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2017 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 23 - Health and Safety
Chapter 23-17 - Licensing of Health-Care Facilities
Section 23-17-43 - Charity care requirements.
Universal Citation: RI Gen L § 23-17-43 (2017)
§ 23-17-43. Charity care requirements.
Any new hospital or freestanding, emergency-care facility licensee shall meet the statewide community standard for the provision of charity-care services as a condition of initial and continued licensure. That standard shall be consistent with guidelines established by the legislature in the charters of the existing hospitals in the state that hold charters from the legislature.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1996, ch. 433, § 4; P.L. 2016, ch. 417, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 418, § 1.)
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