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Rhode Island General Laws

Chapter 5-37

R.I. Gen. Laws tit. 5, ch. 37

Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline

5-37-1Definitions 5-37-1.1Board of medical licensure and discipline — Creation — Composition — Appointment, removal, and compensation of members — Officers — Meetings — Funds 5-37-1.2Examining committees 5-37-1.3Board of medical licensure and discipline — Powers and duties 5-37-1.4Director — Powers and duties 5-37-1.5Immunity 5-37-2License to practice — Qualifications of applicants — Fee — Reexamination 5-37-2.1Recertification — Continuing medical education 5-37-3Itinerants disqualified 5-37-4Refusal of licensure 5-37-5RepealedRepealed 5-37-5.1Unprofessional conduct 5-37-5.2Complaints 5-37-5.3Specification of charges 5-37-5.4Time and notice of hearing 5-37-6Subpoenas — Contempt 5-37-6.1Report of hearing 5-37-6.2Decision of the board 5-37-6.3Sanctions 5-37-7Appeal from the decision of the director 5-37-8Grounds for discipline without hearing 5-37-9Reports relating to professional conduct and capacity — Regulations — Confidentiality — Immunity 5-37-9.1Requirements relating to professional conduct 5-37-9.2Physician profiles — Public access to data 5-37-10Biannual registration, physicians — Annual registration, hospitals 5-37-11Inactive list 5-37-12Unauthorized practice of medicine 5-37-13RepealedRepealed 5-37-14Exceptions to licensure requirement — Immunity from liability 5-37-15Practice of religious beliefs 5-37-16Limited registrations 5-37-16.1Limited registration — Academic faculty 5-37-16.2Exceptions to licensure requirement 5-37-17Power to examine individuals 5-37-18Prescription slips 5-37-18.1Physicians required to authorize product selection 5-37-18.2Penalty for violating § 5-37-18 or § 5-37-18.1 5-37-19Blank prescriptions 5-37-20Acupuncture 5-37-21Fee splitting 5-37-22Disclosures 5-37-23Over-billing reward program 5-37-24RepealedRepealed 5-37-25Violations — Penalties 5-37-25.1Injunction of violations 5-37-26Medical forms 5-37-27Severability 5-37-28Communications of information among healthcare facilities 5-37-29Hospital responsibility to take action based upon adverse information received 5-37-30Closure of medical practice — Preservation of records 5-37-31Mammograms — Quality assurance standards 5-37-32Pap smears — Quality assurance standards 5-37-33Restrictive covenants