2017 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 23 - Health and Safety
Chapter 23-59 - Continuing Care Provider Registration and Disclosure
Section 23-59-7 - Sale or transfer of ownership or change in management.
§ 23-59-7. Sale or transfer of ownership or change in management.
(a) No provider and no person or entity owning a provider shall sell or transfer, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent (50%) of the ownership of the provider or of a continuing care facility without giving the department written notice of the intended sale or transfer at least thirty (30) days prior to the consummation of the sale or transfer. A series of sales or transfers to one person or entity, or one or more entities controlled by one person or entity, consummated within a six (6) month period that constitutes, in the aggregate, a sale or transfer of more than fifty percent (50%) of the ownership of a provider or of a continuing care facility shall be subject to the foregoing notice provisions.
(b) A provider or continuing care facility that shall change its chief executive officer, or its management firm if managed under a contract with a third party, shall promptly notify the department and the residents of each change of chief executive officer or management firm.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1987, ch. 101, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 92.)
