Section 23-4.1-18. – Peer review boards — Definition, activities and immunities.
§ 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 […]
Section 23-4.1-8. – Applications for license.
§ 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 […]
Section 23-4.1-1. – Declaration of policy and purpose.
§ 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 […]
Section 23-4.1-2. – Ambulance service coordinating advisory board.
§ 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 […]
Section 23-4.1-3. – Duties of the director.
§ 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 […]
Section 23-4.1-4. – Minimum standards.
§ 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 […]
Section 23-4.1-5. – Supervision of ambulance services.
§ 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, […]
Section 23-4.1-6. – Licensing of ambulances and ambulance service.
§ 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 […]
Section 23-4.1-7. – Standards for ambulance license.
§ 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 […]
Section 23-4.1-7.1. – Restocking of municipal ambulance supplies.
§ 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 […]