§ 5-45-1 Board of examiners – Creation – Composition – Appointment, terms, oath, and removal of members – Meetings
§ 5-45-2 Functions of the department of health
§ 5-45-3 Board of examiners – Functions
§ 5-45-4 Definitions
§ 5-45-5 Administrator’s license required to operate nursing home
§ 5-45-6 Licensing function of department of health – Term of licenses – Appeal of license denials, suspensions, or revocations
§ 5-45-7 Qualification for licensure
§ 5-45-8 Licensure in other jurisdictions
§ 5-45-9 Courses of instruction and training
§ 5-45-10 Renewal of licenses – Continuing education
§ 5-45-11 Penalty for violations
§ 5-45-12 Disciplinary proceedings – Grounds for discipline
§ 5-45-13 Rules and regulations
§ 5-45-14 Receipts

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 5-45 - Nursing Home Administrators

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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.
  • Cost comparison: means an analysis of the comparative costs of providing the service in-house or by privatization. See Rhode Island General Laws 42-148-2
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Director: means the director of the Rhode Island health benefits exchange. See Rhode Island General Laws 42-157.1-2
  • Exchange: means the Rhode Island health benefits exchange established within the department of administration by § 42-157-1. See Rhode Island General Laws 42-157.1-2
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • fund: means the fund established by § 42-157. See Rhode Island General Laws 42-157.1-2
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • 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
  • In-house bid: shall mean the cost of the proposal proffered by in-house state programs and employees and their representatives pursuant to § 42-148-3(b)(3) of this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 42-148-2
  • In-house costs: means a detailed budget breakdown of the current costs of providing the service or program proposed for privatization. See Rhode Island General Laws 42-148-2
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Office of the health insurance commissioner: means the entity established by § 42-14. See Rhode Island General Laws 42-157.1-2
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Program: means the Rhode Island reinsurance program established by § 42-157. See Rhode Island General Laws 42-157.1-2
  • quasi-public corporation: means any body corporate and politic created, or to be created, pursuant to the general laws, including, but not limited to, the following:

    (1)  Capital center commission;

    (2)  Rhode Island convention center authority;

    (3)  Rhode Island industrial facilities corporation;

    (4)  Rhode Island industrial-recreational building authority;

    (5)  Rhode Island small business loan fund corporation;

    (6)  Quonset development corporation;

    (7)  Rhode Island airport corporation;

    (8)  I-195 redevelopment district commission;

    (9)  Rhode Island health and educational building corporation;

    (10)  Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation;

    (11)  Rhode Island student loan authority;

    (12)  Narragansett bay commission;

    (13)  Rhode Island infrastructure bank;

    (14)  Rhode Island water resources board;

    (15)  Rhode Island resource recovery corporation;

    (16)  Rhode Island public rail corporation;

    (17)  Rhode Island public transit authority;

    (18)  Rhode Island turnpike and bridge authority;

    (19)  Rhode Island tobacco settlement financing corporation; and

    (20)  Any subsidiary of the Rhode Island commerce corporation. See Rhode Island General Laws 42-155-3

  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • State: means the state of Rhode Island. See Rhode Island General Laws 42-157.1-2
  • Statement of work and performance standards: means a clear statement of the nature and extent of the work to be performed with measurable performance standards as set forth in § 42-148-3(b)(2) of this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 42-148-2
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9
  • Transition costs: means the cost of contracting including monitoring vendors for accountability, costs associated with unemployment compensation, payment of accrued leave credits, bumping, and retention factors for those with statutory status. See Rhode Island General Laws 42-148-2
  • United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8