Rhode Island General Laws 5-37.7-11. Immunity
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Any healthcare provider who or that relies in good faith upon any information provided through the HIE in his, her, or its treatment of a patient, shall be immune from any criminal or civil liability arising from any damages caused by such good faith reliance. This immunity does not apply to acts or omissions constituting negligence or reckless, wanton, or intentional misconduct.
History of Section.
P.L. 2008, ch. 171, § 2; P.L. 2008, ch. 466, § 2.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 5-37.7-11
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Healthcare provider: means any person or entity licensed by this state to provide or lawfully providing healthcare services, including, but not limited to, a physician, hospital, intermediate-care facility or other healthcare facility, dentist, nurse, optometrist, podiatrist, physical therapist, psychiatric social worker, pharmacist, or psychologist, and any officer, employee, or agent of that provider acting in the course and scope of his or her employment or agency related to or supportive of healthcare services. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-37.7-3
- HIE: means the technical system operated, or to be operated, by the RHIO under state authority allowing for the statewide electronic mobilization of confidential healthcare information, pursuant to this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-37.7-3
- Patient: means a person who receives healthcare services from a provider participant. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-37.7-3