The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Rhode Island
- Level
- State
- Authority
- R.I. Gen. Laws 23-1-17, 23-17-10; emergency rulemaking 42-35-2.10
- Issued
- 2021-08-17 Aug. 17, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-08-17 (emergency rule to Feb. 10, 2022; amended Feb. 10 - Mar. 11, 2022) (read as 2021-08-17)
- End
- 2022-03-13 (inactive) (read as 2022-03-13)
- In force
- Aug. 17, 2021 to Mar. 13, 2022
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing
- Addressees
- health care workers
- health care providers licensed by the Department (including dentists)
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Dental Practices SEC-03
Operative words
'Health care provider' means any person licensed by the Department to provide... health care services, including, but not limited to, a physician, dentist, nurse, optometrist, podiatrist... By October 1, 2021, all health care workers and providers must be vaccinated against COVID-19 [subject to medical exemption]; unvaccinated individuals must wear masks and undergo twice-weekly COVID-19 testing until that deadline.
Enforcement
R.I. Gen. Laws 23-1-25; licensing discipline
Notes
Text read on rules.sos.ri.gov;
Retrieval noteText read (216-RICR-20-15-8, Requirement for Immunization Against COVID-19 for All Workers in Licensed Health Care Facilities and Other Practicing Health Care Providers; dentists named in the definition of health care provider).