Information for Healthcare Providers

What You Should Do

• Stay up to date on news and advisories for healthcare providers. (more)
• Apply for and renew your professional license. (more)
• Follow the state rules and regulations for your profession. (more)
• Adopt health information technology in your office. (more)
• Participate in Kidsnet, if you are a child health provider. (more)
• Report certain diseases and conditions to the Department. + Report certain diseases and conditions to the Department. -
  • Birth Defects
  • Animal Bites
  • Communicable Diseases
  • HIV/AIDS (Adult, Confidential)
  • Lyme Disease
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Tuberculosis Instuctions Latent Latent Completion of Therapy

   

• Find healthcare provider resources by health topic. + Find healthcare provider resources by health topic. -
  • Breastfeeding
  • Diabetes
  • First Connections Home Visiting
  • Flu
  • Oral Health
  • Healthy Weight
  • HIV
  • Immunization
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Kidsnet
  • Lead Poisoning
  • Medical Marijuana
  • Newborn Screening
  • Opioid Prescribing
  • Sexual Health
  • Special Healthcare Needs
  • STDs
  • Title X Family Planning
  • Tobacco
  • Women's Cancer Screening Program
• Get involved in one of our advisory committees. + Get involved in one of our advisory committees. -
  • Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline
  • Nursing Registration and Nursing Education Board
  • Primary Care Physicians Advisory Committee
  • Health Information Exchange Advisory Commission
  • Chronic Care Collaborative
  • Physicians for Breastfeeding Committee
  • Diabetes Council
  • Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Steering Committee
  • Stroke Taskforce
  • National Health Service Corps

What We Do

• License, certify, and discipline many Rhode Island professionals, facilities, and organizations. (more)
• Monitor the prevalence of diseases in the community and investigate, control, and prevent outbreaks. (more)
• Provide adult and childhood vaccines to healthcare providers. (more)
• Promote and support the use of health information technology. (more)
• Facilitate the collection and appropriate sharing of child health data. (more)
• Place parent consultants in child healthcare practices to assist physicians in serving children with special healthcare needs and their families. (more)
• Review and approve J-1 visa waiver applications for foreign physicians. (more)