Rhode Island General Laws 27-41-46. Whistleblowers protection
No health maintenance organizations pursuant to this chapter or any other insurer offering and/or insuring health services on a prepaid basis as defined in § 42-62-4(7) shall engage in any retaliation or retribution, directly or indirectly, or shall terminate or modify the terms of a medical service agreement that it maintains with a physician or other medical services provider, because the physician or other provider reports or is about to report verbally or in writing, to a public body, a regulatory agency, a subscriber or member of the insured, the family or heirs or personal representative of the subscriber or member or to any other person or public or private agency a violation by the insurer of a subscriber or membership agreement, a law, rule or regulation promulgated under the laws of this state.
History of Section.
P.L. 1997, ch. 167, § 4.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 27-41-46
- in writing: include printing, engraving, lithographing, and photo-lithographing, and all other representations of words in letters of the usual form. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
- Physician: includes podiatrist as defined in chapter 29 of Title 5. See Rhode Island General Laws 27-41-2
- provider: means a healthcare professional or a healthcare facility. See Rhode Island General Laws 27-41-2