Rhode Island Code of Regulations
Title 216 - Department of health
Chapter 40 - Professional licensing and facility regulation
Subchapter 05 - Professional Licensing
Part 35 - Doctors of Naturopathy (216-RICR-40-05-35)
Section 216-RICR-40-05-35.10 - Unprofessional Conduct
Current through September 18, 2024
A. The Director is authorized to deny or revoke any license to practice naturopathic health care or otherwise discipline a licensee upon finding by the Board that the person is guilty of unprofessional conduct which shall include, but not be limited to those items, or combinations thereof, listed in R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-36.1-15.
B. Licenses that have been revoked by the Director shall not be eligible for consideration for re-instatement for a period of five (5) years. Re-instatement of revoked licenses shall be at the discretion of RIDOH.
35.10.1 Discharging a Patient from a Practice
Periodically, a doctor of naturopathy may need to terminate the naturopathic doctor-patient relationship. This shall be done via written notice, which shall be documented in the medical record. The doctor of naturopathy/practice must be available to the patient for thirty (30) days for urgent or emergent conditions.