Licensing Nursing Service Agencies (216-RICR-40-10-10)


216-RICR-40-10-10 ACTIVE RULE

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10.1Authority

10.2Definitions

10.3General Requirements for Licensing

10.4Application for Licensing and Fee

10.5Issuance and Renewal of License

10.6Change of Ownership, Operation and/or Location

10.7Inspections

10.8Denial, Suspension, Revocation of Certificate of Licensing

10.9Operational Requirements/Organization and Management

10.10Nursing/Nursing Assistant/Services/Duties/Training Programs

10.11Variance, Violations and Sanctions, Practices and Procedures and Severability


Title 216 Department of Health
Chapter 40 Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation
Subchapter 10 Facilities Regulation
Part 10 Licensing Nursing Service Agencies (216-RICR-40-10-10)
Type of Filing Amendment
Regulation Status Active
Effective 06/20/2024

Regulation Authority:

R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 23-17.7.1-3
23-17.7.1-10
and 23-17.7.1-19

Purpose and Reason:

The Rhode Island Department of Health (“RIDOH”; “The Department”) is proposing to amend Licensing Nursing Service Agencies (216-RICR-40-10-10) to implement the required provisions of Public Law 23-102. 

In addition to the requirements of the statute, RIDOH is proposing the following amendments:

- Requiring RIDOH to provide a notice of all deficiencies reported as a result of an inspection or investigation, and
- Requiring that if an employee has been found to have a quality-of-care violation or substandard quality of care deficiency, the nursing service agency must provide re-education pursuant to the nursing service agency’s policy on training, including a re-evaluation of competency. The re-education must also be documented in the employee’s personnel file.