Title 23
Health and Safety

Chapter 17
Licensing of Healthcare Facilities

R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-17-5.2

§ 23-17-5.2. Additional information required for license renewal of all nursing facilities.

(a) At least once every two (2) years, the department shall gather information from state departments and agencies relating to the experience and qualifications of the nursing facility applicant for relicensure.

(b) Effective January 1, 2006, any nursing facility applying for renewal of its license that contracts with a management company to assist with the facility’s operation shall file a copy of the management contract with the department including the management fee and, if the management company is a corporation or limited liability company, shall identify every person having an ownership interest of five percent (5%) or more in such corporation or limited liability company and, if the management company is a general partnership or limited partnership, shall identify all general or limited partners of such general partnership or limited partnership.

(c) Any nursing facility with any significant changes in its management contract shall submit a copy of the revised management contract to the department within thirty (30) days of the effective date of the new contract provisions.

History of Section.
P.L. 2005, ch. 158, § 4; P.L. 2005, ch. 247, § 4.