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2019 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 23 - Health and Safety
Chapter 23-17.21 The Rhode Island Patient Safety Act of 2008
Section 23-17.21-2 Legislative findings.
Universal Citation: RI Gen L § 23-17.21-2 (2019)
§ 23-17.21-2. Legislative findings.
The general assembly finds:
(a) There are an unacceptable high number of preventable patient safety events in the health care system;
(b) Current solutions that focus on reporting, discipline and retraining of individuals have proven inadequate alone to address this systemic problem.
History of Section.
(P.L. 2008, ch. 157, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 175, § 1.)
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