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RI Gen L § 23-17.5-26 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.5 - Rights of Nursing Home Patients|Section 23-17.5-26 - Smoke-free environment.

§ 23-17.5-26. Smoke-free environment.(a) Smoke-free environment. Nursing home patients shall have the right to live in a tobacco smoke-free environment. It shall be prohibited for any person other than a nursing home resident to smoke in any nursing home in Rhode Island. It shall be prohibited for any nursing home resident to smoke in any nursing home in Rhode Island except in a smoking room, rooms designated by the administration of the nursing home, a private room, or a semi-private room where both residents smoke. The designated smoking room or rooms shall be a room or rooms other than the largest living or assembly room or lounge. The designated smoking room or rooms shall be ventilated in such a way that the air from that room or rooms shall not enter other parts of the nursing home.(b) Penalties and enforcement. (1) The department of health, having received a written and signed letter of complaint from any person citing a violation of this chapter, shall enforce this entire chapter against violations by either of the following actions:(b) (1) (i) Penalties and enforcement. Serving written notice to comply to the person, organization or facility manager charged with the violation, with a copy of the notice to the complaining person, requiring the person, organization or facility manager to correct within ten (10) days any violation or section of this chapter.(ii) Upon receiving a second complaint at the department of health for the same or continued violation by the same person, the complaint shall be resolved by calling upon the attorney general to maintain, without delay, an action for injunction to enforce the provisions of this chapter, to cause the correction of the same or continued violation of this section, and for assessment and recovery of a civil penalty for the violation.(2) A person, organization, or facility manager who violates this chapter shall be liable for a civil penalty, but not to be less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) which shall be assessed and recovered in a civil action brought by the attorney general in any court of competent jurisdiction. Each day the violation is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as a separate offense. Any penalty assessed and recovered in an action brought pursuant to this subsection shall be paid over to the general treasurer and added to the general fund.(3) In undertaking the enforcement of this chapter, the state is assuming an undertaking only to promote the general welfare. It is not assuming, nor is it imposing on its officers and employees, an obligation for breach of which it is liable in money damages to any person who claims that the breach proximately caused injury.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 224, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-17.5-27 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.5 - Rights of Nursing Home Patients|Section 23-17.5-27 - Heat relief.

§ 23-17.5-27. Heat relief.Any nursing home facility which does not provide air conditioning in every patient room shall provide an air conditioned room or rooms in a residential section or sections of the facility to provide relief to patients when the outdoor temperature exceeds eighty (80) degrees Fahrenheit.History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 243, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-17.5-28 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.5 - Rights of Nursing Home Patients|Section 23-17.5-28 - Pain assessment.

§ 23-17.5-28. Pain assessment.A patient shall have the right to have his or her pain assessed on a regular basis.History of Section.P.L. 2002, ch. 331, § 3.
RI Gen L § 23-17.5-29 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.5 - Rights of Nursing Home Patients|Section 23-17.5-29 - Hospice.

§ 23-17.5-29. Hospice.Upon request, the patient shall have the right to receive information concerning hospice care, including the benefits of hospice care, the cost, and how to enroll in hospice care.History of Section.P.L. 2003, ch. 238, § 4; P.L. 2003, ch. 306, § 4.
RI Gen L § 23-17.5-30 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.5 - Rights of Nursing Home Patients|Section 23-17.5-30 - Family councils.

§ 23-17.5-30. Family councils.(a) For the purposes of this section "family council" means an organized group of the family members, friends or representatives of facility residents who may meet in private without the presence of facility staff.(b) The role of the family council shall be to address issues affecting residents generally at the facility, not to pursue individual grievances. The family council shall not be entitled to obtain information about individual residents or staff members, or any other information deemed confidential under state or federal law.(c) No licensed nursing facility may prohibit the formation of a family council. When requested by a member of a resident's family or a resident's representative, a family council shall be allowed to meet in a common meeting room of the nursing facility at least once a month during mutually agreed upon hours.(d) Upon the admission of a resident, the nursing facility shall inform the resident and the resident's family members, in writing, of their right to form a family council, or if a family council already exists, of the date, time and location of scheduled meetings.(e) The nursing facility administration shall notify the state long-term care ombudsman of the existence or planned formation of a family council at that facility.(f) The family council may exclude members only for good cause, subject to appeal by the excluded party to the state long-term care ombudsman. No member shall be excluded on the basis of race or color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age or country of ancestral origin.(g) A facility shall provide its family council with adequate space in a prominent posting area for the display of information pertaining to the family council.(h) Staff or visitors may attend family council meetings at the council's invitation.(i) The nursing facility shall provide a designated staff person who, at the request of the council, shall be responsible for providing assistance to the family council and for responding to recommendations and requests made by the family council.(j) The nursing facility shall consider the recommendations of the family council concerning issues and policies affecting resident care and life at the nursing facility.(k) A violation of the provisions of this section will constitute a violation of the rights of nursing home residents.History of Section.P.L. 2005, ch. 157, § 6; P.L. 2005, ch. 249, § 6.
RI Gen L § 23-17.5-31 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.5 - Rights of Nursing Home Patients|Section 23-17.5-31 - Reimbursement of monies prepaid to deceased patient's estate.

§ 23-17.5-31. Reimbursement of monies prepaid to deceased patient's estate.Every nursing home shall be required to reimburse any monies that have been prepaid on behalf of a deceased patient to the nursing home within ninety (90) days of the patient's date of death. Said reimbursement shall be paid to the person(s), institution or other legal entity who has paid the monies, or if there be none, to the deceased patient's estate, and payment shall be made in the amount remaining after all items and services provided or arranged by the nursing home have been paid. If payment hereunder is required to be made to the deceased patient's estate, however, payment shall not become due until sixty (60) days after the nursing home is notified that the estate has been filed.History of Section.P.L. 2010, ch. 140, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 142, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-17.6-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.6 - Mobile Intensive Care Unit Program|Section 23-17.6-1 - Hospitals authorized to conduct.

§ 23-17.6-1. Hospitals authorized to conduct.Any hospital licensed by the state department of health may conduct a program which meets or exceeds the minimum standards established by the ambulance service coordinating board utilizing advanced emergency medical technicians for the delivery of emergency care to the sick and injured at the scene of an emergency and during the transport to a hospital, while in the hospital emergency department, and until care responsibility is assumed by the regular hospital staff.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 155, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-16.1-1; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-17.6-1; P.L. 1982, ch. 95, § 3.
RI Gen L § 23-17.6-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.6 - Mobile Intensive Care Unit Program|Section 23-17.6-2 - "Advanced emergency medical technicians" defined.

§ 23-17.6-2. "Advanced emergency medical technicians" defined.For the purposes of this chapter, "advanced emergency medical technician" means personnel who have been specially trained in emergency cardiac and non-cardiac care in an advanced emergency medical technician course approved by the ambulance service coordinating board. The course shall include, but not be limited to, didactic and clinical experience in a hospital coronary care unit and emergency rescue vehicle and training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 155, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-16.1-2; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-17.6-2; P.L. 1983, ch. 281, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-17.6-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.6 - Mobile Intensive Care Unit Program|Section 23-17.6-3 - "Mobile intensive care unit nurse" defined.

§ 23-17.6-3. "Mobile intensive care unit nurse" defined.For the purposes of this chapter, "mobile intensive care unit nurse" means a registered nurse who has been specially trained in hospital coronary care unit, intensive care unit, or emergency department procedures.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 155, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-16.1-3; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-17.6-3; P.L. 1982, ch. 95, § 3.
RI Gen L § 23-17.6-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.6 - Mobile Intensive Care Unit Program|Section 23-17.6-4 - Technicians - Services authorized to render.

§ 23-17.6-4. Technicians — Services authorized to render.Notwithstanding any other provision of law, advanced emergency medical technicians may do any of the following:(1) Render rescue, first aid, and resuscitation services.(2) During training at the hospital and while caring for patients in the hospital, administer parenteral medications under the direct supervision of a physician or registered nurse.(3) Perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation, defibrillation, and cardioversions.(4) Where communication is monitored by a physician (or a mobile intensive care unit nurse where authorized by a physician) and direct communication is maintained, may, upon order of the physician or the nurse, do any of the following:(i) Administer intravenous saline or glucose solutions.(ii) Perform gastric suction by intubation.(iii) Administer parenteral injections of any of the following classes of drugs:(A) Antiarrhythmic agents.(B) Vagolytic agents.(C) Chronotropic agents.(D) Analgesic agents.(E) Alkanizing agents.(F) Vasopressor agents.(iv) Perform any other procedures that may be authorized by the ambulance service coordinating board and for which the technician is trained.(5) In the event that communications with the hospital cannot be established or maintained, perform those procedures that may be authorized by written orders appropriate to the condition of the patient and previously approved by the ambulance service coordinating board.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 155, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-16.1-4; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 27-17.6-4; P.L. 1982, ch. 95, § 3.
RI Gen L § 23-17.6-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.6 - Mobile Intensive Care Unit Program|Section 23-17.6-5 - Immunity from liability.

§ 23-17.6-5. Immunity from liability.(a) No person licensed and authorized pursuant to this chapter or rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter shall be liable for any civil damages for any act or omission in connection with EMS training, or in connection with services rendered outside a hospital, unless the act or omission is inconsistent with the level and scope of the person's training and experience, and unless the act or omission was the result of gross negligence or willful misconduct.(b) No agency, organization, institution, corporation, or entity of state or local government that sponsors, authorizes, supports, finances, or supervises the function of emergency medical services personnel licensed and authorized pursuant to this chapter, including advanced life support personnel, shall be liable for any civil damages for any act or omission in connection with sponsorship, authorization, support, finance, or supervision of the emergency medical services personnel, where the act or omission occurs in connection with EMS training, or with services rendered outside a hospital, unless the act or omission is inconsistent with the level and scope of the training of the emergency medical services personnel, and unless the act or omission was the result of gross negligence or willful misconduct.(c) No principal, agent, contractor, employee, or representative of an agency, organization, institution, corporation, or entity of state or local government that sponsors, authorizes, supports, finances, or supervises any functions of emergency medical services personnel licensed and authorized pursuant to this chapter, or rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter including advanced life support personnel, shall be liable for any civil damages for any act or omission in connection with the sponsorship, authorization, support, finance, or supervision of the emergency medical services personnel, where the act or omission occurs in connection with EMS training, or occurs outside a hospital, unless the act or omission is inconsistent with the level and scope of the training of the emergency medical services personnel, and unless the act or omission was the result of gross negligence or willful misconduct.(d) No physician, who in good faith arranges for, requests, recommends, or initiates the transfer of a patient from a hospital to a critical medical care facility in another hospital, shall be liable for any civil damages as a result of the transfer where sound medical judgment indicates that the patient's medical condition is beyond the care capability currently available in the transferring hospital or the medical community in which that hospital is located, and where a prior agreement exists from the transferee facility to accept and render necessary treatment to these patients.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 155, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-16.1-5; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-17.6-5; P.L. 1982, ch. 95, § 3.
RI Gen L § 23-17.7-1 - 23-17.7-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.7 - Licensing of Nursing Service Agencies|Section 23-17.7-1 - 23-17.7-21 - Repealed.

§ 23-17.7-1 — 23-17.7-21. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 23-17.7.1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.7.1 - Licensing of Nursing Service Agencies|Section 23-17.7.1-1 - Declaration of purpose.

§ 23-17.7.1-1. Declaration of purpose.The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the development, establishment, and enforcement of standards:(1) For the licensing of nursing service agencies; and(2) To promote safe and adequate care for individuals receiving nursing and nursing related services.History of Section.P.L. 2005, ch. 127, § 2; P.L. 2005, ch. 168, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-17.7.1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.7.1 - Licensing of Nursing Service Agencies|Section 23-17.7.1-2 - Definitions.

§ 23-17.7.1-2. Definitions.(a) "Director" means the director of the state department of health;(b) "Licensing agency" means the state department of health;(c) "Nursing assistant" is defined as a nursing, orderly, or home health aide who is a paraprofessional trained to give personal care and related health care and assistance based on his or her level of preparation to individuals who are sick, disabled, dependent, or infirmed. The director of the department of health may by regulation establish different levels of nursing assistants;(d) "Nursing service agency" is defined as any person, firm, partnership, or corporation doing business within the state that supplies, on a temporary basis, registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, or nursing assistants to a hospital, nursing home, or other facility requiring the services of those persons, with the exception of hospitals, home nursing care providers, home care providers, and hospices licensed in this state. For all purposes a nursing service agency shall be considered an employer and those persons that it supplies on a temporary basis shall be considered employees and not independent contractors, and the nursing service agency shall be subject to all state and federal laws which govern employer-employee relations;(e) "Service record" means the written entire documenting service rendered by the nursing service agency.History of Section.P.L. 2005, ch. 127, § 2; P.L. 2005, ch. 168, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-17.7.1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.7.1 - Licensing of Nursing Service Agencies|Section 23-17.7.1-3 - Licensing of nursing service agencies - Rules governing establishment of fees.

§ 23-17.7.1-3. Licensing of nursing service agencies — Rules governing establishment of fees.(a) The director may establish reasonable fees for the licensure application, licensure renewal, and administrative actions under this chapter. Annual licensure fees shall be five hundred dollars ($500) per licensee.(b) The department of health shall promulgate licensure standards, and rules and regulations governing the operation of nursing service agencies to protect the health and welfare of patients. These regulations shall include, but not be limited to, employee bonding, maintenance of service records, and appropriate staff professional registration and certification, licensure training, supervision, health screening and liability insurance.History of Section.P.L. 2005, ch. 127, § 2; P.L. 2005, ch. 168, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-17.7.1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.7.1 - Licensing of Nursing Service Agencies|Section 23-17.7.1-4 - License required for nursing service agencies.

§ 23-17.7.1-4. License required for nursing service agencies.No person shall establish, conduct, or maintain a nursing service agency in this state without a license issued pursuant to this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 2005, ch. 127, § 2; P.L. 2005, ch. 168, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-17.7.1-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.7.1 - Licensing of Nursing Service Agencies|Section 23-17.7.1-5 - Application for license.

§ 23-17.7.1-5. Application for license.An application for a license shall be made to the licensing agency upon forms provided by it and shall contain any information that the licensing agency reasonably requires, which may include affirmative evidence of ability to comply with reasonable standards and the rules and regulations as issued pursuant to this chapter. Each application shall be accompanied by payment of the fees prescribed in accordance with § 23-17.7.1-3.History of Section.P.L. 2005, ch. 127, § 2; P.L. 2005, ch. 168, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-17.7.1-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.7.1 - Licensing of Nursing Service Agencies|Section 23-17.7.1-6 - Issuance of license - Posting - Transfer conditions.

§ 23-17.7.1-6. Issuance of license — Posting — Transfer conditions.Upon receipt of an application for a license, the licensing agency shall issue a license if the applicant meets the requirements established under this chapter, and any reasonable rules and regulations that may be established in accordance with the requirements established under this chapter. The license shall be conspicuously posted on the licensed premises. Each license shall be issued only to person(s) named in the application and shall not be transferable or assignable except with the prior written approval of the licensing agency. Any change in owner or operation of a licensed nursing service agency shall require approval of the licensing agency as a condition precedent to the transfer, assignment, or issuance of a new license.History of Section.P.L. 2005, ch. 127, § 2; P.L. 2005, ch. 168, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-17.7.1-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.7.1 - Licensing of Nursing Service Agencies|Section 23-17.7.1-7 - Expiration and renewal of license.

§ 23-17.7.1-7. Expiration and renewal of license.A license shall be for one year and shall expire on the thirty-first (31st) day of December following its issuance and may be renewed from year to year after inspection, report, approval, and collection of fees by the licensing agency. The inspection shall be made any time prior to the date of expiration of the license. The report shall contain information in any form that the licensing agency shall prescribed by regulation.History of Section.P.L. 2005, ch. 127, § 2; P.L. 2005, ch. 168, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-17.7.1-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.7.1 - Licensing of Nursing Service Agencies|Section 23-17.7.1-8 - Denial, suspension, or revocation of license.

§ 23-17.7.1-8. Denial, suspension, or revocation of license.The licensing agency, after notice and opportunity for a hearing to the applicant or licensee, is authorized to deny, suspend, or revoke a license in any case in which it finds that there has been failure to comply with the requirements established under and pursuant to this chapter. The notice shall be effected by registered or certified mail or by personal service, setting forth the particular reasons for the proposed action and fixing a date not less than thirty (30) days from the date of the mailing or service, at which time the applicant or licensee shall be given an opportunity for a prompt and fair hearing. On the basis of the hearing, or upon the failure of the applicant or licensee to appear, the licensing agency shall make a determination specifying its findings of fact and conclusion of law. A copy of the determination shall be sent by registered or certified mail or served personally upon the applicant or licensee. The decision denying, suspending, or revoking the license or application shall become final thirty (30) days after it is so mailed or served, unless the applicant or licensee, within the thirty (30) day period, appeals the decision pursuant to § 42-35-15. The procedure governing hearings authorized by this section shall be in accordance with §§ 42-35-9 — 42-35-13 as stipulated in § 42-35-14(a). A full and complete record shall be kept of all proceedings, and all testimony shall be reported but need not be transcribed unless the decision is appealed pursuant to § 42-35-15. A copy or copies of the transcript may be obtained by an interested party on payment of the cost of preparing the copy or copies. Witnesses may be subpoenaed by either party.History of Section.P.L. 2005, ch. 127, § 2; P.L. 2005, ch. 168, § 2.