Initial Licensing & Renewal Information
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Nursing Home Administrators
Initial Applications
Renewals
Common Licensee Forms
Other Licensee Forms
Professional Resources
Use a continuity of care form to communicate health information and provide for the safe transition of individuals (patients/residents) who are transferred from one health environment to another (e.g. from a hospital to a nursing home or to home nursing care; from a nursing home to a hospital). MORE
Contact Information
- Licensing Unit Email: doh.elicense@health.ri.gov
- Room 105, Phone: 401-222-5960
- 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM, Weekdays
- Directions
- Parking is restricted until 3 PM
- Center for Professional Licensing, Boards, & Commissions
Resources
Frequently Asked Questions
Templates (Letters, Notices)
Guidances, Recommendations
- Clostridium difficile Management in Rhode Island Long-Term-Care Facilities
- COVID-19 Information for Nursing Homes
- Hurricane Guidance for Facilities (2013)
- Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Management in Rhode Island LongTerm Care Facilities
- Residence Closure
- Residential Care Norovirus Advisory
- RI Senior Resiliency Quick Reference Guide-Independent Living
- RI Senior Resiliency Quick Reference Guide-Long Term Care Facilities
- RIVERS Death Medical Certifier Training Guide