§ 23-17.17-8 - Annual hospital staffing report. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 23-17.17-8

   § 23-17.17-8  Annual hospital staffingreport. – (a) Annually in the month of January, every licensed hospital shall submit tothe Rhode Island department of health, its core-staffing plan. Such plan shallspecify for each patient care unit and each shift, the number of registerednurses, licensed practical nurses and/or certified nursing assistants who shallordinarily be assigned to provide direct patient care and the average number ofpatients upon which such staffing levels are based.

   (b) For the purposes of this section:

   (1) "Core-staffing plan" shall mean the projected complementof nonmanagerial nursing staff that shall be assigned on each shift to aspecified patient care unit.

   (2) "Nonmanagerial nursing staff" shall mean registerednurses, licensed practical nurses and/or certified nursing assistants whoperform nonmanagerial direct patient care functions for more than fifty percent(50%) of their scheduled hours on a given patient care unit.

   (3) "Patient care unit" shall mean a designated area forassigning patients and staff for which discrete budget and staffing plans exist.