Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 40 - Professional licensing and facility regulation › Subchapter 10 - Facility regulation › Part 11 - Licensing Hospice Care › Section 216-RICR-40-10-11.2 - Incorporated Materials

Current through June 14, 2024
A. These
				  regulations hereby adopt and incorporate the American Institute of Architects
				  Academy of Architecture for Health's "Guidelines for Design and Construction of
				  Hospital and Health Care Facilities" (2006) by reference, not including any
				  further editions or amendments thereof and only to the extent that the
				  provisions therein are not inconsistent with these regulations.
B. These regulations hereby adopt and
				  incorporate the National Research Council National Academy of Sciences'
				  "Recommended Dietary Allowances" (1989), by reference, not including any
				  further editions or amendments thereof and only to the extent that the
				  provisions therein are not inconsistent with these regulations.
C. These regulations hereby adopt and
				  incorporate the National Tuberculosis Center's "Policy and Procedures for
				  Tuberculosis Screening of Health-Care Workers" (2016) by reference, not
				  including any further editions or amendments thereof and only to the extent
				  that the provisions therein are not inconsistent with these
				  regulations.
D. These regulations
				  hereby adopt and incorporate "Recommendations for Preventing the Spread of
				  Vancomycin Resistance: Recommendations of the Hospital Infection Control
				  Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)" (1995) by reference, not including any
				  further editions or amendments thereof and only to the extent that the
				  provisions therein are not inconsistent with these regulations.
E. These regulations hereby adopt and
				  incorporate "The American National Standard - Specifications for Making
				  Buildings and Facilities Accessible to and Usable by the Physically
				  Handicapped" (1961) by reference, not including any further editions or
				  amendments thereof and only to the extent that the provisions therein are not
				  inconsistent with these regulations.
F. These regulations hereby adopt and
				  incorporate "The Americans with Disabilities Act"42 U.S.C §§
											12101 - 12213;
				   47 U.S.C §§
											152, 221, 225, 611;  29 U.S.C §
											706  (1990) by reference, not including any
				  further editions or amendments thereof and only to the extent that the
				  provisions therein are not inconsistent with these regulations.
G. These regulations hereby adopt and
				  incorporate "Immunization of Health-Care Workers: Recommendations of the
				  Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the Hospital Infection
				  Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)" (1997) by reference, not
				  including any further editions or amendments thereof and only to the extent
				  that the provisions therein are not inconsistent with these
				  regulations.
H. These regulations
				  hereby adopt and incorporate the U.S. Department of Health amp; Human Services,
				  Public Health Services, Centers for Disease Control amp; Prevention's
				  "Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in
				  Health-Care Facilities" (1994) by reference, not including any further editions
				  or amendments thereof and only to the extent that the provisions therein are
				  not inconsistent with these regulations.