§ 23-17.7.1-1 Declaration of purpose
§ 23-17.7.1-2 Definitions
§ 23-17.7.1-3 Licensing of nursing service agencies – Rules governing establishment of fees
§ 23-17.7.1-4 License required for nursing service agencies
§ 23-17.7.1-5 Application for license
§ 23-17.7.1-6 Issuance of license – Posting – Transfer conditions
§ 23-17.7.1-7 Expiration and renewal of license
§ 23-17.7.1-8 Denial, suspension, or revocation of license
§ 23-17.7.1-9 Judicial review of license action
§ 23-17.7.1-10 Regulations, inspections, and investigations
§ 23-17.7.1-11 Training and/or competency evaluation program for nursing assistants
§ 23-17.7.1-12 Nursing service agency employees identification
§ 23-17.7.1-13 Agencies to which chapter inapplicable
§ 23-17.7.1-14 Agencies to which chapter inapplicable
§ 23-17.7.1-15 Nursing service agencies exempt
§ 23-17.7.1-16 Severability
§ 23-17.7.1-17 Criminal records review
§ 23-17.7.1-18 Prior criminal records checks
§ 23-17.7.1-19 Rules and regulations
§ 23-17.7.1-20 Disqualifying information
§ 23-17.7.1-21 Immunity from liability

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 23-17.7.1 - Licensing of Nursing Service Agencies

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. Source: OCC
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • 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
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.