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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024 | |
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H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N | |
PROCLAIMING APRIL 14-20 OF 2024 TO BE "MEDICAL LABORATORY | |
PROFESSIONALS WEEK" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Shallcross Smith, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Chippendale, | |
Date Introduced: April 11, 2024 | |
Referred To: House read and passed | |
1 | WHEREAS, Medical Laboratory Professionals Week began in 1975 as National Medical |
2 | Laboratory Week under the auspices of the American Society for Medical Technology; and |
3 | WHEREAS, The 2024 theme for Medical Laboratory Professionals Week is "The Future |
4 | is Lab", in celebration of the laboratory professionals who protect our future by skillfully |
5 | adapting to meet today's evolving patient care and public health challenges with resilience, |
6 | innovation, and expertise; and |
7 | WHEREAS, The health of all Rhode Islanders depends upon educated minds and trained |
8 | hands; and |
9 | WHEREAS, The practice of modern medicine at the exacting standards we now enjoy |
10 | would be impossible without the scientific tests performed daily in a medical laboratory; and |
11 | WHEREAS, Maintenance of these standards and progress toward improvement in the |
12 | quality of laboratory services depends on the dedicated efforts of professional clinical laboratory |
13 | science practitioners; and |
14 | WHEREAS, Through this dedication, the medical laboratories of the United States have |
15 | made vital contributions to the quality of our nation's health care; now, therefore be it |
16 | RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby |
17 | proclaims April 14-20 of 2024 to be "Medical Laboratory Professionals Week" in the State of |
18 | Rhode Island; and be it further |
19 | RESOLVED, That this House furthermore thanks all of the dedicated laboratory |
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1 | professionals in the State of Rhode Island who work tirelessly to protect the health and well-being |
2 | of our State's residents; and be it further |
3 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
4 | transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the Acting Director of the Rhode Island |
5 | Department of Health, Ms. Staci A. Fischer, MD, FACP, FIDSA, Maddie Josephs, Chair, Allied |
6 | Rehabilitative Health Department at CCRI, Leslie Martineau, Systems Director Laboratory |
7 | Services, Wound Care and Sleep Disorders at CharterCare, and Betsy Reilly, Retired Cytologist |
8 | and Pathology Manager at Women & Infants Hospital. |
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