R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-17.6-1: Hospitals authorized to conduct.

Any hospital licensed by the state department of health may conduct a program which meets or exceeds the minimum standards established by the ambulance service coordinating board utilizing advanced emergency medical technicians for the delivery of emergency care to the sick and injured at the scene of an emergency and during the transport to a hospital, while in the hospital emergency department, and until care responsibility is assumed by the regular hospital staff.