(a)  The director shall approve or deny an initial registration as a provider within one hundred twenty (120) days after an application is filed. In connection with a request pursuant to this chapter for additional information, the director may extend the one hundred twenty-day (120) period for not more than sixty (60) days. Within seven (7) days after denying an application, the director, in a record, shall inform the applicant of the reasons for the denial.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 19-14.8-10

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.

(b)  If the director denies an application for registration as a provider or does not act on an application within the time prescribed in subsection (a), the applicant may appeal and request a hearing pursuant to chapter 35 of Title 42.

(c)  Subject to this chapter, § 19-14.8-11(d), and § 19-14.8-34, a registration as a provider is valid for one year.

History of Section.
P.L. 2006, ch. 243, § 3; P.L. 2006, ch. 291, § 3.