§ 5-37-6.3. Sanctions.
If the accused is found guilty of unprofessional conduct as described in § 5-37-6.2, the director, at the direction of the board, shall impose one or more of the following conditions:
(1) Administer a reprimand;
(2) Suspend or limit or restrict his or her license or limited registration to practice medicine;
(3) Require him or her to serve a period of probation subject to certain conditions and requirements including, where appropriate, sanctions or restitution;
(4) Revoke indefinitely his or her license or limited registration to practice medicine;
(5) Require him or her to submit to the care, counseling, or treatment of a physician or program acceptable to the board;
(6) Require him or her to participate in a program of continuing medical education in the area or areas in which he or she has been judged deficient;
(7) Require him or her to practice under the direction of a physician in a public institution, public or private healthcare program, or private practice for a period of time specified by the board;
(8) Assess against the physician the administrative costs of the proceedings instituted against the physician under this chapter; provided, that this assessment does not exceed thirty thousand dollars ($30,000);
(9) Any other conditions or restrictions deemed appropriate under the circumstances.
History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 301, § 6; P.L. 1999, ch. 354, § 7; P.L. 2021, ch. 396, § 1, effective July 14, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 397, § 1, effective July 14, 2021.
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.