§ 5-48.1-2. Definitions. As used in this chapter:
(1) "Director" means the director of the Rhode Island department of health.
(2) "Facility" means any healthcare facility licensed by the department of health or the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals under the provisions of title 23 and title 40.1.
(3) "Healthcare provider" means any person licensed, registered, or certified by this state to provide, or lawfully providing healthcare services. These include, but are not limited to, a physician, hospital, nursing facility, intermediate-care facility or other healthcare facility, dentist, nurse, optometrist, podiatrist, physical therapist, psychiatric social worker, or psychologist.
(4) "Healthcare services" means acts of diagnosis, treatment, medical evaluation, or counseling, or any other acts that may be permissible under the healthcare licensing statutes of this state.
(5) "Person" means any individual, trust or estate, partnership, corporation (including associations, joint stock companies, and insurance companies), state, or political subdivision or instrumentality of a state.
History of Section. (P.L. 1993, ch. 107, § 1.)
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