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2005 Rhode Island Code - CHAPTER 23-17 — Licensing of Health Care Facilities
- § 23-17-1 — Short title.
- § 23-17-2 — Definitions.
- § 23-17-3 — Purpose of provisions.
- § 23-17-4 — License required for health care facility operation.
- § 23-17-5 — Application for license.
- § 23-17-5.1 — Additional information required of nursing facility applicants for initial licensure or change of ownership.
- § 23-17-5.2 — Additional information required for license renewal of all nursing facilities.
- § 23-17-6 — Issuance of license Posting Transfer Conditions.
- § 23-17-7 — Expiration and renewal of license.
- § 23-17-8 — Denial, suspension, or revocation of license.
- § 23-17-8.1 — Curtailment of activities.
- § 23-17-9 — Judicial review of license action.
- § 23-17-10 — Regulations, inspections, and investigations Certain hospitals required to provide on-premises coverage by physician Uniform reports Data systems.
- § 23-17-10.1 — Financial regulation of health maintenance organizations.
- § 23-17-10.2 — Full financial disclosure by hospitals.
- § 23-17-10.3 — Special care unit disclosure by facilities.
- § 23-17-10.4 — Rehabilitation special care unit and sub-acute special care unit disclosure by facilities.
- § 23-17-10.5 — Medical director and attending physician file.
- § 23-17-10.6 — Nursing facility wandering hazard prevention plans.
- § 23-17-11 — Abortion and sterilization Protection for nonparticipation Procedure.
- § 23-17-12 — Inspections Nursing facilities.
- § 23-17-12.1 — Scope of inspections.
- § 23-17-12.2 — Time for correction of defects.
- § 23-17-12.3 — Penalty for violation of §§ 23-17-12 23-17-12.2.
- § 23-17-12.4 — Enforcement of §§ 23-17-12 23-17-122.
- § 23-17-12.5 — Complaints Nursing homes.
- § 23-17-12.6 — Independent quality monitor, quality consultant and temporary manager.
- § 23-17-12.7 — Adverse change in financial condition.
- § 23-17-12.8 — Posting of nursing staff levels in nursing facilities.
- § 23-17-12.9 — Resident and family notification.
- § 23-17-12.10 — Quality predictive modeling Established.
- § 23-17-12.11 — Nursing facility quality improvement program.
- § 23-17-13 — Health services council.
- § 23-17-14 — Functions of health services council.
- § 23-17-14.1 — Immunity for council members.
- § 23-17-14.2 — Compensation.
- § 23-17-14.3 — Review criteria.
- § 23-17-14.4 — Procedures for review.
- § 23-17-15 — Information confidential.
- § 23-17-15.1 — Reports public.
- § 23-17-16 — Annual report of activities.
- § 23-17-17 — Penalty for operation of unlicensed health care facility.
- § 23-17-18 — Obtaining treatment or services under false pretenses.
- § 23-17-19 — Injunction to restrain operation without license.
- § 23-17-19.1 — Rights of patients.
- § 23-17-19.2 — Posting of law.
- § 23-17-19.3 — Patients' visitation rights.
- § 23-17-20 — Inapplicability.
- § 23-17-21 — Power of enforcement.
- § 23-17-22 — Severability.
- § 23-17-23 — Hospital disciplinary powers.
- § 23-17-24 — Internal risk management program.
- § 23-17-25 — Privileges and immunities for peer review activities.
- § 23-17-26 — Emergency health care.
- § 23-17-27 — Disclosure of nonparticipation in hospital service plan.
- § 23-17-28 — Health care cost containment.
- § 23-17-29 — Applicability.
- § 23-17-30 — Blood or tissue transfer services.
- § 23-17-31 — Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing Hospitals.
- § 23-17-31.1 — Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing Facilities for drug abusers.
- § 23-17-32 — Mammograms Quality assurance standards.
- § 23-17-33 — Pap smears Quality assurance standards.
- § 23-17-34 — Criminal records review Nursing facilities Home nursing care providers and home care providers.
- § 23-17-35 — Prior criminal records checks.
- § 23-17-36 — Rules and regulations.
- § 23-17-37 — Disqualifying information.
- § 23-17-38 — Establishment of fees.
- § 23-17-38.1 — Hospitals Licensing Fee.
- § 23-17-39 — Immunity from liability.
- § 23-17-40 — Hospital events reporting.
- § 23-17-41 — Employer/employee relationships.
- § 23-17-42 — Home nursing care providers Uncompensated care provisions.
- § 23-17-43 — Charity care requirements.
- § 23-17-44 — Moratorium on new initial nursing facility licensed beds and on increases to the licensed capacity of existing nursing facility licenses.
- § 23-17-45 — Quality standards for volume related tertiary services.
- § 23-17-46 — Financial interest disclosure.
- § 23-17-47 — Identification badges.
- § 23-17-48 — Labor disputes/actions.
- § 23-17-49 — Surgical procedures General provisions.
- § 23-17-50 — Physician ambulatory surgery center Accreditation, survey, complaint investigation, and exemptions.
- § 23-17-51 — Magnetic resonance imaging Quality assurance standards. [Effective until January 1, 2006.].
- § 23-17-51 — Magnetic resonance imaging Quality assurance standards. [Effective January 1, 2006.].
- § 23-17-52 — Department of health concern line.
- § 23-17-53 — Physician contracts.
- § 23-17-54 — Provisions of interpreter services.
- § 23-17-55 — Severability.
- § 23-17-56 — School based health centers Special requirements and exceptions.
- § 23-17-57 — Podiatry ambulatory surgery center Accreditation, survey, complaint investigation, and exemptions.
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