§ 9-2-1812 — Assessments; funding

(a) The panel shall be funded from assessments levied
against and paid by each professional covered by this act. The
director shall promulgate rules and regulations to annually
establish appropriate assessments based upon the following
guidelines:
(i) The total amount of the panel's proposed annual
budget shall be prorated among the professional classification
covered under this act based on the number of cases reviewed by
the panel during the immediately preceding calendar year
involving each professional classification;
(ii) The prorated amount determined for each
professional classification shall be divided by the number of
practicing professionals within each classification to determine
the individual assessment.
(b) The director shall certify the amount of each
assessment to the appropriate licensing board, agency or
authority and the board, agency or authority shall levy and
collect the assessments annually at the time annual license fees
are collected. Assessments collected under this subsection shall
be remitted to the director not later than thirty (30) days from
the date of collection and paid immediately by the director to
the state treasurer for deposit into the malpractice review
account.
(c) Monies in the malpractice review account shall be
expended by the panel to carry out the purposes of this act.