Rhode Island § 5-34-1 § 5-34-1. Legislative intent.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 5-34-1 — § 5-34-1. Legislative intent.

Rhode Island § 5-34-1

Title 5Businesses and Professions

Ch. 5-34Nurses

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-34-1 (2026).

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§ 5-34-1. Legislative intent.
The legislature of the state, in order to safeguard life, health, property, and the
            public welfare of the people of this state and, in order to protect the people of
            the state from the unauthorized, unqualified, and improper application of services
            by individuals in the practice of nursing, declares it a policy to continue to adequately
            provide for state regulatory authority for nursing. The legislature further declares
            it is the policy of the state that state regulatory authority for nursing has the
            power to enforce the provisions of this chapter. Any person who practices or offers
            to practice nursing or wh

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§ 5-34-1. Legislative intent.

The legislature of the state, in order to safeguard life, health, property, and the public welfare of the people of this state and, in order to protect the people of the state from the unauthorized, unqualified, and improper application of services by individuals in the practice of nursing, declares it a policy to continue to adequately provide for state regulatory authority for nursing. The legislature further declares it is the policy of the state that state regulatory authority for nursing has the power to enforce the provisions of this chapter. Any person who practices or offers to practice nursing or who represents oneself as a licensed professional or practical nurse without qualifying under the provisions of this chapter endangers the public health.