(a)  Healthcare facilities and healthcare providers shall conduct an assessment of pain experienced by a patient on a regular basis.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 5-37.6-4

  • Assessment of pain: means the act of assessing an unpleasant sensation occurring in varying degrees of severity as a consequence of injury, disease, or emotional disorder. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-37.6-3
  • Regular basis: means a procedure done on a customary, usual, normal, orderly, even, or symmetrical schedule. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-37.6-3

(b)  The assessment of pain shall be noted in the patient’s chart in a manner consistent with vital signs.

History of Section.
P.L. 2002, ch. 331, § 1.