Title 23
Health and Safety

Chapter 4.1
Emergency Medical Transportation Services

R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-4.1-10

§ 23-4.1-10. Regulations and fees.

(a) The director shall be guided by the purposes and intent of this chapter in the making of regulations as authorized by this chapter.

(b) The director may issue regulations necessary to bring into effect any of the provisions of this chapter.

(c)(1) The director shall charge license fees for an annual license for an ambulance service, for an annual vehicle license, and for an emergency medical technician license. All such fees are as set forth in § 23-1-54.

(2) The director may charge an examination fee for examinations for an emergency medical technician license and an inspection fee for inspections for a vehicle license as set forth in § 23-1-54.

(3) The director is also authorized to establish reasonable fees for other administrative actions that the director shall deem necessary to implement this chapter. The fees provided for in this section shall be deposited as general revenues and shall not apply to any city or town employee providing services referenced in this chapter on behalf of the city or town, and shall not apply to any individual providing services referenced in this chapter on behalf of any bona fide volunteer or not for profit organization. Further, the services licensure fees and vehicle inspection fees shall not apply to services and vehicles operated by any city, town, or fire district or to services and vehicles operated by bona fide volunteer or not for profit organizations.

History of Section.
P.L. 1974, ch. 264, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-52-10; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-4.1-10; P.L. 1983, ch. 281, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 189, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 138, art. 33, § 1; P.L., 1995, ch. 370, art. 40, § 60; P.L. 2001, ch. 77, art. 14, § 29; P.L. 2007, ch. 73, art. 39, § 28; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 9, § 38.