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When Helene Lewis of Newport died in 1993 of cervical cancer after Newport Hospital mis-diagnosed four of her pap smears over eight years, protections against future mistakes were written into Rhode Island licensure criteria for lab professionals.
This year’s budget eliminated several professional license requirements, a streamlining effort cosmetology instructors say opened them to unfair competition and unregulated training, but Reps. Eilleen Naughton (D-Dist. 21 Warwick) and Gregg M. Amore (D – Dist. 25, East Providence) aim to restore license protections for barbers, hairdressers, cosmeticians, manicurists and estheticians.
