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Rhode Island General Laws 5-37-5.3. Specification of charges

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When the investigating committee determines that action is required or the accused requests a hearing on allegations of unprofessional conduct, a specification of charges of unprofessional conduct against the licensee or limited registration holder shall be prepared by the investigating committee and a copy shall be served upon the accused, together with notice of the hearing, as provided in § 5-37-5.4. A hearing shall then be scheduled before the hearing committee of the board.

History of Section.
P.L. 1986, ch. 301, § 6; P.L. 1998, ch. 318, § 1.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 5-37-5.3

  • Board: means the Rhode Island board of medical licensure and discipline or any committee or subcommittee thereof. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-37-1
  • unprofessional conduct: as used in this chapter includes, but is not limited to, the following items or any combination of these items and may be further defined by regulations established by the board with the prior approval of the director:

    (1)  Fraudulent or deceptive procuring or use of a license or limited registration;

    (2)  All advertising of medical business that is intended or has a tendency to deceive the public;

    (3)  Conviction of a felony; conviction of a crime arising out of the practice of medicine;

    (4)  Abandoning a patient;

    (5)  Dependence upon controlled substances, habitual drunkenness, or rendering professional services to a patient while the physician or limited registrant is intoxicated or incapacitated by the use of drugs;

    (6)  Promotion by a physician or limited registrant of the sale of drugs, devices, appliances, or goods or services provided for a patient in a manner as to exploit the patient for the financial gain of the physician or limited registrant;

    (7)  Immoral conduct of a physician or limited registrant in the practice of medicine;

    (8)  Willfully making and filing false reports or records in the practice of medicine;

    (9)  Willfully omitting to file or record, or willfully impeding or obstructing a filing or recording, or inducing another person to omit to file or record, medical or other reports as required by law;

    (10)  Failing to furnish details of a patient's medical record to succeeding physicians, healthcare facility, or other healthcare providers upon proper request pursuant to § 5-37. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-37-5.1

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Rhode Island General Laws 5-37.5-3. Definitions

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For purposes of the chapter:

(1)  “Board” means the Rhode Island board of medical licensure and discipline.

(2)  “Long-term antibiotic therapy” means administration of oral, intramuscular, or intravenous antibiotics, singly or in combination, for periods of greater than four (4) weeks.

(3)  “Lyme disease” means the clinical diagnosis by a physician of the presence in a patient of signs and symptoms compatible with acute infection with Borrelia burgdorferi, or with late-stage or chronic infection with Borrelia burgdorferi, or with complications related to such an infection. “Lyme disease” includes infection that meets the surveillance criteria set forth by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but also includes other acute and chronic manifestations of such an infection as determined by the physician.

(4)  “Physician” means persons licensed pursuant to chapter 37 of this title by the board.

(5)  “Therapeutic purpose” means the use of antibiotics to control a patient’s symptoms determined by the physician as reasonably related to Lyme disease and its sequelae.

History of Section.
P.L. 2002, ch. 159, § 1; P.L. 2002, ch. 160, § 1.

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