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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-28 > Chapter-28-31 > 28-31-3SECTION 28-31-3
§ 28-31-3 Medical treatment provided bystate or municipality as employer. – The medical treatment required to be rendered by an employer to an injuredemployee under the provisions of § 28-33-5, if the employer is the state,shall be rendered under the direction of a physician appointed for that purposeby the director of the department of administration. If the employer is a townor city, the medical treatment shall be rendered by a physician appointed forthat purpose by the town council of the town or the city council of the city;provided, that in an emergency it shall be the duty of the division,department, officer, or other person having direct charge of an injuredemployee to see that treatment is promptly provided for the aid of thatemployee until the physician appointed as provided in this section has noticeand can take charge of the case. Nothing contained in this section shall beconstrued to prohibit an employee from selecting the physician by whom, or thehospital in which, the employee desires to be treated as provided in §28-33-8. All expenses incurred under this section, not exceeding the sumrequired by law to be expended therefor, shall in the case of the state becertified to the state controller by the department of administration, and inthe case of a city or town to the treasurer thereof by the physician appointedas provided in this section, and those expenses shall be paid as is providedfor other payments required to be made by the state, a city, or town underchapters 29 – 38 of this title.
