(a)  Except as provided in § 23-59-13, no provider shall engage in the business of providing or offering to provide continuing care at a facility in this state unless the provider has registered with the department with respect to the facility.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 23-59-2

  • Continuing care: means providing or committing to provide board, lodging, and nursing services to an individual, other than an individual related by blood or marriage: (i) pursuant to an agreement effective for the life of the individual or for a period in excess of one year, including mutually terminable contracts, and (ii) in consideration of the payment of an entrance fee and/or periodic charges. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-59-1
  • Department: means the Rhode Island state department of health. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-59-1
  • Facility: means the place or places in which a person undertakes to provide continuing care to an individual. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-59-1
  • Provider: means any person, corporation, partnership, or other entity that provides or offers to provide continuing care to any individual in an existing or proposed facility in this state. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-59-1

(b)  A registration statement shall be filed with the department by the provider on forms prescribed by the department and shall include:

(1)  All information required by the department pursuant to its enforcement of this chapter; and

(2)  The initial disclosure statement required by § 23-59-3.

(c)  Registration shall be deemed complete if the department has not notified the provider of incompleteness within ninety (90) days of the filing.

History of Section.
P.L. 1987, ch. 101, § 1.