R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-4.1-7.1: Restocking of municipal ambulance supplies.

(a) The director of health, with the cooperation of hospitals and freestanding emergency-care facilities licensed in accordance with chapter 17 of this title, will develop a listing of supplies that are subject to mandatory restocking in accordance with subsection (b).

(b) Every hospital and freestanding emergency-care facility licensed in accordance with chapter 17 of this title is required to restock supplies listed in accordance with subsection (a) that are used by a licensed, emergency-medical-services provider in transporting emergency patients to hospitals or freestanding emergency-care facilities licensed in accordance with chapter 17 of this title. Restocking will not be required:

(1) In the absence of documentation of supply usage on the emergency patient’s RI EMS ambulance run report; or

(2) If the licensed, emergency-medical-services provider bills any third-party payer for the supplies that were used.