Rhode Island General Laws 23-17.20-4. Penalty for violations
Any employer who violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to a fine of three hundred dollars ($300) for each violation of this chapter, which shall be paid to the center for health professions, as established in § 23-17.20.2. Until such time as the center for health professions is operating, the fines shall be payable to the general fund. The department of labor and training shall determine if a violation of this chapter occurs, and shall levy the appropriate fine.
History of Section.
P.L. 2007, ch. 496, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 515, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 23-17.20-4
- Employer: means a person, partnership, association, corporation or group of persons acting directly or indirectly in the interest of a health care facility;
(3) "Health care facility" means any private, public or state hospital;
(4) "On-call time" means time spent by an employee who is not working on the premises of the place of employment but who is compensated for availability or who, as a condition of employment, has agreed to be available to return to the premises of the place of employment on short notice if the need arises;
(5) "Reasonable efforts" means that the employer shall:
(i) Seek persons who volunteer to work extra time from all available qualified staff who are working at the time of the unforeseeable emergent circumstance;
(ii) Contact all qualified employees who have made themselves available to work extra time; and
(iii) Seek the use of per diem staff;
(6) "Regular hourly wage" means the amount that an employee is regularly paid for each hour of work as determined by dividing the total hours of work during the week into the employee's total earnings for the week, exclusive of pay for overtime work;
(7) "Unforeseeable emergent circumstance" means an unpredictable occurrence relating to health care delivery that requires immediate action, and which shall include a major power outage, a public health emergency, an irregular increase in patient census, or an irregular increase in the number of employees not reporting for predetermined scheduled work shifts. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-17.20-2