(a)  The department shall establish standards for approved treatment facilities that must be met for a treatment facility to be approved as a public or private treatment facility, and fix the fees to be charged by the department for the required inspections. The standards may concern only the health standards to be met and standards of treatment to be afforded patients.

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 23-1.10-7

  • Department: means department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals;

    (5)  "Director" means the director of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals;

    (6)  "Incapacitated by alcohol" means a person, who as a result of the use of alcohol is intoxicated to such an extent that he or she is unconscious or has his or her judgment otherwise so impaired that he or she is incapable of realizing and making a rational decision with respect to his or her need for treatment;

    (7)  "Incompetent person" means a person who has been adjudged incompetent by the probate court of the city and town in which the person resides, or any other court of competent jurisdiction;

    (8)  "Intoxicated person" means a person whose mental or physical functioning is substantially impaired as a result of the use of alcohol;

    (9)  "Treatment" means the broad range of emergency, outpatient, intermediate, and inpatient services and care, including diagnostic evaluation, medical, psychiatric, psychological, and social service care, vocational rehabilitation and career counseling, which may be extended to alcoholics and intoxicated persons. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-1.10-2

(b)  The department shall periodically inspect approved public and private treatment facilities at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner.

(c)  The department shall maintain a list of approved public and private treatment facilities.

(d)  Each approved public and private treatment facility shall file with the department on request: data, statistics, schedules, and any other information that the department reasonably requires. An approved public or private treatment facility that without good cause fails to furnish any data, statistics, schedules, and any other information as requested, or files fraudulent returns, shall be removed from the list of approved treatment facilities.

(e)  The department, after holding a hearing, may suspend, revoke, limit, or restrict an approval, or refuse to grant an approval, for failure to meet its standards.

History of Section.
P.L. 1972, ch. 130, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 40.1-4-7; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 14, § 4.