§ 16-32-8. Policy as to pharmacy college education and intervention program related to the use and misuse of medication and alcohol by the elderly.
(a) The general assembly declares that it views with favor and approves as a matter of public policy the establishment of a college of pharmacy within the University of Rhode Island to assume the educational functions of the Rhode Island College of Pharmacy and Allied Sciences.
(b) The general assembly declares that there is a need for an education and intervention program related to the use of medication and alcohol by the elderly in elderly housing. The general assembly finds: (1) that the elderly population has the highest use of prescription medication, (2) that many elderly persons do not have an appropriate and complete understanding of their medication use and that the elderly need to improve their quality of life, maintain their ambulatory status, and identify specific medication and alcohol-related problems at an early stage.
(c) The University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy shall initiate an on-site support program for the elderly to foster the appropriate use and to help prevent the misuse of prescription medications and alcohol by the elderly. The program shall focus on both short-term intervention and long-term support. Pharmacists trained in the area of alcohol and drug use and misuse by the elderly shall be placed at a number of selected senior housing units within the state.
History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3644, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 16-32-8; P.L. 1988, ch. 650, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Section 16-32-1. - Change of former name.
Section 16-32-2. - Board of Trustees established.
Section 16-32-2.1. - Additional powers of the President of the University.
Section 16-32-2.2. - Appointment and removal of the board of trustees.
Section 16-32-3. - Purposes of university.
Section 16-32-4. - Location — Application of federal funds.
Section 16-32-5. - Authority over experiment station.
Section 16-32-6. - Activities of experiment station.
Section 16-32-7. - Duties required by federal acts — Annual report to general assembly.
Section 16-32-9. - Annual appropriations.
Section 16-32-10. - Award of degrees — Curriculum and government.
Section 16-32-11. - Power to guarantee loans.
Section 16-32-12. - Acquisition of land — Guaranty of loans to societies of students.
Section 16-32-13. - Investment of state funds in student loans.
Section 16-32-14. - Maximum guarantees outstanding.
Section 16-32-15. - Assumption of defaulted obligations — Lien on property.
Section 16-32-16. - Marine biology department — Laboratory.
Section 16-32-17. - Appropriations for marine biology.
Section 16-32-19 - — 16-32-24. Repealed.
Section 16-32-25. - Establishment of college of pharmacy fund.
Section 16-32-26. - Management of college of pharmacy fund.
Section 16-32-27. - Establishment of landscaping fund.
Section 16-32-28. - Management of rotary fund.
Section 16-32-29. - Applied engineering laboratory.
Section 16-32-30. - Geographic information system — Laboratory.
Section 16-32-31. - Appropriations for geographic information system laboratory.
Section 16-32-32. - Exemption from provisions of administrative procedures act.
Section 16-32-33. - Receipts from sources other than appropriations.
Section 16-32-34. - Fiscal accounts — Receipts — Petty cash funds.
Section 16-32-35. - Audit of expenditures.
Section 16-32-36. - Freedom from budget and lease control by other agencies.
Section 16-32-38. - Permanent status for non-classified employees.
Section 16-32-39. - Longevity payments — Non-classified employees.
Section 16-32-40. - Appointment of campus police.