{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-78.1-4","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-78.1-4","heading":"Acute care hospitals.","body":"All acute care hospitals shall maintain readiness to treat stroke patients. This shall include:\n(1) Adherence with American Heart Association/American Stroke Association guidelines;\n(2) Establishment of written care protocols for the treatment of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke patients, including transfer of acute stroke patients to a comprehensive or primary stroke center as appropriate and medically indicated;\n(3) Participation in Get With The Guidelines/Stroke or other nationally recognized data set platform to collect nationally recognized stroke measures, ensuring continuous quality improvement, and facilitating the transmission of data to the statewide stroke database/registry as outlined in § 23-78.1-6;\n(4) Participation in the Rhode Island Stroke Task Force and the Stroke Coordinators Network to provide oversight for the stroke system of care and to share best practices.","path":["Title 23 Health and Safety","Chapter 78.1 Stroke Prevention and Treatment Act of 2009"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE23/23-78.1/23-78.1-4.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:57:11Z","sha256":"b2f23374e844ef4941b2c28f8881d0fbf6ff4610e76669b5eaebc3e34a51b618","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-78.1-3","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-78.1-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}