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Administration of influenza immunizations to individuals between the ages of nine (9) years and eighteen (18) years, inclusive - R.I. Gen. Laws Ann. § 5-19.1-31 |
Pharmacists must obtain parental consent prior to administering a flu shot to a child under the age of 18. Pharmacists must electronically report the... |
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Confidentiality - R.I. Gen. Laws Ann. § 21-28.3-3 |
Hospitals, physicians, and the director of health must ensure the confidentiality of individuals whose information they report to or maintain on the... |
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Contents of statistics - R.I. Gen. Laws Ann. § 21-28.3-2 |
The “drug abuse reporting system” must include the “age, sex, occupation, background, and degree of apparent dependency of the... |
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Continuous improvement of quality of care for individuals with stroke - R.I. Gen. Laws Ann. § 27-78.1-6 |
The department of health must create a plan for “achieving continuous quality improvement in the quality of care provided under the statewide... |
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Drug abuse reporting system established - R.I. Gen. Laws Ann. § 21-28.3-1 |
The director of health must create a “drug abuse reporting system” that will serve as a statistical resource for health care and social... |
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Examination of inmates for contagious disease- Investigation and report of sources - R.I. Gen. Laws Ann. § 40-2-14 |
A physician designated by the department of human services may “use every available means to ascertain the existence of any dangerous,... |
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Examination of inmates for contagious disease- Investigation and report of sources - R.I. Gen. Laws Ann. § 40.1-2-18 |
A physician designated by the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities, and hospitals1 may “use every available means to... |
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Laboratory analyses and reporting - R.I. Gen. Laws Ann. § 23-6.3-15 |
Health care providers must send all biological specimens taken for HIV detection to the department of health’s lab unless the testing occurs at... |
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Power to provide rules and regulations in specific areas - R.I. Gen. Laws Ann. § 23-1-18 |
The Department of Health has the authority to establish a childhood immunization registry and require the reporting of childhood immunization data.... |
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Records and reports as to institution residents - R.I. Gen. Laws Ann. § 40.1-2-6 |
The department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities, and hospitals1 must maintain records for every individual institutionalized in... |
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Records of venereal disease - R.I. Gen. Laws Ann. § 40-2-16 |
The department of health and the department of human services must maintain “records of all cases of venereal disease in” state... |
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Records of venereal disease - R.I. Gen. Laws Ann. § 40.1-2-20 |
The department of health and the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities, and hospitals1 must maintain “records of all... |
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Registry of persons with head injuries and/or spinal cord injuries - R.I. Gen. Laws Ann. § 23-1-49 |
The department of health must establish a head and spinal cord injury registry and mandate the reporting of such injuries. All reported information... |
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Reporting and notification of HIV/AIDs - R.I. Gen. Laws Ann. § 23-6.3-14 |
Health care providers, administrators of health care facilities that treat or diagnosis HIV/AIDs, and administrators of prisons in that house an HIV/... |
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Reporting of occupational diseases - R.I. Gen. Laws Ann. § 23-5-5 |
Physicians must report occupational diseases, as specified by regulation, to the department of health within 30 days of evaluating a patient that... |
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Reporting requirements for the healthcare database - R.I. Gen. Laws Ann. § 23-17.17-10 |
Insurers, health care providers, insurers, and governmental agencies must file reports, data, schedules, and other information necessary to carry out... |
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Reports of communicable diseases - R.I. Gen. Laws Ann. § 23-8-1 |
The director of health may establish regulations that require physicians and other persons to report known or suspected cases of communicable... |
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Routine childhood and adult immunization vaccines - R.I. Gen. Laws Ann. § 23-1-44 |
The department of health must include the routine childhood vaccinations in the department’s immunization program that are recommended by... |
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Standards for treatment facilities-Inspections-Furnishing information to department-Noncompliance with standards - R.I. Gen. Laws Ann. § 23-1.10-7 |
The department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities, and hospitals1 must create standards for approving substance abuse treatment... |
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Statewide birth defects surveillance and information system - R.I. Gen. Laws Ann. § 23-13.3-3 |
The director of the department of health must create a birth defects surveillance and information system in order to collect data regarding birth... |
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