Establishes the Rhode Island Ban on the Corporate Practice of Medicine Act to regulate corporate ownership of medical practices.
The Rhode Island Ban on the Corporate Practice of Medicine Act aims to regulate the ownership of medical practices by unlicensed corporate and other business entities. It prohibits individuals, corporations, partnerships, or any other entities without proper licensure from engaging in the practice of medicine. Exceptions include safety net clinics, public hospitals, health and hospital districts, school-based health clinics, and tribal health clinics. The act mandates that medical practices must be majority-owned and managed by licensed physicians.
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