Rhode Island General Laws 23-74-8. Disciplinary actions
Forms of disciplinary action. When the director finds that an unlicensed health care practitioner has violated any provision of this chapter, the director may take one or more of the following actions, only against the individual practitioner:
(1) Revoke the right to practice;
(2) Suspend the right to practice;
(3) Impose limitations or conditions on the practitioner’s provision of unlicensed health care practices, impose rehabilitation requirements, or require practice under supervision;
(4) Assess against the practitioner the administrative costs of the proceedings instituted against him or her under this chapter; provided, that this assessment does not exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000);
(5) Censure or reprimand the practitioner;
(6) Any other action justified by the case.
History of Section.
P.L. 2002, ch. 133, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 23-74-8
- Unlicensed health care practitioner: means a person who:
(i) Is not licensed by a health-related licensing board or the director of health; or holds a license issued by a health-related licensing board or the department of health in this state, but does not hold oneself out to the public as being licensed or registered by the director or a health-related licensing board when engaging in unlicensed health care;
(ii) Has not had a license issued by a health-related licensing board or the director of health revoked or suspended without reinstatement unless the right to engage in unlicensed health care practices has been established by order of the director of health;
(iii) Is engaging in unlicensed health care practices; and
(iv) Is providing unlicensed health care services for remuneration or is holding oneself out to the public as a practitioner of unlicensed health care practices. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-74-1