Can CAAs practice in Rhode Island?
Not authorized
No — CAAs cannot currently practice in Rhode Island.
CAAs cannot practice in Rhode Island; no licensure statute, delegation pathway, or active bill was found.
Confidence: medium. Parts of this status rest on indirect or incomplete sources; the notes below explain what is uncertain.
- Legal authority
- None — no statute or delegation pathway
- Effective
- —
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12
Notes
Searches of the 2025 and 2026 General Assembly sessions found no anesthesiologist assistant legislation; RI Department of Health licensing rules cover physician assistants but not AAs. Confidence medium — search-based verification only.