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RI Gen L § 5-25-7.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-25 - Veterinary Practice|Section 5-25-7.1 - Record of animals receiving veterinary services.

§ 5-25-7.1. Record of animals receiving veterinary services.(a) A veterinarian subject to the provisions of this chapter shall keep a written record, or a computerized record able to produce a printed copy, of all animals receiving veterinary services, and provide a summary of that record to the owner of animals receiving veterinary services, when requested. The minimum amount of information to be included in written or computerized records and summaries shall be as established by rules and regulations. The minimum duration of time for which a licensed veterinarian or his or her designee shall retain the written record or computerized record shall be determined by rules and regulations.(b) A radiograph is the property of the veterinary practice in which the veterinarian associated with that practice originally ordered it to be prepared, and it shall be released upon the written request of another veterinarian who has the authorization of the owner of the animal to whom it pertains and the radiograph shall be returned to the original veterinary practice within a reasonable time.(c) When a patient/owner requests, in writing, that his or her animal's or animals' records and/or radiographs be transferred to another veterinarian, the original veterinarian shall promptly honor that request. The fee charged for the transfer shall not exceed the direct expense incurred to make copies for the veterinary records and/or radiographs.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 343, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-25-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-25 - Veterinary Practice|Section 5-25-8 - Penalty for unauthorized practice of veterinary medicine.

§ 5-25-8. Penalty for unauthorized practice of veterinary medicine.Any person who is not lawfully authorized to practice veterinary medicine and is not registered or exempt from registration, as defined in this chapter, who practices or attempts to practice veterinary medicine or who holds himself or herself out to the public as a practitioner of veterinary medicine, surgery, or dentistry, whether by signs, words, advertisements, listings in directories, the use of the title "doctor" or any abbreviation of that word or any title including "V.S.," or by the use of any other means implying a practitioner of veterinary medicine or any of its branches; fraudulently uses any posted degree, diploma, or certificate implying a practitioner of veterinary medicine or any of its branches; or who opens an office or maintains an establishment or facilities for the purpose of or with the intention of practicing veterinary medicine is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or be imprisoned not exceeding three (3) years and upon a subsequent conviction shall be fined not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), nor be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years, or be both fined and imprisoned.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 531, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-25-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-25 - Veterinary Practice|Section 5-25-9 - Prosecution of violations.

§ 5-25-9. Prosecution of violations.Complaints for the violation of the provisions of this chapter may be made by the director of the department of health, the administrator of the division of professional regulation, the executive director or authorized agent of the board of veterinary medicine, or any person including a member of the board to the police of the city or town in which the violation occurred for prosecution. If the complaint is made by a member of the board, division, or by any employee or official of the state designated in this chapter, that person is exempt from giving surety for costs in the complaint.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 531, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-25-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-25 - Veterinary Practice|Section 5-25-10 - Qualifications for licensure.

§ 5-25-10. Qualifications for licensure.Any applicant for licensure shall submit to the department written evidence on forms furnished by the department that the applicant meets all of the following requirements:(1) Is a graduate of a school or college of veterinary medicine recognized and accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association and by the department or certification by the Educational Council for Foreign Veterinary Graduates;(2) Pays an application fee as set forth in § 23-1-54 at the time of submitting the application, which, in no case is returned to the applicant;(3) Is of good moral character, evidenced in the manner prescribed by the department;(4) Complies with any other qualifications that the department prescribes by regulation; and(5) Complies with the continuing education requirements adopted by the department.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 531, § 2; P.L. 2001, ch. 77, art. 14, § 3; P.L. 2004, ch. 170, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 241, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 73, art. 39, § 2; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 9, § 2; P.L. 2018, ch. 176, § 6; P.L. 2018, ch. 289, § 6.
RI Gen L § 5-25-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-25 - Veterinary Practice|Section 5-25-11 - Licensing of veterinarians.

§ 5-25-11. Licensing of veterinarians.(a) By examination. The applicant is required to pass, with a grade determined by the division, an examination approved by the division; upon payment of an examination fee as set forth in § 23-1-54, every candidate who passes that examination and in the opinion of the division meets the qualifications of § 5-25-10, shall, upon payment of an initial license fee, which shall be equal to the biennial license renewal fee in effect, be issued a license to practice veterinary medicine. Veterinarians licensed under the provisions of this chapter on August 31, 1985, shall continue to be licensed.(b) Without examination by endorsement. A license to practice veterinary medicine may be issued without examination to an applicant who has been duly licensed by examination as a veterinarian under the laws of another state or territory or District of Columbia, if, in the opinion of the division, the applicant meets the qualifications required of veterinarians in this state, as further defined in rules and regulations.(c) Emergency or natural disaster. A veterinarian who is properly and currently licensed or credentialed in another state may practice, without written examination or other qualification, in the state of Rhode Island during an emergency or natural disaster as determined by the Rhode Island state veterinarian or the chief of the division of agriculture. The veterinarian shall provide only those services that are at the direction of the Rhode Island state veterinarian or the chief of the division of agriculture and that are directly related to a response to an emergency or natural disaster and only until the services of the veterinarian are no longer required as determined by the Rhode Island state veterinarian or the chief of the division of agriculture.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 531, § 2; P.L. 1997, ch. 343, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 77, art. 14, § 3; P.L. 2007, ch. 73, art. 39, § 2; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 9, § 2; P.L. 2013, ch. 32, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 42, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-25-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-25 - Veterinary Practice|Section 5-25-12 - Expiration and renewal of licenses.

§ 5-25-12. Expiration and renewal of licenses.(a) The certificate of every person licensed as a veterinarian under the provisions of this chapter expires on the first day of May of each even-numbered year. On or before the first day of March of each two-year (2) period, the department shall mail an application for renewal of license to every person to whom a license has been issued or renewed during the current licensure period. Every person so licensed who desires to renew his or her license shall file with the department a renewal application duly executed together with a renewal fee as set forth in § 23-1-54 on or before the thirty-first day of March of each even-numbered year.(b) Upon receipt of an application, and payment of the renewal fee, the department shall grant a renewal license effective the second day of May, and expiring on the first day of May of the next even-numbered year.(c) Any person who allows his or her license to lapse by failing to renew it on or before the thirty-first day of March of the next even-numbered year, as provided in subsection (a), may be reinstated by the department on payment of the current renewal fee plus an additional fee as set forth in § 23-1-54.(d) Any person using the title "veterinarian" during the time that his or her license has lapsed is subject to the penalties provided for violations of this chapter.(e) Every veterinarian licensed to practice veterinary medicine within the state shall, in connection with renewal of licensure, provide satisfactory evidence to the department that in the preceding two-year period the veterinarian has completed a prescribed course of continuing professional education established by an appropriate professional veterinary medicine association and approved by rule or regulation of the department. The department may extend for only one six-month (6) period, these education requirements if the department is satisfied that the applicant has suffered hardship which prevented meeting the educational requirement.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 531, § 2; P.L. 2001, ch. 77, art. 14, § 3; P.L. 2004, ch. 170, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 241, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 73, art. 39, § 2; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 9, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-25-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-25 - Veterinary Practice|Section 5-25-13 - Emergency services.

§ 5-25-13. Emergency services.(a) Every veterinary practice shall provide some form of referral for emergency veterinary services when a veterinarian is not available. That referral, at the minimum, shall be a combination of a posted sign at the veterinary practice entrance and access to emergency veterinary services through the veterinary practice main telephone number.(b) A veterinarian who advertises veterinary emergency services shall include in all emergency-service advertisements the hours during which such emergency services are provided and the availability of the veterinarian who is to provide emergency service in his or her practice.(c) (1) The availability of the veterinarian who is to provide emergency service shall be specified as either "veterinarian on premises" or "veterinarian on call."(2) The phrase "veterinarian on premises" means that there is a veterinarian actually present at the hospital, clinic, or other type of veterinary practice, who is prepared to render emergency veterinary services.(3) The phrase "veterinarian on call" means that a veterinarian is not present at the hospital, clinic, or other type of veterinary practice but is able to respond within a reasonable time to requests for emergency veterinary services and has been designated to so respond.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 531, § 2; P.L. 1997, ch. 343, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-25-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-25 - Veterinary Practice|Section 5-25-14 - Grounds for denial, revocation, or suspension of license.

§ 5-25-14. Grounds for denial, revocation, or suspension of license.The division has the power to deny, revoke, or suspend any license issued under this chapter or otherwise discipline a licensee upon proof of the following:(1) Conviction of a felony; and conviction of a crime arising out of the practice of veterinary medicine;(2) Addiction to narcotics, habitual drunkenness, or rendering professional services to a patient while the veterinarian is intoxicated or incapacitated by the use of drugs;(3) Knowingly placing the health of a client at serious risk without maintaining proper precautions;(4) Fraud or misrepresentation in any phase of procuring or renewing a license;(5) Unprofessional conduct, which includes the matters set forth in this section or other matters as further defined in regulations of the division;(6) Advertising designed to mislead the public;(7) Representing certain procedures are performed with greater authority or expertise;(8) Fraud or misrepresentation of treatment procedures or statements regarding the ability to treat;(9) Fee splitting or kickbacks of any kind, except where services are provided jointly;(10) Failure to maintain acceptable sanitation standards;(11) Malpractice, gross negligence, or wanton disregard of accepted professional standards;(12) Adjudication of mental incompetence;(13) Lack of fitness to practice by reason of mental or physical impairment or otherwise; or(14) Any other grounds to deny, revoke, or suspend a license as provided for in the rules and regulations.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 531, § 2; P.L. 1997, ch. 343, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 467, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 400, § 5, effective July 13, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 401, § 5, effective July 13, 2021.
RI Gen L § 5-25-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-25 - Veterinary Practice|Section 5-25-15 - Procedure for discipline of veterinarians.

§ 5-25-15. Procedure for discipline of veterinarians.(a) When a written allegation is filed with the division charging a person with having been guilty of any of the actions specified in § 5-25-14, the division of professional regulation shall immediately investigate those charges.(b) In the event the investigation reveals reasonable grounds for believing that the applicant or veterinarian is guilty of the charges, upon the recommendation of the division or the administrator, the director shall fix a time and place for hearing the charges, 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 personally upon the accused at least twenty (20) days prior to the time fixed for the hearing. When personal service cannot be effected and that fact is certified, by oath, by any person duly authorized to make service, the division shall cause to be published once in each of two (2) successive weeks, a notice of the hearing in a newspaper published in the county where the accused last resided according to the records of the division and shall mail a copy of the charges and of the notice to the accused at his or her last known address. When publication of notice is necessary, the date of the hearing shall not be less than twenty (20) days after the last date of publication of the notice. At the hearing, the accused shall have 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 the division 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 administrator shall administer oaths as are necessary for the proper conduct of the hearing. The division shall not be 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 division may refuse to issue a registration to the applicant or may revoke or suspend their license or otherwise discipline that person.(c) Upon the revocation or suspension of any license, the holder of the license shall surrender the license to the administrator of the division who shall strike the name of the holder from the register.(d) A revoked or suspended license may be reviewed at the discretion of the division.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 531, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-25-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-25 - Veterinary Practice|Section 5-25-16 - Appeal from a final decision or ruling of the division of professional regulation or the director of the department of health.

§ 5-25-16. Appeal from a final decision or ruling of the division of professional regulation or the director of the department of health.Any person aggrieved by any final decision or ruling of the division or the director has a right to appeal as provided in chapter 35 of title 42.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 531, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-25-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-25 - Veterinary Practice|Section 5-25-17 - Immunity from liability for gratuitous emergency care.

§ 5-25-17. Immunity from liability for gratuitous emergency care.(a) No veterinarian licensed under the provisions of this chapter or members of the same profession duly licensed to practice in other states of the United States, who voluntarily and gratuitously and other than in the course of his or her employment or practice renders emergency veterinary assistance to an animal in need of assistance, is liable for civil damages for any injuries that result from acts or omissions by those persons in rendering the emergency care, which may constitute ordinary negligence.(b) The immunity granted by this section does not apply to acts or omissions constituting gross negligence.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 531, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-26-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-26 - Division of Professional Regulation|Section 5-26-1 - Establishment of division - Administrator.

§ 5-26-1. Establishment of division — Administrator.Within the department of health there shall be a division of professional regulation, and the director of health shall appoint an administrator of that division, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 4 of title 36. The administrator of the division of professional regulation shall act as the administrative agent for the boards established.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 190; P.L. 1949, ch. 2228, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 5-26-1.
RI Gen L § 5-26-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-26 - Division of Professional Regulation|Section 5-26-2 - Boards of examiners appointed by director of health.

§ 5-26-2. Boards of examiners appointed by director of health.The director of health, with the approval of the governor, shall also appoint to the division of professional regulation a board of nursing registration and education as provided by chapter 34 of this title, and a board of examiners of each of the following arts, practices, sciences, or callings: barbering, podiatry, chiropractic (except as provided in § 5-30-1.1), psychology, optometry, electrolysis, and physical therapy; and a board of five (5) examiners in speech pathology, audiology, and embalming. Those boards shall perform the duties prescribed by chapters 10, 29, 30 (except as provided in § 5-30-1.1), 32, 33, 34, 35, 40, 44, and 48 of this title.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 190; P.L. 1949, ch. 2228, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 5-26-2; P.L. 1962, ch. 211, § 1; P.L. 1969, ch. 233, § 1; P.L. 1973, ch. 143, § 2; P.L. 1982, ch. 383, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 301, § 3; P.L. 1999, ch. 108, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-26-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-26 - Division of Professional Regulation|Section 5-26-3 - Qualifications of examiners.

§ 5-26-3. Qualifications of examiners.The examiners appointed for each specific art, practice, science, or calling referred to in § 5-26-2 shall be persons competent to give those examinations and shall be appointed from persons licensed to practice such an art, practice, science, or calling in this state, except that one member of each of the chiropractic, and electrolysis boards shall be a physician licensed to practice medicine in the state.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 190; P.L. 1949, ch. 2228, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2686, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 5-26-3; P.L. 1979, ch. 56, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 301, § 3.
RI Gen L § 5-26-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-26 - Division of Professional Regulation|Section 5-26-4 - Terms of examiners - Vacancies.

§ 5-26-4. Terms of examiners — Vacancies.The membership of the boards of examiners mentioned in § 5-26-2 shall be for terms of three (3) years. On the expiration of the term of any member, the director of health, by and with the advice and consent of the governor, shall fill the vacancy by appointment for a term of three (3) years. On the death, resignation, or removal for cause of any member, the director of health, by and with the consent and advice of the governor, shall fill the vacancy by appointment for the unexpired portion of the term. Every member shall serve until his or her successor has been appointed and qualified.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 190, as enacted by P.L. 1949, ch. 2228, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 5-26-4.
RI Gen L § 5-26-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-26 - Division of Professional Regulation|Section 5-26-5 - Holding of examinations - Compensation of examiners.

§ 5-26-5. Holding of examinations — Compensation of examiners.The director of health shall cause examinations to be held as required by law for the various arts and practices enumerated in § 5-26-2. Members of each board of examiners as enumerated in § 5-26-2 shall not be compensated for their service on the board of examiners.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 190; P.L. 1949, ch. 2228, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 5-26-5; P.L. 1982, ch. 383, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 117, art. 21, § 8.
RI Gen L § 5-26-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-26 - Division of Professional Regulation|Section 5-26-6 - Nondiscrimination in licensing or certification.

§ 5-26-6. Nondiscrimination in licensing or certification.The division of professional regulation and the licensing and examining boards established in this title shall administer their licensing or certification programs in a manner that does not violate the requirements of 29 U.S.C. § 794, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq., and chapter 87 of title 42.History of Section.P.L. 1999, ch. 158, § 2; P.L. 1999, ch. 368, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-27-1 - 5-27-35 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-27 - Barbers|Section 5-27-1 - 5-27-35 - [Repealed.]

§ 5-27-1 — 5-27-35. [Repealed.]
RI Gen L § 5-28-1 - 5-28-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-28 - Basic Sciences|Section 5-28-1 - 5-28-17 - [Repealed.]

§ 5-28-1 — 5-28-17. [Repealed.]