Rhode Island § 23-17-45 § 23-17-45. Quality standards for volume related tertiary services.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 23-17-45 — § 23-17-45. Quality standards for volume related tertiary services.

Rhode Island § 23-17-45

Title 23Health and Safety

Ch. 23-17Licensing of Healthcare Facilities

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-17-45 (2026).

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§ 23-17-45. Quality standards for volume related tertiary services.
The director is authorized to establish through regulation quality and volume related
            standards to be achieved and maintained for specific tertiary health care services
            offered by individual licensed health care facilities where peer reviewed medical
            and health literature establishes significant relationships between desired quality
            related outcomes and volume of services provided. The standards shall include time
            frames for achieving stipulated volumes of services. In developing the standards the
            director shall seek input from affected providers and the public at large. The directo

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§ 23-17-45. Quality standards for volume related tertiary services.

The director is authorized to establish through regulation quality and volume related standards to be achieved and maintained for specific tertiary health care services offered by individual licensed health care facilities where peer reviewed medical and health literature establishes significant relationships between desired quality related outcomes and volume of services provided. The standards shall include time frames for achieving stipulated volumes of services. In developing the standards the director shall seek input from affected providers and the public at large. The director may accept in regulation the standards of and the accreditation from recognized national accrediting entities in lieu of standards and assessments otherwise developed pursuant to this section.