225 Ill. Comp. Stat. § 47/1 through 47/20: Health Care Worker Self-Referral Act – Illinois
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1993
Referral practices where a health care worker refers a patient to an entity in which the referring provider has an investment interest may limit or completely eliminate competitive alternatives in the health care market. A …
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225 Ill. Comp. Stat. § 60/49.5. Telemedicine: Medical Practice Act of 1987 – Illinois
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2018
Statute provides a definition of telemedicine and regulates the practice of telemedicine.
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225 Ill. Comp. Stat. § 65/65-45. Advanced practice registered nursing in hospitals, hospital affiliates, or ambulatory surgical treatment centers: Advanced Practice Registered Nurses– Nurse Practice Act – Illinois
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1998
Statute authorizes advance practice registered nurses to provide services in a hospital, order medications and to complete discharge orders and prescriptions.
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225 Ill. Comp. Stat. § 95/7.7. Physician assistants in hospitals, hospital affiliates, or ambulatory surgical treatment centers: Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987 – Illinois
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2012
Statute grants physician assistant’s the authority to provide services in hospitals, to select, order and administer medications and to prescribe medications.
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225 Ill. Comp. Stat. §§ 150/1 through 150/15: Telehealth Act – Illinois
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2018
Statutes govern the practice of telehealth in Illinois.
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225 Ill. Comp. Stat. §§ 61/1 through 61/10: Patients’ Right to Know Act – Illinois
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2011
The Department shall make available to the public a profile of each physician. The Department shall make this information available through an Internet web site and, if requested, in writing. The profile shall contain information …
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23 R.I Gen. Laws §§ 23-15-1 through 23-15-11: Health Care Certificate of Need Act of Rhode Island – Rhode Island
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1978
The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the development, establishment, and enforcement of standards for the authorization and allocation of new institutional health services and new health care equipment.
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23 R.I. Gen. Law § 23-17-61. Written estimates for hospital medical services: Health Care Facility Licensing Act of Rhode Island – Rhode Island
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2014
Requires that a hospital provide to a prospective patient, the requested cost estimate of their requested anticipated hospital services within five business days of request and the cost of any facility fee.
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23 R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-1-1.1. Health planning — Findings: Department of Health – Rhode Island
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1988
It is found and determined that health planning is essential to promote appropriate access to high quality health services at a reasonable cost and is a precondition to effective public health practice by the department …
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23 R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-1-1.2. Health planning process: Department of Health – Rhode Island
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1988
The director of health, with the approval of the governor, may appoint various committees and task forces as appropriate to assist and advise the department of health in the conduct of its health planning responsibilities, …
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23 R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-17-19.1. Rights of Patients: Health Care Facility Licensing Act of Rhode Island – Rhode Island
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1956
Respecting the rights of patients vis-à-vis health care facilities licensed by the state, a patient may request the identity of all health care practitioners that the facility has authorized to participate in the patient’s treatment, …
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23 R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-17-2. Defintions: Health Care Facility Licensing Act of Rhode Island – Rhode Island
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1938
Definitions for statutes under the Health Care Facility Licensing Act of Rhode Island
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23 R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-17-27. Disclosure of nonparticipation in hospital service plan: Health Care Facility Licensing Act of Rhode Island – Rhode Island
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1980
Any health care facility licensed under this chapter which is not a participant in a hospital service plan shall post a notice, in a conspicuous place where it can be read by its patients that …
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23 R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-17-28. Health care cost containment: Health Care Facility Licensing Act of Rhode Island – Rhode Island
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1981
Authorizes a health care facility to enter into agreement with other facilities, third-party payers, and branches of government for the purpose of reducing, limiting, or containing health care costs and improving the efficiency with which …
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23 R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-17-53. Physician contracts: Health Care Facility Licensing Act of Rhode Island – Rhode Island
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2000
A hospital, by contract or otherwise, may not refuse or fail to grant or renew medical staff membership or staff privileges, or condition or otherwise limit or restrict medical staff membership or staff privileges, based …
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23 R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-17.22-1. Short title: Healthy Rhode Island Reform Act of 2008 – Rhode Island
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2008
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Healthy Rhode Island Reform Act of 2008.”
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