Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 40 - Professional licensing and facility regulation › Subchapter 10 - Facility regulation › Part 3 - Organized Ambulatory Care Facilities (216-RICR-40-10-3) › Section 216-RICR-40-10-3.6 - Health Care Services

Current through June 14, 2024
3.6.1
Management of Services
A. Each
				  OACF shall be organized to provide services with adequate professional and
				  ancillary staff to ensure that all persons are treated and released within a
				  reasonable and appropriate length of time. No patients shall be held
				  overnight.
B. Policies and
				  procedures pertaining to the provision of services and supported by appropriate
				  manuals and reference material shall be established by the appropriate
				  professional staff and approved by the administrator and the governing body.
				  Such policies and procedures shall pertain to no less than the following:
1. The responsibility of the physician(s) or
				  dentist, as appropriate, for the provision of health care services;
2. The designation of personnel authorized to
				  deliver health care services in accordance with licensure and/or certification
				  requirements and the provisions of §3.5.1(C)(5) of this Part;
3. Standards of practice for each health care
				  service provided;
4. Procedures
				  that may and may not be performed;
5. Procurement and storage of drugs and
				  medications in accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws Chapters 21-28 and
				  21-31;
6. Designation of personnel
				  authorized to prescribe, administer, or dispense drugs;
7. Disposal of hypodermic needles, syringes
				  and instruments in accordance with the requirements of the rules and
				  regulations for Hypodermic Needles, Syringes, and Other Such Instruments (Part
				  20-15-6
				  of this Title);
8. Delineation of
				  clinical privileges of non-physician practitioners;
9. Disclosure of patient information in
				  accordance with federal and state law; and
10. Such other conditions as may be deemed
				  appropriate.
C. Financial
				  Interest Disclosure
1. Any OACF licensed
				  pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 23-17, which refers clients to another such
				  licensed health care facility or to a residential care/assisted living facility
				  licensed pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 23-17.4 or to a certified adult day
				  care program in which the referring entity has a financial interest shall, at
				  the time a referral is made, disclose in writing the following information to
				  the client:
a. That the referring entity has
				  a financial interest in the facility or provider to which the referral is being
				  made; and
b. That the client has
				  the option of seeking care from a different facility or provider which is also
				  licensed and/or certified by the state to provide similar services to the
				  client.
2. The referring
				  entity shall also offer the client a written list prepared by the Department of
				  all such alternative licensed and/or certified facilities or providers. Said
				  written list may be obtained by contacting:
Rhode Island Department of Health,
Center for Health Facilities Regulation, 3 Capitol
								Hill, Room 306
Providence, RI 02908
401.222.2566
3.
				  Non-compliance with §§3.6.1(C)(1) and (2) of this Part shall
				  constitute grounds to revoke, suspend or otherwise discipline the licensee or
				  to deny an application for licensure by the Director, or may result in
				  imposition of an administrative penalty in accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws
				  Chapter 23-17.10.