2015 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 23 - Health and Safety
Chapter 23-17 - Licensing of Health Care Facilities
Section 23-17-4 - License required for health care facility operation.

§ 23-17-4 License required for health care facility operation. – (a) No person acting severally or jointly with any other person shall establish, conduct, or maintain a health care facility in this state without a license under this chapter; provided, however, that any person, firm, corporation, or other entity that provides volunteer registered and licensed practical nurses to the public shall not be required to have a license as a health care facility.

(b) Each location at which a health care facility provides services shall be licensed; provided, however, that a hospital or organized ambulatory care facility shall be permitted to provide, solely on an ambulatory basis, limited physician services, other limited professional health care services, and/or other limited professional mental health care services in conjunction with services provided by and at community health centers, community mental health centers, organized ambulatory care facilities or other licensed health care facilities, physicians' offices, and facilities operated by the department of corrections without establishing such locations as additional licensed premises of the hospital or organized ambulatory care facility; provided, that a health care facility licensed as an organized ambulatory care facility in the state, may provide services at other locations operated by that licensed organized ambulatory care facility, without the requirement of a separate organized ambulatory care facility license for such other locations. The department is further authorized to adopt rules and regulations to accomplish the purpose of this section, including, but not limited to, defining "limited physician services, other limited professional health care services, and/or other limited professional mental health care services."

(c) The reimbursement rates for the services rendered in the settings listed in subsection (b) of this chapter shall be subject to negotiations between the hospitals, organized ambulatory care facilities, and the payors, respectively, as defined in § 23-17.12-2.

History of Section.
(P.L. 1932, ch. 1956, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 259, § 1; P.L. 1948, ch. 2112, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 259, § 4; P.L. 1949, ch. 2387, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-16-4; P.L. 1972, ch. 72, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 269, § 5; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-17-4; P.L. 2001, ch. 334, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 252, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 266, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 498, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 531, § 1.)