Rhode Island General Laws 23-74-12. Licensed or regulated practitioners
If a practitioner investigated under this chapter is licensed or registered by the director of health or a health-related licensing board, is subject to the jurisdiction of the director, and the director determines that the practitioner has violated any provision of this chapter, the director in addition to taking disciplinary action under this section:
(1) May, if the practitioner is licensed or regulated in another capacity by the director, take further disciplinary action against the practitioner in that capacity; or
(2) Shall, if the practitioner is licensed or registered in another capacity by a health-related licensing board, report the director’s findings under this section, and may make a nonbinding recommendation that the board take further action against the practitioner in that capacity.
History of Section.
P.L. 2002, ch. 133, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 23-74-12
- director of health: means the director of the department of health or the director's designee;
(2) "Unlicensed health care client" means an individual who receives services from an unlicensed health care practitioner;
(3) "Unlicensed health care practices" means the broad domain of unlicensed healing methods and treatments, including, but not limited to: (i) acupressure; (ii) Alexander technique; (iii) aroma therapy; (iv) ayurveda; (v) cranial sacral therapy; (vi) crystal therapy; (vii) detoxification practices and therapies; (viii) energetic healing; (ix) rolfing; (x) Gerson therapy and colostrum therapy; (xi) therapeutic touch; (xii) herbology or herbalism; (xiii) polarity therapy; (xiv) homeopathy; (xv) nondiagnostic iridology; (xvi) body work; (xvii) reiki; (xviii) mind-body healing practices; (ixx) naturopathy; and (xx) Qi Gong energy healing. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-74-1
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.