§ 5-37-12. Unauthorized practice of medicine.
Any person who is not lawfully authorized to practice medicine within this state, and registered according to law, who practices medicine or surgery or attempts to practice medicine or surgery, or any of the branches of medicine or surgery, after having received or with the intent of receiving, either directly or indirectly, any bonus, gift, or compensation, or who opens an office with intent to practice medicine, or holds himself or herself out to the public as a practitioner of medicine, whether by appending to his or her name the title of doctor or any abbreviation, or M.D., or any other title or designation implying a practitioner of medicine, or in any other way, shall be imprisoned not more than three (3) years, or fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or shall suffer both fine and imprisonment; and in no case when any provision of this chapter has been violated shall the person violating these provisions be entitled to receive compensation for services rendered.
History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 165, § 8; P.L. 1901, ch. 926, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 193, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 159, § 8; P.L. 1927, ch. 1029, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 275, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 5-37-12; P.L. 1964, ch. 193, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 5 - Businesses and Professions
Chapter 5-37 - Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline
Section 5-37-1. - Definitions.
Section 5-37-1.2. - Examining committees.
Section 5-37-1.3. - Board of medical licensure and discipline — Powers and duties.
Section 5-37-1.4. - Director — Powers and duties.
Section 5-37-2. - License to practice — Qualifications of applicants — Fee — Reexamination.
Section 5-37-2.1. - Recertification — Continuing medical education.
Section 5-37-3. - Itinerants disqualified.
Section 5-37-4. - Refusal of licensure.
Section 5-37-5.1. - Unprofessional conduct.
Section 5-37-5.2. - Complaints.
Section 5-37-5.3. - Specification of charges.
Section 5-37-5.4. - Time and notice of hearing.
Section 5-37-6. - Subpoenas — Contempt.
Section 5-37-6.1. - Report of hearing.
Section 5-37-6.2. - Decision of the board.
Section 5-37-6.3. - Sanctions.
Section 5-37-7. - Appeal from the decision of the director.
Section 5-37-8. - Grounds for discipline without hearing.
Section 5-37-9.1. - Requirements relating to professional conduct.
Section 5-37-9.2. - Physician profiles — Public access to data.
Section 5-37-10. - Biannual registration, physicians — Annual registration, hospitals.
Section 5-37-11. - Inactive list.
Section 5-37-12. - Unauthorized practice of medicine.
Section 5-37-13. - [Repealed.]
Section 5-37-14. - Exceptions to licensure requirement — Immunity from liability.
Section 5-37-15. - Practice of religious beliefs.
Section 5-37-16. - Limited registrations.
Section 5-37-16.1. - Limited registration — Academic faculty.
Section 5-37-16.2. - Exceptions to licensure requirement.
Section 5-37-17. - Power to examine individuals.
Section 5-37-18. - Prescription slips.
Section 5-37-18.1. - Physicians required to authorize product selection.
Section 5-37-18.2. - Penalty for violating § 5-37-18 or § 5-37-18.1.
Section 5-37-19. - Blank prescriptions.
Section 5-37-20. - Acupuncture.
Section 5-37-21. - Fee splitting.
Section 5-37-22. - Disclosures.
Section 5-37-23. - Over-billing reward program.
Section 5-37-24. - [Repealed.]
Section 5-37-25. - Violations — Penalties.
Section 5-37-25.1. - Injunction of violations.
Section 5-37-26. - Medical forms.
Section 5-37-27. - Severability.
Section 5-37-28. - Communications of information among healthcare facilities.
Section 5-37-29. - Hospital responsibility to take action based upon adverse information received.
Section 5-37-30. - Closure of medical practice — Preservation of records.
Section 5-37-31. - Mammograms — Quality assurance standards.
Section 5-37-32. - Pap smears — Quality assurance standards.