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School Health Programs (216-RICR-20-10-4)
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-RICR-
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10
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ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Amendment
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Community Health
Subchapter:
Screening, Medical Services, and Reporting
Effective: 04/11/2022 to Current
Immunization and Communicable Disease Testing in Preschool, School, Colleges or Universities (216-RICR-30-05-3)
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-RICR-
30
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05
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3
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Refile Capabilities
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Infectious Diseases
Subchapter:
Infectious Diseases
Effective: 01/04/2022 to Current
Masking in School
216
-RICR-
30
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05
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4
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Adoption
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Infectious Diseases
Subchapter:
Infectious Diseases
Effective: 08/19/2024 to Current
School Based Health Centers (216-RICR-40-10-18)
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-RICR-
40
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10
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18
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Refile Capabilities
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation
Subchapter:
Facilities Regulation
Effective: 01/04/2022 to Current
Emergency Medical Services
216
-RICR-
20
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10
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2
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Amendment
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Community Health
Subchapter:
Screening, Medical Services, and Reporting
Effective: 12/27/2020 to Current
Licensing Clinical Mental Health Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists (216-RICR-40-05-11)
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-RICR-
40
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05
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11
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Amendment
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation
Subchapter:
Professional Licensing
Effective: 05/15/2023 to Current
Hearing Aid Dealers and Fitters (216-RICR-40-05-31)
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-RICR-
40
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05
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31
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Amendment
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation
Subchapter:
Professional Licensing
Effective: 04/15/2025 to Current
Registration of Body Piercing Technicians and Body Piercing Establishments (216-RICR-40-10-14)
216
-RICR-
40
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10
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14
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Refile Capabilities
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation
Subchapter:
Facilities Regulation
Effective: 01/04/2022 to Current
Rehabilitation Hospital Centers (216-RICR-40-10-16)
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-RICR-
40
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10
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16
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Refile Capabilities
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation
Subchapter:
Facilities Regulation
Effective: 01/04/2022 to Current
Licensing Home Nursing Care Providers and Home Care Providers (216-RICR-40-10-17)
216
-RICR-
40
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10
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17
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Amendment
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation
Subchapter:
Facilities Regulation
Effective: 05/06/2024 to Current
Lead Inspections (216-RICR-50-15-5)
216
-RICR-
50
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15
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5
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Adoption
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Environmental Health
Subchapter:
Healthy Environment
Effective: 01/03/2022 to Current
Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants (216-RICR-40-05-12)
216
-RICR-
40
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05
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12
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Refile Capabilities
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation
Subchapter:
Professional Licensing
Effective: 01/04/2022 to Current
Midwives (216-RICR-40-05-23)
216
-RICR-
40
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05
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23
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Refile Capabilities
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation
Subchapter:
Professional Licensing
Effective: 01/04/2022 to Current
Applied Behavior Analysts and Applied Behavior Assistant Analysts (216-RICR-40-05-28)
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-RICR-
40
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05
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28
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Refile Capabilities
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation
Subchapter:
Professional Licensing
Effective: 01/04/2022 to Current
Athletic Trainers (216-RICR-40-05-5)
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-RICR-
40
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05
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5
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Refile Capabilities
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation
Subchapter:
Professional Licensing
Effective: 01/04/2022 to Current
Determination of Need for New Health Care Equipment and New Institutional Health Care Services
216
-RICR-
40
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10
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22
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Refile Capabilities
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation
Subchapter:
Facilities Regulation
Effective: 01/04/2022 to Current
Public Drinking Water
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-RICR-
50
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05
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1
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Technical Revision
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Environmental Health
Subchapter:
Water Quality
Effective: 01/01/2026 to Current
Certification of Managers in Food Safety (216-RICR-50-10-2)
216
-RICR-
50
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10
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2
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Refile Capabilities
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Environmental Health
Subchapter:
Food Protection
Effective: 01/04/2022 to Current
Rhode Island Birth Defects Registry (216-RICR-10-10-3)
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-RICR-
10
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10
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3
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Refile Capabilities
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Public Health Administration
Subchapter:
Registries
Effective: 01/04/2022 to Current
Use of Latex Gloves by Health Care Workers, in Licensed Health Care Facilities, and by Other Persons, Firms, or Corporations Licensed or Registered by the Department (216-RICR-20-15-3)
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-RICR-
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15
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3
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Refile Capabilities
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Community Health
Subchapter:
Information for Health Care Professionals
Effective: 01/04/2022 to Current
Pain Management, Opioid Use and the Registration of Distributors of Controlled Substances in Rhode Island (216-RICR-20-20-4)
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-RICR-
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20
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ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Refile Capabilities
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Community Health
Subchapter:
Drugs
Effective: 01/04/2022 to Current
Assisted Living Residence Administrators (216-RICR-40-05-18)
216
-RICR-
40
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05
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18
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Refile Capabilities
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation
Subchapter:
Professional Licensing
Effective: 01/04/2022 to Current
Licensing of Nursing Facilities (216-RICR-40-10-1)
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-RICR-
40
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10
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1
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Amendment
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation
Subchapter:
Facilities Regulation
Effective: 05/07/2025 to Current
Licensing of Hospitals (216-RICR-40-10-4)
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-RICR-
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ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Refile Capabilities
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation
Subchapter:
Facilities Regulation
Effective: 01/04/2022 to Current
Air Quality in Ice Arenas (216-RICR-50-15-4)
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-RICR-
50
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4
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Refile Capabilities
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Environmental Health
Subchapter:
Healthy Environment
Effective: 01/04/2022 to Current
Determination of the Amount of Alcohol and/or Drugs in a Person’s Blood by Chemical Analysis of the Breath and/or Blood (216-RICR-60-05-1)
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-RICR-
60
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05
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1
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Refile Capabilities
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Laboratories and Medical Examiner
Subchapter:
State Laboratory
Effective: 01/04/2022 to Current
Health Professional Loan Repayment Program (216-RICR-20-15-1)
216
-RICR-
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15
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1
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Refile Capabilities
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Community Health
Subchapter:
Information for Health Care Professionals
Effective: 01/04/2022 to Current
Nursing Assistants, Medication Aides, and the Approval of Nursing Assistant and Medication Aide Training Programs (216-RICR-40-05-22)
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-RICR-
40
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05
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ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Amendment
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation
Subchapter:
Professional Licensing
Effective: 02/01/2023 to Current
Reporting and Testing of Infectious, Environmental, and Occupational Diseases (216-RICR-30-05-1)
216
-RICR-
30
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05
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1
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Direct Final Amendment
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Infectious Diseases
Subchapter:
Infectious Diseases
Effective: 01/15/2022 to Current
Practice of Electrolysis (216-RICR-40-05-29)
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-RICR-
40
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05
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29
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Amendment
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation
Subchapter:
Professional Licensing
Effective: 03/17/2024 to Current
Licensing Hospice Care (216-RICR-40-10-11)
216
-RICR-
40
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10
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11
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Amendment
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation
Subchapter:
Facilities Regulation
Effective: 11/03/2025 to Current
Private Drinking Water Systems (216-RICR-50-05-2)
216
-RICR-
50
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05
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ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Refile Capabilities
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Environmental Health
Subchapter:
Water Quality
Effective: 01/04/2022 to Current
Pain Assessment (216-RICR-20-15-2)
216
-RICR-
20
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15
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2
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Refile Capabilities
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Community Health
Subchapter:
Information for Health Care Professionals
Effective: 01/04/2022 to Current
Respiratory Care Practitioners (216-RICR-40-05-16)
216
-RICR-
40
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05
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ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Refile Capabilities
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation
Subchapter:
Professional Licensing
Effective: 01/04/2022 to Current
Optometrists (216-RICR-40-05-20)
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-RICR-
40
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05
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ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Refile Capabilities
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation
Subchapter:
Professional Licensing
Effective: 01/04/2022 to Current
Nursing Home Administrators (216-RICR-40-05-32)
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-RICR-
40
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05
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ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Refile Capabilities
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation
Subchapter:
Professional Licensing
Effective: 01/04/2022 to Current
Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records (216-RICR-10-10-1)
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-RICR-
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1
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Refile Capabilities
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Public Health Administration
Subchapter:
Registries
Effective: 01/04/2022 to Current
Licensing of Radiographers, Nuclear Medicine Technologists, and Radiation Therapists (216-RICR-40-05-34)
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-RICR-
40
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ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Refile Capabilities
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation
Subchapter:
Professional Licensing
Effective: 01/04/2022 to Current
Lead Poisoning Prevention (216-RICR-50-15-3)
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-RICR-
50
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3
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Refile Capabilities
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Environmental Health
Subchapter:
Healthy Environment
Effective: 01/04/2022 to Current
Immunization, Testing, and Health Screening for Health Care Workers (216-RICR-20-15-7)
216
-RICR-
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ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Amendment
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Community Health
Subchapter:
Information for Health Care Professionals
Effective: 06/15/2022 to Current
Psychologists
216
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40
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05
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15
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Direct Final Amendment
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation
Subchapter:
Professional Licensing
Effective: 05/06/2023 to Current
Lead Training, Certification and Licensing (216-RICR-50-15-11)
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ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Adoption
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Environmental Health
Subchapter:
Healthy Environment
Effective: 01/02/2022 to Current
Medical Marijuana Program (216-RICR-20-10-3)
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-RICR-
20
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ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Refile Capabilities
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Community Health
Subchapter:
Screening, Medical Services, and Reporting
Effective: 01/04/2022 to Current
Epinephrine Auto-Injectors for Emergency Administration (216-RICR-20-10-5)
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-RICR-
20
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10
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5
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Refile Capabilities
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Community Health
Subchapter:
Screening, Medical Services, and Reporting
Effective: 01/04/2022 to Current
Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistants (216-RICR-40-05-13)
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-RICR-
40
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ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Amendment
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation
Subchapter:
Professional Licensing
Effective: 11/28/2023 to Current
Clinical Social Workers and Independent Clinical Social Workers (216-RICR-40-05-7)
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-RICR-
40
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05
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ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Amendment
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation
Subchapter:
Professional Licensing
Effective: 03/23/2023 to Current
Licensure and Discipline of Chiropractic Physicians (216-RICR-40-05-17)
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-RICR-
40
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ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Refile Capabilities
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation
Subchapter:
Professional Licensing
Effective: 01/04/2022 to Current
Embalmers, Funeral Directors, and Funeral Service Establishments (216-RICR-40-05-25)
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-RICR-
40
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25
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Refile Capabilities
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation
Subchapter:
Professional Licensing
Effective: 01/04/2022 to Current
Licensing Doctors of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (216-RICR-40-05-8)
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-RICR-
40
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8
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Amendment
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation
Subchapter:
Professional Licensing
Effective: 02/12/2024 to Current
Radon Control (216-RICR-50-15-2)
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-RICR-
50
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ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Refile Capabilities
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Environmental Health
Subchapter:
Healthy Environment
Effective: 01/04/2022 to Current
Veterinarians (216-RICR-40-05-14)
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-RICR-
40
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ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Amendment
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation
Subchapter:
Professional Licensing
Effective: 03/17/2025 to Current
WIC Program (216-RICR-20-05-3)
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-RICR-
20
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ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Refile Capabilities
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Community Health
Subchapter:
Maternal and Child Health
Effective: 01/04/2022 to Current
Pharmacists, Pharmacies, and Manufacturers, Wholesalers, and Distributors (216-RICR-40-15-1)
216
-RICR-
40
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15
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ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Amendment
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation
Subchapter:
Pharmacy
Effective: 12/08/2022 to Current
Asbestos Control (216-RICR-50-15-1)
216
-RICR-
50
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15
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1
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Refile Capabilities
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Environmental Health
Subchapter:
Healthy Environment
Effective: 01/04/2022 to Current
Continuing Care Provider Registration and Disclosure (216-RICR-20-15-5)
216
-RICR-
20
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15
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5
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Technical Revision
Title:
Rhode Island Department of Health
Chapter:
Community Health
Subchapter:
Information for Health Care Professionals
Effective: 01/02/2002 to Current
Dentists, Dental Hygienists, and Dental Assistants (216-RICR-40-05-2)
216
-RICR-
40
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05
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2
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Refile Capabilities
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation
Subchapter:
Professional Licensing
Effective: 01/04/2022 to Current
Opticians (216-RICR-40-05-19)
216
-RICR-
40
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05
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19
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Refile Capabilities
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation
Subchapter:
Professional Licensing
Effective: 01/04/2022 to Current
Certification of Public Drinking Water Supply Treatment and Public Water Supply Transmission and Distribution Operators (216-RICR-50-05-5)
216
-RICR-
50
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05
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5
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Refile Capabilities
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Environmental Health
Subchapter:
Water Quality
Effective: 01/04/2022 to Current
Licensing of Nurses and Standards for the Approval of Basic Nursing Education Programs (216-RICR-40-05-3)
216
-RICR-
40
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05
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3
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Refile Capabilities
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation
Subchapter:
Professional Licensing
Effective: 01/04/2022 to Current
Speech Pathologists and Audiologists (216-RICR-40-05-33)
216
-RICR-
40
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05
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33
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Refile Capabilities
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation
Subchapter:
Professional Licensing
Effective: 01/04/2022 to Current
Massage Therapists (216-RICR-40-05-10)
216
-RICR-
40
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05
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10
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Technical Revision
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation
Subchapter:
Professional Licensing
Effective: 03/20/2024 to Current
Licensing of Podiatrists (216-RICR-40-05-9)
216
-RICR-
40
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05
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9
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Refile Capabilities
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation
Subchapter:
Professional Licensing
Effective: 01/04/2022 to Current
Licensure and Discipline of Physicians (216-RICR-40-05-1)
216
-RICR-
40
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05
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1
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Amendment
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation
Subchapter:
Professional Licensing
Effective: 04/24/2022 to Current
Barbers, Hairdressers/Cosmeticians, Manicurists, Estheticians, and Instructors (216-RICR-40-05-4)
216
-RICR-
40
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05
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4
ACTIVE RULE
Type of filing: Direct Final Amendment
Title:
Department of Health
Chapter:
Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation
Subchapter:
Professional Licensing
Effective: 05/30/2025 to Current
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