Title 23
Health and Safety

Chapter 15
Determination of Need for New Healthcare Equipment and New Institutional Health Services

R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-15-4.1

§ 23-15-4.1. Exemption for nonclinical capital expenditures.

Notwithstanding the requirements of any other provisions of any general or public laws, capital expenditures by a health care facility that are not directly related to the provision of health services as defined in this chapter, including, but not limited to, capital expenditures for parking lots, billing computer systems, and telephone systems, shall not require a certificate of need review and approval by the state agency.

History of Section.
P.L. 1982, ch. 82, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 290, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 433, § 1.