R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-91-4 (2026)
Designation of state of principal license
Effective Jun 29, 2022History of Section. P.L. 2022, ch. 284, § 1, effective June 29, 2022; P.L. 2022, ch. 285, § 1, effective June 29, 2022.
(a) A physician shall designate a member state as the state of principal license for purposes of registration for expedited licensure through the compact if the physician possesses a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in that state, and the state is:
- (1) The state of principal residence for the physician;
- (2) The state where at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the practice of medicine occurs; or
- (3) The location of the physician’s employer; or
- (4) If no state qualifies under subsection (1), subsection (2), or subsection (3) of this section, the state designated as state of residence for purpose of federal income tax.
- (b) A physician may redesignate a member state as state of principal license at any time, as long as the state meets the requirements of subsection (a) of this section.
- (c) The interstate commission is authorized to develop rules to facilitate redesignation of another member state as the state of principal license.
History of Section.
P.L. 2022, ch. 284, § 1, effective June 29, 2022; P.L. 2022, ch. 285, § 1, effective June 29, 2022.