🩺 Urgent Care / Walk-In Clinic · Rhode Island
Rhode Island: medical director for a urgent care / walk-in clinic
Whether Rhode Island requires a physician medical director for a urgent care / walk-in clinic, the qualifications, duties and the rule it comes from.
Qualifications
Physician (or dentist, as appropriate) licensed in Rhode Island.
Duties the rule assigns
- Ensure the achievement and maintenance of the quality of health care services
- Establish policies and procedures for health care services based on recognized standards of practice
Notes
Applies to 'Organized Ambulatory Care Facilities' (OACFs) — defined as structurally distinct establishments constituted/staffed/equipped to deliver 'ambulatory AND URGENT health care services,' squarely covering urgent care/walk-in clinics. CARVE-OUT: the definition EXCLUDES facilities owned by a professional service corporation or an individual practitioner's own office — a PC-owned urgent care may fall outside this rule; confirm entity structure. Physician/dentist must be 'accessible during hours of operation,' not necessarily on-site.
Sources (1)
Every agreement Rhode Island names · Urgent Care / Walk-In Clinic in other states