequate supply throughout the state vitally affects the public health, welfare, and safety. It is necessary to define and regulate the relationship between parties to franchise agreements involving the sale or distribution of motor fuels in the state and to prescribe other trade practices.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 324, § 1.