§ 23-4.1-1. Declaration of policy and purpose. (a) The general assembly declares that it is the policy of the state to save lives and speed the healing of persons injured in accidents or otherwise in need of medical service by providing an emergency care system that will bring the injured or sick person under the […]
§ 23-4.1-10. Regulations and fees. (a) The director shall be guided by the purposes and intent of this chapter in the making of regulations as authorized by this chapter. (b) The director may issue regulations necessary to bring into effect any of the provisions of this chapter. (c)(1) The director shall charge license fees for […]
§ 23-4.1-11. Repealed.
§ 23-4.1-12. Immunity from liability. (a) No person, licensed and authorized pursuant to this chapter or rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter, shall be liable for any civil damages for any act or omission in connection with emergency medical services (EMS) training or in connection with services rendered outside a hospital, unless the […]
§ 23-4.1-13. Exclusion of non-emergency providers. Private ambulance services that are used solely for the transportation of non-emergency patients shall be exempted from the provisions of this chapter and chapter 17.6 of this title. These services, however, must continue to conform to rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter which were in effect on May […]
§ 23-4.1-14. Notification of next of kin or other member of household. Whenever any person requires emergency medical transportation from their home or business establishment by any private or public ambulance or rescue vehicle, and no member of the patient’s family, household or a business associate is present at the time of evaluation, the rescue […]
§ 23-4.1-15. Trauma system advisory committee. There is established within the department of health a trauma system advisory committee. The committee, appointed by the director, shall include representatives of the following groups: consumers, third-party payers, emergency medical technicians, hospitals, physicians, nurses, the Hospital Association of Rhode Island, the department of health, the ambulance service advisory […]
§ 23-4.1-16. Emergency medical services for children. (a) There is established within the department of health, division of emergency medical services (EMS), an emergency medical services for children (EMSC) program. The EMSC program, operated within the department of emergency medicine of Hasbro Children’s Hospital, shall be recognized by the department of health as a resource […]
§ 23-4.1-17. Advertising services. Any licensee licensed pursuant to this chapter shall include in any advertising of its services that is directed to the general public, the following language: “In case of medical emergency dial 911.” History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 294, § 1.
§ 23-4.1-18. Peer review boards — Definition, activities and immunities. (a) For the purposes of this chapter, “peer review board” means any committee of a state or local professional association or society, or any committee authorized by the director of the department of health, or a committee of any licensed emergency medical service employing practicing […]
§ 23-4.1-19. Documentation of pre-healthcare facility exposure of emergency medical services workers. (a) Any emergency service worker responding on behalf of a licensed ambulance/rescue service, or a fire department or a law enforcement agency who has sufficient reason to believe that, in the course of their professional duties, they have been exposed to bodily fluids […]
§ 23-4.1-2. Ambulance service coordinating advisory board. (a) The ambulance service coordinating advisory board is hereby created and shall consist of twenty-five (25) members appointed as set out in this section. The governor shall appoint the members of the board as follows: (1) One mayor, town administrator, town manager, or other municipal official recommended by […]
§ 23-4.1-3. Duties of the director. (a) The director of health, referred to as the “director,” shall have full authority to implement the provisions of this chapter and shall be guided by the purposes and intent of this chapter. (b) The director shall cooperate with hospitals, furnishers of ambulance services, local governments, police departments, fire […]
§ 23-4.1-4. Minimum standards. The director shall establish minimum standards to be met in the following areas: (1) Licensing; (2) Vehicles; (3) Equipment for vehicles; (4) Personnel; (5) Training; (6) Communications; (7) Cooperation with other units; (8) Treatment of acutely ill or injured persons by ambulance and rescue personnel; and (9) Financial capacity of private […]
§ 23-4.1-5. Supervision of ambulance services. The director is responsible for the statewide supervision of ambulance and rescue services and all equipment and persons coming under the provisions of this chapter. History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 264, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-52-5; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-4.1-5; P.L. 1983, […]
§ 23-4.1-6. Licensing of ambulances and ambulance service. (a) A person shall not engage in the business or service of the transportation of patients upon any public way of the state unless that person holds a license by the director of health for engaging in that business or service. (b) A person shall not operate […]
§ 23-4.1-7. Standards for ambulance license. The director of health shall issue regulations to govern the standards of suitability of ambulances for the transportation of patients from the standpoint of health, sanitation, safety, communications, maintenance, on-board medical equipment, safety equipment, extraction equipment, ambulance markings, garaging conditions, and care and condition of the ambulance and its […]
§ 23-4.1-7.1. Restocking of municipal ambulance supplies. (a) The director of health, with the cooperation of hospitals and freestanding emergency-care facilities licensed in accordance with chapter 17 of this title, will develop a listing of supplies that are subject to mandatory restocking in accordance with subsection (b). (b) Every hospital and freestanding emergency-care facility licensed […]
§ 23-4.1-8. Applications for license. (a) Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, municipality, volunteer units, or any other business or organization providing ambulance service shall, at the time of license application, furnish the director of health with a list of all persons authorized to act as an attendant of any ambulance owned or operated by the […]
§ 23-4.1-9. Revocation of license. (a) Any license granted under this chapter may be suspended or revoked by the director for cause, after a hearing. Appeal from a decision of the director may be taken pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act, chapter 35 of title 42. (b) Cause for suspension or revocation of a license […]
