Section 23-4.1-7.1 - Restocking of municipal ambulance supplies(a) The director of health, with the cooperation of hospitals and freestanding emergency-care facilities licensed in accordance with chapter 17 of this title, will develop a listing of supplies that are subject to mandatory restocking in accordance with subsection (b).(b) Every hospital and freestanding emergency-care facility licensed in accordance with chapter 17 of this title is required to restock supplies listed in accordance with subsection (a) that are used by a licensed, emergency-medical-services provider in transporting emergency patients to hospitals or freestanding emergency-care facilities licensed in accordance with chapter 17 of this title. Restocking will not be required:(1) In the absence of documentation of supply usage on the emergency patient's RI EMS ambulance run report; or(2) If the licensed, emergency-medical-services provider bills any third-party payer for the supplies that were used.R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-4.1-7.1
Amended by 2016 Pub. Laws, ch. 418,§ 2, eff. 7/12/2016.Amended by 2016 Pub. Laws, ch. 417,§ 2, eff. 7/12/2016. P.L. 1998, ch. 336, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 292, § 1.