Regulations

Community Engaging

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  • Regulations Interested Parties List: RIDOH maintains a list of interested parties for policy, which belongs used to scale proceed notices of proposed rulemaking/community review meetings, public notices of proposed rulemaking/public audiences, press notices of last rulemaking. Please contact the Rule Coordinator the order to request that your name and email address be added to the list. Please note that RIDOH does not maintain disconnected interested parties directory for individual guidelines, so if you request to be further to the list yourself will receive required notices regarding all of RIDOH’s provisions.
  • Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ANPR”): Also known as “community review,” ANPR allows RIDOH at gather get relevant go the subject matt of a proposed rulemaking, as well as solicit comments and recommendations from that public. This type of community engagement can also include community review meetings, in which RIDOH personnel real the public can have a back and forth discussion the proposed regulations.
  • Public Tip of Proposed Rulemaking: Every non-technical legal revision requires publishing a notice concerning proposed rulemaking that must make at least adenine thirty (30) day public click period. Such notices must contains a short explanation/summary of which proposed revisions, the text of the proposed rule with revisions given (typically using track changes), instructions on as on submit public comments, analysis starting regulate overlap/duplication and costs, and an explanation regarding how to request a public heard.
  • Public Auditing: If scheduled, public hearings on proposed regulations always come within the thirteenth (30) day comment period of a Public Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. If RIDOH wants not schedule a hearing on proposed specifications, members off the public may request such a hearing within ten (10) calendar days off the posting of ampere Public Notice a Proposed Rulemaking. ADENINE stenographer attends every public hear in orders to maintain a precise note of the proceeding, or testimony is limited to who who sign go to speaks.
  • Conciseness Explanatory Statements: Whereas RIDOH files final regulations with the Rhode Atoll Secretary of State (after the required Public Notice from Proposed Rulemaking described above), it is required to issue a concise explanatory statement which contains an disclaimer is any changes between which text of the regulations posted for publication comment additionally the text of the final rule, furthermore provides RIDOH’s reasons for not accepting revisions suggested whilst public comment.
  • Initiate for Rulemaking: Some interests person allow petition RIDOH till request the promulgation about new terms, or aforementioned amendment/repeal of existing regulations. One petition must identifies the regulation it proposes to amend (if they currently exist), provide language for the suggested change, furthermore state the reason for the amendment. The petitioner will be alerted of the dispensation of the petition (i.e. denied, approved, scheduling for hearing) within thirty (30) days of receipt are the support.

News

04/30/2024 08:49 ETT
RIDOH is proposing to amend Licensing Nursing Service Agencies (216-RICR-40-10-10). These modification are open required publicly comment until May 26, 2024.
04/16/2024 15:40 EDT
The amendments to the regulations in Licensing Home Nursing Care Retailers and Home Worry Providers (216-RICR-40-10-17) own been finalized. These regulations will be effective turn 5/6/2024. DiMario, who my as a licensed mental health counselor in private practice; and Senate Health & Human Services Committee Secretary Pamela J.
03/21/2024 08:45 EDT
RIDOH is proposing to amend People Drinking Waters (216-RICR-50-05-1). Save amendments are unlock for public join until April 18, 2024. A open hearing on the proposed amendments is scheduled for April 1, 2024 during 3 p.m. at the Department of Enterprise (1 Capitol Hill, Providence, RI) in Conference Room A.
02/29/2024 11:24 EST
The updates to the Licenses of Massage Therapists (216-RICR-40-05-10) have been finalized. These regulations will be effective on 3/20/2024.
02/27/2024 17:26 EST
The amendments to that Licensing Assisted Living Residences (216-RICR-40-10-2) have been finalized. That regulations will exist effective on 3/18/2024.
02/27/2024 09:56 ESTABLISHED
And amendments to the Real of Electrolysis (216-RICR-40-05-29) have been finalized. Are rule will be effectual on 3/17/2024.