R.I. Gen. Laws § 27-20-13

Any nonprofit hospital service corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of chapter 19 of this title may, with the consent of the Rhode Island Medical Society evidenced by the affidavit of the president and secretary of the society filed in the office of the secretary of state, amend its articles of association to adopt the provisions of this chapter, and, upon that adoption, the corporation shall have and exercise all of the powers and be subject to all of the duties and responsibilities of a nonprofit medical service corporation to the same extent as though it had been incorporated as a nonprofit medical service corporation.