§ 23-17-1. Short title. This chapter may be cited as the “Health Care Facility Licensing Act of Rhode Island”. History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 259, § 1, P.L. 1949, ch. 2387, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-16-1; P.L. 1972, ch. 72, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 269, § 5; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; […]
§ 23-17-10. Regulations, inspections, and investigations — Certain hospitals required to provide on-premises coverage by physician — Uniform reports — Data systems. (a)(1) The licensing agency, with the advice of the health services council, shall, after a public hearing pursuant to reasonable notice, adopt, amend, promulgate, and enforce rules, regulations, and standards with respect to […]
§ 23-17-10.1. Financial regulation of health maintenance organizations. Any health maintenance organization licensed under this chapter whose rates are approved by and whose financial condition and methods of doing business are periodically examined by the director of business regulation, and which was actively engaged in the provision of or making available to enrolled participants health […]
§ 23-17-10.2. Full financial disclosure by hospitals and freestanding emergency-care facilities. Any hospital or freestanding emergency-care facility licensed under this chapter, other than state-operated hospitals, shall annually submit to the director of the department of health: (a) Public audited financial statements containing information concerning all hospital-related or freestanding emergency-care facility-related corporations, holding corporations, and subsidiary […]
§ 23-17-10.3. Special care unit disclosure by facilities. (a) Any nursing facility which offers to provide or provides care for patients or residents with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia by means of an Alzheimer’s special care unit shall be required to disclose the form of care or treatment provided, in addition to that care and […]
§ 23-17-10.4. Rehabilitation special care unit and sub-acute special care unit disclosure by facilities. Any nursing facility which offers to provide or provides care for patients or residents by means of a rehabilitation special care unit or sub-acute special care unit shall be required to disclose the form of care or treatment provided, in addition […]
§ 23-17-10.5. Medical director and attending physician file. (a) Each nursing facility licensed under this chapter shall designate a physician to serve as medical director. The medical director shall be responsible for implementation of resident care policies and for the coordination of medical care in the facility. Such responsibilities shall include, but not be limited […]
§ 23-17-10.6. Nursing facility wandering hazard prevention plans. Each nursing facility licensed under this chapter shall have a plan for preventing the hazards of resident wandering from the facility. The plan shall be submitted to the licensing agency in a format determined by the director. History of Section.P.L. 2004, ch. 387, § 1.
§ 23-17-10.7. Nursing facility assessment and disclosure for residents on probation or parole. The licensing agency shall establish regulations to require each licensed nursing facility, as part of the initial resident admission and assessment process, to review and consider any notice provided to the facility as required in subsection 42-56-10(23) concerning the resident’s or prospective […]
§ 23-17-11. Abortion and sterilization — Protection for nonparticipation — Procedure. A physician or any other person who is a member of or associated with the medical staff of a health care facility or any employee of a health care facility in which an abortion or any sterilization procedure is scheduled, and who shall state […]
§ 23-17-12. Inspections — Nursing facilities. (a) The licensing agency shall make or cause to be made unannounced inspections and investigations of nursing facilities. The director shall establish by regulation criteria to determine the frequency for unannounced inspections and investigation that shall include specific criteria to determine the appropriate frequency of those surveys including, but […]
§ 23-17-12.1. Scope of inspections. (a) Inspections and investigations shall include health, sanitation, nursing care, and dietary and other conditions immediately affecting the patients. (b) The department shall assign responsibility for verifying compliance with licensing requirements and issuing renewal licenses to an individual or office independent of the inspection process. (c) The department shall establish […]
§ 23-17-12.10. Quality predictive modeling — Established. The department of health shall develop a data modeling or other capacity to use quality data already collected from nursing facilities to detect patterns of high performance and/or potential deficiency(ies) affecting resident care. History of Section.P.L. 2005, ch. 157, § 5; P.L. 2005, ch. 249, § 5.
§ 23-17-12.11. Nursing facility quality improvement program. (a) Established. Each licensed nursing facility shall develop and implement a quality improvement program and establish a quality improvement committee. (b) Each licensed nursing facility shall designate a qualified individual, who shall be determined by the facility’s administrator, to coordinate and manage the nursing facility’s quality improvement program. […]
§ 23-17-12.2. Time for correction of defects. (a) Every corporation or person who will be inspected or investigated under § 23-17-12 will begin to correct health, sanitation, nursing care, and dietary defects immediately upon notice by the director of health that the defects exist. The notification will be made by certified or registered letter return […]
§ 23-17-12.3. Penalty for violation of §§ 23-17-12 — 23-17-12.2. Every person including a controlling person, or corporation who shall willfully and continually violate the provisions of §§ 23-17-12 — 23-17-12.2 will be subject to a fine up to three hundred dollars ($300) for each violation of these sections. For purposes of this section, “controlling […]
§ 23-17-12.4. Enforcement of §§ 23-17-12 — 23-17-12.2. The director of health shall refer all violations of §§ 23-17-12 — 23-17-12.2 to the chief counsel within the department of health for appropriate action. History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 269, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 23-16-12.4; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-17-12.4.
§ 23-17-12.5. Complaints — Nursing homes. (a) Complaints regarding a nursing facility that do not constitute patient abuse, neglect or mistreatment, as regulated under chapter 17.8 of this title, shall be investigated and evaluated by the department as follows: (1) The investigation and evaluation shall be made within twenty-four (24) hours if the department has […]
§ 23-17-12.6. Independent quality monitor, quality consultant and temporary manager. (a) Under the authority granted to the director in § 23-1-21 and in addition to any other statutory authority, whenever the director determines that there is a deficiency in a nursing facility that constitutes immediate jeopardy to health and safety of a resident or residents, […]
§ 23-17-12.7. Adverse change in financial condition. (a) Whenever the department, or the department in consultation with the department of human services, determines that a nursing facility’s financial status is of concern and determines, through inspection of the facility or investigation of a complaint, that incident(s), event(s) or patterns of care exist that harm or […]
