Rhode Island General Laws Title 5. Businesses and Professions § 5-48.1-2. Definitions

(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.