{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-5-45-12","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-45-12","heading":"Disciplinary proceedings — Grounds for discipline.","body":"(a) The department may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew any license issued under this chapter, or may reprimand, censure, or discipline a licensee or may require participation in continuing education or professional mentoring or may place an administrator on probation in accordance with the provisions of this section, upon decision and after a hearing as provided by chapter 35 of title 42, upon proof that the licensee engaged in unprofessional conduct. Unprofessional conduct includes, but is not limited to, any of the following:\n(1) Being unfit or incompetent by reason of negligence, habits, or other causes;\n(2) Violating any of the provisions of this chapter or the rules enacted in accordance with it; or acting in a manner inconsistent with the health and safety of the patients of the nursing facility in which he or she is the administrator;\n(3) Engaging in fraud or deceit in the practice of nursing home administration, or in his or her admission to this practice;\n(4) Being convicted in a court of competent jurisdiction, either within or without this state, of a felony; or\n(5) Failing to conform to minimal standards of acceptable and prevailing practice of nursing home administration.\n(b) If a nursing home administrator is placed on probation, the department may require the licensee to:\n(1) Report regularly to the department on matters that are the basis of the probation;\n(2) Limit practice to the areas prescribed by the department; or\n(3) Complete a prescribed program of continuing professional education until the licensee attains a degree of skill satisfactory to the department in those areas that are the basis of the probation.","path":["Title 5 Businesses and Professions","Chapter 45 Nursing Home Administrators"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE5/5-45/5-45-12.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T15:44:04Z","sha256":"953f94a1124f2aafcb81dec5625bc9bf60bfa0ca7c52b567a18ba772bf0981aa","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-5-45-11","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-5-45-13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}