(a)  Residents shall have the right of self-organization. No retaliatory conduct shall be permitted against any resident for membership or participation in a residents’ organization. The provider shall be required to provide to the organization a copy of all submissions to the department.

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 23-59-11

  • Continuing care: means providing or committing to provide board, lodging, and nursing services to an individual, other than an individual related by blood or marriage: (i) pursuant to an agreement effective for the life of the individual or for a period in excess of one year, including mutually terminable contracts, and (ii) in consideration of the payment of an entrance fee and/or periodic charges. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-59-1
  • Department: means the Rhode Island state department of health. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-59-1
  • Facility: means the place or places in which a person undertakes to provide continuing care to an individual. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-59-1
  • Provider: means any person, corporation, partnership, or other entity that provides or offers to provide continuing care to any individual in an existing or proposed facility in this state. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-59-1
  • Resident: means an individual entitled to receive continuing care in a facility. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-59-1

(b)  The board of directors, its designated representative, or other such governing body of a continuing care facility shall hold meetings at least quarterly with the residents or representatives elected by the residents of the continuing care facility for the purpose of free discussion of issues relating to the facility. Such issues may include income, expenditures, and financial matters as they apply to the facility and proposed changes in policies, programs, facilities, and services. Residents shall be entitled to seven (7) days’ notice of each meeting.

History of Section.
P.L. 1987, ch. 101, § 1.