In Rhode Island, may a non-clinical owner or manager be paid a share of revenue?
Ownership · part of The Practice Perimeter
Short answer
The cited rules do not settle this — they establish that splitting fees for bringing or referring a patient is unprofessional conduct, and that every officer, director and shareholder of a professional corporation must be licensed in that profession.
Unprofessional conduct includes dividing fees or agreeing to split or divide the fees received for professional services for any person for bringing to or referring a patient.
R.I. Gen. Laws §5-37-5.1(12) · verified Sep 3, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
Related Rhode Island rules
Any corporation organized under this chapter may engage in rendering professional services of not more than one of the professions enumerated in §7-5.1-2, provided that every officer, director, and shareholder of the corporation is an individual authorized to practice the profession and is employed by the corporation in that practice. No individual may be an officer, shareholder, director, or employee of any other corporation engaged in the practice of the same profession without the prior written approval of the applicable regulatory agency or agencies.
R.I. Gen. Laws §7-5.1-3(a) · verified Sep 3, 2026
Nothing in these provisions is to be construed to prohibit a corporation organized under this chapter from engaging in the practice of the following combination of professions: Physicians, dentists, registered nurses, podiatrists, optometrists, physician assistants, chiropractic physicians, physical therapists, psychologists, midwives, or nurse-midwives.
R.I. Gen. Laws §7-5.1-3(b)(1) · verified Sep 3, 2026
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