# Rhode Island — Certificate of need programs by US state

For Rhode Island, has con program is yes; facilities covered is hospitals, nursing facilities, home nursing-care providers, home care providers, hospice providers, inpatient rehabilitation centers, free-standing emergency care facilities, facilities providing surgical treatment, facilities providing inpatient hospice care; moratorium is New nursing facilities, nursing facility licensed beds, and increases in capacity of licensed nursing facilities (until July 1, 2022); statute citation is R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-15-2 et seq, recorded from its source on 2026-08-19; source re-checked 2026-09-01.

- **State:** Rhode Island _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Has CON program:** yes _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Facilities covered:** hospitals, nursing facilities, home nursing-care providers, home care providers, hospice providers, inpatient rehabilitation centers, free-standing emergency care facilities, facilities providing surgical treatment, facilities providing inpatient hospice care
- **Moratorium:** New nursing facilities, nursing facility licensed beds, and increases in capacity of licensed nursing facilities (until July 1, 2022).
- **Statute citation:** R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-15-2 et seq.

## What the source says

> Rhode Island Health Care Facility Licensing/Certification Agency | <http://health.ri.gov/programs/detail.php?pgm_id=1012> State of Rhode Island Department of Health / Center for Health Systems Policy and Regulation | Certificate of Need Law | <https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE23/23-15/INDEX.htm> R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-15-2 et seq. |

## Source

- https://www.ncsl.org/health/certificate-of-need-state-laws

Last verified: 2026-09-01. Review by: 2027-02-15.
Part of [Certificate of need programs by US state](https://referencesource.org/state-certificate-of-need-programs/).