R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-6-32 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-6 / Section 5-6-32
§ 5-6-32. Authority of director to assess penalty.
Status: in_force

(a) The director may assess an administrative penalty on any person, firm, or corporation for any violation of the provisions of this chapter, after notice and a hearing, before and upon the recommendation of the board of examiners of electricians in the amount of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) for the first violation and two thousand dollars ($2,000) for a subsequent violation. Each individual person acting in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall constitute a separate offense to any person, firm, or corporation assessed a penalty under this section. All funds collected by the labor and training department under this section shall be placed in the restricted receipts account created pursuant to § 28-22-1.1. This section is in addition to any other action provided by law for violations of this chapter.

(b) The chief of the section shall act as an investigator with respect to the enforcement of all the provisions of law relative to the licensing of electricians and, to this effect, whenever a complaint is made by the chief of the section to the director of the department of labor and training, or his or her designee, that the provisions of this chapter are being violated, the director of the department of labor and training, or his or her designee, may issue an order to cease and desist from that violation and may impose the above penalties against the violator and against the contractor.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-54-28 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-54 / Section 5-54-28
§ 5-54-28. Participation in charitable and voluntary care.
Status: in_force

A physician assistant licensed in this state, or licensed or authorized to practice in any other U.S. jurisdiction, or who is credentialed by a federal employer or meets the licensure requirements of his or her requisite federal agency as a physician assistant may volunteer to render such care that he or she is able to provide at a childrens summer camp or for a public or community event or in a licensed ambulatory health center providing free care. Such care must be rendered without compensation or remuneration. It is the obligation of the physician assistant to assure adequate and appropriate professional liability coverage.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-34-43 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-34 / Section 5-34-43
§ 5-34-43. Criminal records review.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary contained in any general or public law, rule, or regulation, any person seeking a license to practice under this chapter, or who is previously licensed and authorized to practice under this chapter and is seeking employment, shall undergo a federal and statewide criminal background check (BCI) that shall be processed prior to receiving a license to practice or to enter into employment.

(b) The applicant shall apply to the bureau of criminal identification for a national criminal records check that shall include fingerprints submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Upon the discovery of any disqualifying information, the bureau of criminal identification will inform the applicant in writing of the nature of the disqualifying information and, without disclosing the nature of the disqualifying information, will notify the licensing agency or the potential employer in writing that disqualifying information has been discovered.

(c) The applicant against whom disqualifying information has been found may request that a copy of the criminal background report be sent to the licensing agency or the potential employer. The licensing agency or the potential employer shall make a judgment regarding the issuing of a license.

(d) In those situations in which no disqualifying information has been found, the bureau of criminal identification shall inform the applicant and the licensing agency or the potential employer in writing of this fact.

(e) It shall be the responsibility of the applicant to pay for the criminal records check.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-20-17 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-20 / Section 5-20-17
§ 5-20-17. Qualifications of journeyperson  Application fee.
Status: in_force

No application for a journeypersons license shall be filed at the department of labor and training nor shall any applicant be permitted to take the examination for a license as a journeyperson plumber, unless:

(1) The application is accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee of seventy-five dollars ($75.00); and

(2) The applicant shall have possessed, for at least four (4) years prior to the filing of the application, a certificate of registration in full force and effect from the department of labor and training specifying that person as a registered apprentice plumber pursuant to § 28-45-13 and the application of that applicant is accompanied with an affidavit or affidavits of the applicants employer or former employers or other reasonably satisfactory evidence showing that the applicant has been actually engaged in plumbing work as an apprentice plumber in the state of Rhode Island for eight thousand (8,000) hours of on-the-job training during a five-year (5) period, which shall include the successful completion of five hundred seventy-six (576) hours of related instruction at a training program recognized by the department of labor and training; provided, however, the apprentice may receive credit for one hundred forty-four (144) hours of classroom training applied against the five hundred seventy-six (576) hours required pursuant to this section, gained in a vocational school authorized by the council on elementary and secondary education; and approved by the Rhode Island department of labor and training state apprenticeship council.

(3) The application is accompanied with an affidavit or other reasonably satisfactory evidence showing that the applicant has been a registered student in a recognized college, university, or trade school and has pursued a course of plumbing or sanitary engineering for at least two (2) academic years; or

(4) The applicant is the recipient of an associate degree in either plumbing or sanitary engineering, and has been registered by the department of labor and training as an apprentice plumber for at least two (2) years and at all times while being employed as a registered apprentice plumber by a duly licensed master plumber in this state for a period of two (2) years; or

(5) The application is accompanied by an affidavit or other reasonably satisfactory evidence showing that the applicant possesses a certificate of license, issued under the laws of another state, provided that the requirements are the same as the state specifying that person as a journeyperson plumber.

(6) The records of the hours of on-the-job training and the hours of related instruction completed as part of the registered apprenticeship program pursuant to § 28-45-9 should be maintained in a mutually responsible manner, through a joint effort on the part of the master plumber and the apprentice and provided as part of the application.

(7) The completed application is to be filed with the department at least fifteen (15) days prior to the examination date.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-51-13 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-51 / Section 5-51-13
§ 5-51-13. Partnerships, limited-liability partnerships, corporations, and limited-liability companies.
Status: in_force

(a) Partnerships, limited-liability partnerships, corporations, and limited-liability companies may not be licensed as registered to practice landscape architecture or to use any form of the title landscape architect in connection with the corporate or partnership company name unless authorized by this chapter.

(b)(1) The right to engage in the practice of landscape architecture shall be a personal right, based upon the qualifications of the individual evidenced by his or her license and shall not be transferable.

(2) No person shall practice landscape architecture, or use the title landscape architect, or any title, sign, card, or device to indicate that this person is practicing landscape architecture, or is a landscape architect, unless that person has secured from the board a license in the provided manner.

(3) All final drawings, specifications, plans, reports, or other papers or documents involving the practice of landscape architecture, as defined in § 5-51-1, for use in this state shall be dated, and shall bear the signature and seal of the landscape architect or landscape architects who prepared or personally supervised their preparation.

(c) The practice or offer to practice landscape architecture as defined by this chapter by a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited-liability partnership, corporation, or limited-liability company (hereafter the firm), through one or more landscape architects licensed under the provisions of this chapter, shall be permitted; provided, that those licensed landscape architect(s): (1) Shall be in direct control of the practice; (2) Shall exercise personal supervision of all personnel who act on behalf of the firm in professional and technical matters; (3) Are registered under the provisions of this chapter; and (4) The firm has been issued a certificate of authorization by the board of examiners of landscape architects.

(d)(1) Within one year after enactment of this chapter, every firm must obtain a certificate of authorization from the board, and those individuals in direct control of the practice, and who exercise direct supervision of all personnel who act on behalf of the firm in professional and technical matters, must be registered with the board.

(2) The certificate of authorization shall be issued by the board upon satisfaction of the provisions of this chapter and the payment of the required fee. This fee shall be waived if the firm consists of only one person who is the person in responsible charge.

(e)(1) Every firm desiring a certificate of authorization must file with the board an application on a form provided by the board. Every certificate of authorization shall be valid for a period of two (2) years and shall expire on the last day of June of each even-numbered year following its issuance.

(2) A separate form provided by the board shall be filed with each renewal of the certificate of authorization. In addition, each firm shall complete a renewal form within thirty (30) days of the time any information previously filed with the board has changed, is no longer true or valid, or has been revised for any reason.

(3) If, in its judgment, the information contained on the application and renewal form is satisfactory and complete, the board shall issue a certificate of authorization for the firm to practice landscape architecture in this state.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-2-3.1 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-2 / Section 5-2-3.1
§ 5-2-3.1. Billiard table defined.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the term billiard table means and shall include billiard tables, pool tables, and pocket billiard tables.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-2-9 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-2 / Section 5-2-9
§ 5-2-9. Sunday operation of bowling alleys and billiard tables.
Status: in_force

(a) Town or city councils or licensing authorities in any city or town may permit licensees operating bowling alleys, or persons paying a tax for the operation of a bowling alley, to operate rooms or places where bowling, or playing of billiards, or pocket billiards at establishments with three (3) or more billiard tables for a fee or charge may be engaged in by patrons of those rooms or places on the first day of the week, subject to any restrictions and regulations that the city or town council or licensing authority designates; provided, that the operation of bowling alleys or rooms or places where bowling, playing of billiards, or pocket billiards at establishments with three (3) or more billiard tables for a fee or charge is permitted on the first day of the week only between the hours of one oclock (1:00) p.m. and twelve oclock (12:00) midnight; and provided, that no bowling alley or rooms or places where bowling, playing of billiards, or pocket billiards for a fee or charge is operated on the first day of the week within two hundred feet (200²) of a place of public worship used for public worship.

(b) The operation of any bowling alley, room, or place between any hour on the last day of the week and one oclock (1:00) a.m. on the first day of the week is not a violation of this section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-48-4 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-48 / Section 5-48-4
§ 5-48-4. Board examiners  Seal  Authentication of records.
Status: in_force

The board shall adopt the state seal by which it authenticates its proceedings. Copies of the proceedings, records, and acts of the board, and certificates purporting to relate the facts concerning those proceedings, records, and acts, signed by the secretary and authenticated by that seal, shall be evidence in all courts of this state.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-40-13 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-40 / Section 5-40-13
§ 5-40-13. Grounds for discipline of licensees.
Status: in_force

(a) The board has power to deny, revoke, or suspend any license issued by the department or applied for in accordance with this chapter, or to discipline a person licensed under this chapter, upon proof that the person has engaged in unprofessional conduct including, but not limited to:

(1) Fraud or deceit in procuring, or attempting to procure, a license or in the practice of physical therapy;

(2) Is habitually intemperate or is addicted to the use of habit-forming drugs;

(3) Is mentally or professionally incompetent;

(4) Has repeatedly violated any of the provisions of this chapter;

(5) Providing services to a person who is making a claim as a result of a personal injury, who charges or collects from the person any amount in excess of the reimbursement to the physical therapist by the insurer as a condition of providing or continuing to provide services or treatment;

(6) Conviction, including a plea of nolo contendere, of one or more of the offenses listed in §23-17-37;

(7) Abandonment of a patient;

(8) Promotion by a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant of the sale of drugs, devices, appliances, or goods or services provided for a patient in a manner as to exploit the patient for the financial gain of the physical therapist or physical therapist assistant;

(9) Making or filing false reports or records in the practice of physical therapy;

(10) Repeated failure to file or record, or impede or obstruct a filing or recording, or inducing another person to fail to file or record physical therapy reports;

(11) Failure to furnish patient records upon proper request;

(12) Practice as a physical therapist assistant without supervision by a physical therapist licensed in the state of Rhode Island;

(13) Incompetent or negligent misconduct in the practice of physical therapy;

(14) Revocation, suspension, surrender, or limitation of privilege based on quality of care provided or disciplinary action against a license to practice as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant in another state, jurisdiction, or country;

(15) Failure to furnish the board, administrator, investigator, or representatives information legally requested by the board;

(16) Violation of this chapter or any of the rules and regulations or departure from or failure to conform to the current standards of acceptable and prevailing practice and code of ethics of physical therapy;

(17) Practicing, or offering to practice, beyond the scope of the practice of physical therapy.

(b) Whenever a patient seeks or receives treatment from a physical therapist without referral from a doctor of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, podiatry, chiropractic, physician assistant, or certified registered nurse practitioner, the physical therapist shall:

(1) Disclose to the patient, in writing, the scope and limitations of the practice of physical therapy and obtain his or her consent in writing; and

(2) Refer the patient to a doctor of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, podiatry, or chiropractic within ninety (90) days after the date treatment commenced; provided, that a physical therapist is not required to make this referral after treatment is concluded.

(3) [Deleted by P.L. 2017, ch. 130, §1 and P.L. 2017, ch. 312, §1].

(c) For purposes of this chapter and notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or any rules or regulations adopted by the board, any person licensed or registered under this chapter who is a bona fide employee or independent contractor of a physician or a physician group entitled to wages and compensation pursuant to such employment or contract, or is a co-owner of a physical therapy practice with a physician group, shall not be deemed to be engaged in conduct unbecoming a person licensed or registered under this chapter, or to be engaged in conduct detrimental to the best interest of the public, or to be in violation of any other provision of this chapter by virtue of any of the above relationships, and shall not be subject to licensure denial, suspension, revocation, or any other disciplinary action or penalty under this chapter:

(1) Solely by virtue of such employment or contract; or

(2) Solely by virtue of the provision of physical therapy services pursuant to a referral from the employing or contracting physician or physician group.

Any such interest referenced in this paragraph shall be in accordance with federal and state law, specifically including, but not limited to, chapter 48.1 of this title.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-72-3 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-72 / Section 5-72-3
§ 5-72-3. Revocation of license.
Status: in_force

If the owner, operator, licensee, lessor, lessee, manager, employee, or any other person participating in the operation of an establishment located within the town of Johnston at which alcoholic beverages are offered for sale for consumption on the premises shall violate or is in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, the town council may revoke the license for the establishment after giving reasonable notice to the holder of the license and affording the holder an opportunity to be heard as to why the revocation should not be issued.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-49-15 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-49 / Section 5-49-15
§ 5-49-15. Board  Creation  Composition  Appointment and terms.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established a board of hearing aid dealers and fitters that guides, advises, and makes recommendations to the department.

(b)(1) Members of the board shall be residents of the state.

(2) The board shall consist of three (3) hearing aid dealers and fitters; one otolaryngologist; one audiologist; and one lay member who shall be a user of hearing aids and not employed in the practice of fitting and dealing in hearing aids.

(3) Each hearing aid dealer and fitter on the board shall have no less than five (5) years experience and hold a valid license as a hearing aid dealer and fitter, as provided under this chapter.

(4) Excepted shall be the hearing aid dealers and fitters of the first board appointed, who have no less than five (5) years of experience and fulfill all qualifications under § 5-49-7 as provided under this chapter.

(c) All members of the board shall be appointed by the governor.

(d) The term of office of each member shall be three (3) years; except that of the members of the first board appointed under this chapter, two (2) shall be appointed for two (2) years; two (2) shall be appointed for three (3) years; and two (2) shall be appointed for four (4) years.

(e) Before a members term expires, the governor shall appoint a successor to assume his or her duties on the expiration of his or her predecessors term. Upon expiration of the term of office, a member shall continue to serve until a successor is appointed and qualified.

(f) A vacancy in the office of a member shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term.

(g) A majority of seats filled shall constitute a quorum.

(h) The members of the board shall annually designate one member to serve as chair and another to serve as secretary-treasurer.

(i) No member of the board who has served two (2) or more full terms may be reappointed to the board until at least one year after the expiration of their most recent full term of office.

(j) Members of the board shall not be compensated for their services on the board.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-86-12 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-86 / Section 5-86-12
§ 5-86-12. Limitation of practice.
Status: in_force

The board shall ensure through regulations and enforcement that licensees limit their practice to demonstrated areas of competence as documented by relevant professional education, training, and experience.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-20-8 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-20 / Section 5-20-8
§ 5-20-8. Practices for which masters license required.
Status: in_force

No person shall engage in this state in the business of plumbing as a master plumber, or irrigation as a master irrigator, or commercial water-filtration/treatment work as a master water-filtration/treatment-system installer; or as an employer of a journeyperson plumber, journeyperson irrigator, journeyperson water-filtration/treatment-system installer or plumbers apprentice, or apprentice irrigator, or apprentice water-filtration/treatment-system installer; or enter into contracts or agreements for the installation, maintenance, or repair of plumbing or irrigation systems or water-filtration/treatment systems; or perform any of the acts specified in this chapter for performance by a master plumber, master irrigator, or master water-filtration/treatment-system installer; or advertise or represent in any form or manner that they are a master plumber, master irrigator, or master water-filtration/treatment-system installer; or that they will install plumbing, irrigation systems, or commercial water-filtration/treatment systems, unless that person possesses a certificate of license in full force and effect from the department of labor and training specifying that person as a master plumber, master irrigator, or master water-filtration/treatment-system installer. That person shall carry the certificate on their person at all times while so engaged, and shall affix their plumbers license number or master irrigators license number to any contract they execute or bid filed with any person for their professional services and to any applicable permit required for the performance of those services.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-70-3 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-70 / Section 5-70-3
§ 5-70-3. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(1) Design means the act of creating a document, either manually or electronically, that defines the layout, placement, and/or configuration of telecommunication devices, infrastructure components, and/or physical topology(s); trunking or distribution routing(s) and/or their material components; telecommunication outlet locations and/or their material components; telecommunication closet locations and/or their material components for the purpose of defining telecommunication work licensed within this chapter. This definition does not include the recording of changes to a design document that reflect field changes made during installation of the telecommunication system detailed in the design document.

(2) Residential dwelling means a dwelling with one or more rooms for the use of one or more persons as a housekeeping unit with space for eating, living, and sleeping, and permanent provisions for sanitation.

(3) Telecommunication device means an analog or digital electronic device that processes data, telephony, video, or sound transmission as part of a telecommunications system.

(4) Telecommunications systems means any system involved in the sending and/or receiving at a distance of voice, sound, data, and/or video transmissions.

(5) Telecommunications systems contractors means a corporation, firm, or person who or that, by the employment of licensed telecommunications installers and technicians, performs the work of telecommunications systems in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

(6) Telecommunications systems limited installer means a person who, by reason of his or her knowledge of general principles and fundamentals of telecommunications systems installation, including relevant codes and regulations, is qualified to engage in the installation of telecommunications system equipment as attested to by his or her licensing as a telecommunications system limited installer in this state.

(7) Telecommunications systems technician means a person who, by reason of his or her knowledge of the mathematical and physical sciences, and the principles, functions, and fundamentals of one or more of the categories of telecommunications systems defined under provisions of this chapter acquired by professional education and/or practical experience, shall be qualified to engage in telecommunications work as attested by his or her licensing as a telecommunications system technician in this state.

(8) The category data communications means use or operation of apparatus for transmission of digitized information between distant points with or without connecting wires.

(9) The category sound means use or operation of apparatus for transmission of sounds and especially music and/or speech between distant points with or without connecting wires for broadcast or disbursement over a defined area.

(10) The category telephony means use or operation of apparatus for transmission of sounds and especially speech between distant points with or without connecting wires.

(11) The category video communications means use or operation of apparatus for transmission of image(s) between distant points reproduced through electrical or other means with or without connecting wires.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-57-2 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-57 / Section 5-57-2
§ 5-57-2. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words, and their derivations have the meaning given in this chapter. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the plural number include the singular number and words used in the singular number include the plural number:

(1) Alarm agent means any individual employed within this state by an alarm business, whose duties include the altering, installing, maintaining, moving, repairing, replacing, selling, or servicing of an alarm system or responding to, or causing others to respond to, an alarm system.

(2) Alarm business means and includes any business, both resident and nonresident, engaged in the installation, maintenance, alteration, repair, replacement, or servicing of alarm systems or that responds to, or causes others to respond to, those alarm systems at a protected premises within this state. Any alarm business licensed under this chapter must maintain a twenty-four-hour-per-day (24) service structure, the terms and conditions of which or procedures for implementation are established by the licensing authority through rules and regulations.

(3) Alarm system means an assembly of equipment and devices (or a single device such as a solid-state unit that plugs directly into a 110-volt AC line) designed to detect and signal an unauthorized intrusion into premises or to signal an attempted robbery at premises, and with respect to that signal, police or private guards are expected to respond. Fire-alarm systems and alarm systems that monitor temperature, humidity, or any other condition not directly related to the detection of an unauthorized intrusion into premises or an attempted robbery at premises are excluded from the provisions of this chapter.

(4) Department means the division of professional regulation within the department of labor and training.

(5) Director means the director of the department of labor and training.

(6) Licensing authority means the department of labor and training.

(7) Notify by mail, when used to notify an applicant of approval of a license or I.D. card; or when used to forward a license or permanent I.D. card to the licensee or I.D. card holder means first-class mail. When used to notify an applicant, licensee, or I.D. card holder of intent to refuse or deny an application, or suspend or revoke the license or I.D. card, or to notify a licensee, applicant, or I.D. card holder of final refusal, denial, suspension, or revocation of that application, license, or I.D. card, the term notify by mail means certified mail, return receipt requested.

(8) Owner means a person who holds an interest of twenty-five percent (25%), directly or indirectly, or more in an alarm business.

(9) Person means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, or organization of any nature.

(10) Principal corporate officer means the president, vice president, treasurer, secretary, and comptroller as well as any other person who performs functions for the corporation corresponding to those performed by the preceding officers.

(11) Subscriber means a person or business that buys or obtains an alarm system and has a contract with an alarm business to monitor and/or service the alarm system.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-70-10 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-70 / Section 5-70-10
§ 5-70-10. Application.
Status: in_force

(a)(1) Applications for licenses required by the provisions of this chapter shall be filed with the licensing authority through the department of labor and training, division of professional regulation, on a form provided by the licensing authority.

(2) If the applicant is an individual the application shall be subscribed and sworn to by the individual. If the applicant is a firm, partnership, or corporation, the application shall be subscribed and sworn to by an owner in the case of a firm, and by at least one general partner in the case of a partnership, and by a corporate officer in the case of a corporation.

(3) If the applicant is an individual and does not reside, operate any business, or is not employed within the state; or if in the event the applicant is a firm, partnership, or corporation and no owner or general partner or corporate officer resides or is employed within the state, then the application must also be subscribed and sworn to by an individual having the authority and the responsibility for the management and operations of the business within the state.

(b) If the applicant is a corporation, the application shall specify the date and place of its incorporation; the location of the applicants principal place of business; a list of the principal officers of the corporation; owners of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of outstanding stock of all classes of the corporation; and the business address, residence address, and the office or position held by each officer in the corporation.

(c) The application shall include the following information for each individual required to subscribe and swear to it:

(1) The individuals full name and address (business and residence);

(2) The individuals business and residence telephone number;

(3) The individuals date and place of birth;

(4) A head-and-shoulders photograph (passport type) taken within three (3) months prior to the date of the submission of the application;

(5) The name and address of the individuals relevant past and present employment; name, address, and telephone number of supervisor; and the length of time engaged in the employment; and

(6) Evidence of experience as required by subsection (g).

(d) Applications for TSC license shall include the following information concerning the applicant:

(1) The name, address, and telephone number of the business;

(2) A sworn statement as to the length of time that the applicant has been engaged in the telecommunications business; and

(3) Evidence of experience as required by subsection (g).

(e) The licensing authority may require that the application include any other information that the licensing authority may reasonably deem necessary to determine whether the applicant or individual signing the application meets the requirements of this chapter or to establish the truth of the facts set forth in the application.

(f) Any individual signing a license application must be at least eighteen (18) years of age.

(g) Applicants may submit as evidence of experience the following:

(1) Completed forms, as approved by the licensing authority with employment verified by the qualified employer, and signed under any of the penalties set forth for making false statements as evidence of experience;

(2) A valid license issued under the conditions of this chapter by the licensing authority;

(3) Documentary evidence of experience while serving with the armed forces of the United States indicating formal training, job classification, job description, length of job assignment, and any other evidence that may reasonably be required by the licensing authority to determine suitability; and

(4) Anyone having evidence of experience other than as outlined in this section may submit the evidence to the board for consideration for approval.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-60-1 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-60 / Section 5-60-1
§ 5-60-1. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Rhode Island Athletic Trainers Chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-57-25 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-57 / Section 5-57-25
§ 5-57-25. Grounds and procedure for revocation of licenses.
Status: in_force

(a) Licenses for alarm businesses may be revoked by the licensing authority in the manner stated in this section if the licensee or any of its owners, partners, principal corporate officers, or the individual having the authority and the responsibility for the management and operation of the alarm business within the state are:

(1) Found to have violated any of the provisions of this chapter or any rule or regulation of the licensing authority which violation the licensing authority determines to reflect unfavorably upon the fitness of the licensee to engage in the alarm business;

(2) Found to have knowingly and willfully given any false information of a material nature in connection with an application for a license or a renewal or reinstatement of a license or in a notice of transfer of an alarm business licensed under this chapter;

(3) Found to have been convicted in any jurisdiction of a felony or a misdemeanor if the licensing authority determines that the conviction reflects unfavorably on the fitness of the applicant to engage in the alarm business; or

(4) Found to have committed any act while the license was not in effect that would be cause for the revocation of a license, or grounds for the denial of an application for a license of an alarm business.

(b) Prior to revocation of a license, the licensing authority shall promptly notify the licensee of its intent to issue an order of revocation and shall advise the licensee of his or her right to a hearing on the revocation in accordance with the provisions of the administrative procedures act, chapter 35 of title 42.

(c) Within ninety (90) days after the licensee has exhausted all rights of appeal under the administrative procedures act, or, if the licensee does not seek a hearing after receipt of a notice of intent to revoke from the licensing authority, then within sixty (60) days after receipt of the notice of intent to revoke, the licensee shall notify all of its subscribers within the state of that revocation and shall maintain in its records a copy of those notices. The licensee shall cease to perform any services for which it has been licensed under this chapter within sixty (60) days of its receipt of the final notice of intent to revoke from the licensing authority.

(d) Under circumstances in which the licensing authority determines that the public health, welfare, or safety may be jeopardized by the termination of a licensees services, the licensing authority may, upon its own motion or upon application by the licensee or any party affected by that termination, extend the time for the termination of the licensees operations, subject to the reasonable, necessary, and proper conditions or restrictions that it deems appropriate.

(e) After the licensing authority issues a notice of intent to revoke a license, the licensee may request that it be permitted to continue to operate subject to the terms of a written order of consent issued by the licensing authority, requiring the licensee to correct the conditions stated as grounds for revocation in the notice of intent to revoke and imposing reasonable conditions and restrictions on the licensee in the conduct of its business. The licensing authority may, in its sole discretion, grant or deny a request and may stay or postpone any proceeding being conducted pursuant to subsection (b). Negotiations for a consent order may be requested at any time during revocation proceedings and stay of pending proceedings during those negotiations shall be within the sole discretion of the licensing authority. If revocation proceedings are before a court and the licensing authority shall submit the proposed order to the court, which may approve or disapprove the proposed order or require modification of the proposed consent order before approval.

(f) The licensing authority shall enact reasonable rules and regulations for determination of whether the licensee has complied with a consent order issued pursuant to subsection (e). If the licensing authority determines that the licensee has failed to comply, it may revoke that order and conduct proceedings for the revocation of the license. If the consent order is approved by a court, then the licensing authority shall petition that court for vacation of the order. The court shall hold a hearing to determine if the order should be vacated. If the court vacates the consent order, the licensing authority may conduct proceedings for revocation of the license.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-64-11 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-64 / Section 5-64-11
§ 5-64-11. Penalties for violations.
Status: in_force

(a) It is a misdemeanor for any person, in offering his or her services to the public to:

(1) Use in connection with his or her name any designation tending to imply that he or she is a licensed dietitian/nutritionist unless certified under the provisions of this chapter.

(2) Use in connection with his or her name any designation tending to imply that he or she is a licensed dietitian/nutritionist during the time his or her license certificate issued under the provisions of this chapter is suspended or revoked.

(3) Violate any of the provisions of this chapter.

(b) All misdemeanors shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each offense.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-37-16.2 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-37 / Section 5-37-16.2
§ 5-37-16.2. Exceptions to licensure requirement.
Status: in_force

(a) A physician who is licensed to practice medicine in another state or states, but not in this state, and who is in good standing in such state or states, may exercise the privilege to practice medicine for a patient located in this state under the following circumstances only:

(1) The physician is employed by a branch of the United States military, Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs Division of Veterans Health Administration, or similar federal entity.

(2) The physician is present in the state on a singular occasion as a member of an air ambulance treatment team or organ harvesting team.

(3) The physician, whether or not physically present in this state, is being consulted on a singular occasion by a physician licensed in this state, or is providing teaching assistance in a medical capacity, for a period not to exceed seven (7) days. Under no circumstance may a physician who is not present in this state provide consultation to a patient in this state who does not have a physician-patient relationship with that physician unless that patient is in the physical presence of a physician licensed in this state.

(4) The physician is present in the state for a period not to exceed seven (7) days as a volunteer physician serving in a noncompensated role for a charitable function.

(5) The physician is present in this state while providing medical services to a sports team incorporated in the United States or another country provided that:

(i) The physician has a written agreement with that sports team to provide care to team members, coaching staff, and families traveling with the team for a specific sporting event or preseason training camp occurring in this state.

(ii) The physician may not provide care or consultation to any person residing in this state other than those enumerated in subsection (a) or under the conditions permitted in subsection (b).

(iii) The physician shall be permitted to provide care and consultation to those in subsection (a) for no longer than seven (7) consecutive days per sporting event.

(iv) The physician is not authorized to practice at a healthcare facility or clinic, acute-care facility, or urgent-care center; but nothing herein shall prevent the physician from accompanying a person enumerated in subsection (a) to such a facility or from providing consultation to a physician licensed in Rhode Island in regard to such person.

(v) If the physician is licensed in another country, he or she must obtain prior written permission from the director, or his or her designee, to be permitted to provide care and consultation to those in subsection (a).

(b) If a physician licensed in this state obtains prior written permission from the director, or his or her designee, the physician who is not licensed in this state but is practicing under subsections (a)(3)  (a)(5), may be permitted to extend his or her authorization to practice medicine for more than seven (7) consecutive days if the requesting physician shows good cause for the extension, but for no more than a total of thirty (30) days in any one year.

(c) A physician practicing under subsection (a)(3) or (a)(4) shall inform the board, in writing, of his or her intent to practice prior to, or as soon as practicable, but no later than seven (7) days after, the consultation.

(d) The director shall send by certified mail to a physician not licensed in this state a written order that revokes the privilege to practice medicine under this section if the director finds good cause to do so. If no current address can be determined, such order may be sent by regular mail to the physicians last known address.

(e) Any person who is found to have violated any provisions of this section shall be subject to § 5-37-12 regarding the unauthorized practice of medicine.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-54-22 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-54 / Section 5-54-22
§ 5-54-22. Continuing medical education.
Status: in_force

Every physician assistant licensed to practice within the state shall be required to have satisfactorily completed twenty-five (25) hours of approved continuing medical education annually. The annual period for accumulation of continuing-education hours commences on the first day of October and runs through the last day of September beginning in 1996. Beginning with the annual renewal period commencing the first day of October 1997, the administrator shall not renew the certificate of licensure until satisfactory evidence of the completion of the required continuing medical education is provided to the division.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-96-10 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-96 / Section 5-96-10
§ 5-96-10. Data system.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall provide for the development, maintenance, and utilization of a coordinated database and reporting system containing licensure, adverse action, and investigative information on all licensed individuals in member states.

(b) A member state shall submit a uniform data set to the data system on all individuals to whom this compact is applicable (utilizing a unique identifier) as required by the rules of the commission, including:

(1) Identifying information;

(2) Licensure data;

(3) Adverse actions against a license or compact privilege;

(4) Non-confidential information related to alternative program participation;

(5) Any denial of application for licensure, and the reason for such denial;

(6) Other information that may facilitate the administration of this compact, as determined by the rules of the commission; and

(7) Current significant investigative information.

(c) Current significant investigative information and other investigative information pertaining to a licensee in any member state will only be available to other member states.

(d) The commission shall promptly notify all member states of any adverse action taken against a licensee or an individual applying for a license. Adverse action information pertaining to a licensee in any member state will be available to any other member state.

(e) Member states contributing information to the data system may designate information that may not be shared with the public without the express permission of the contributing state.

(f) Any information submitted to the data system that is subsequently required to be expunged by the laws of the member state contributing the information shall be removed from the data system.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-60-3 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-60 / Section 5-60-3
§ 5-60-3. Practices not authorized.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the practice of medicine, or any of its branches, by any person not licensed by the department of health.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-10-30 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-10 / Section 5-10-30
§ 5-10-30. Penalty for violations.
Status: in_force

Any violation of this chapter or any of the provisions of this chapter shall be a misdemeanor and any person, association, partnership, or corporation convicted of a violation of this chapter shall be fined not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200), or imprisoned not exceeding three (3) months, or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-48-7.1 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-48 / Section 5-48-7.1
§ 5-48-7.1. Qualifications for a provisional license for a speech-language pathologist.
Status: in_force

(a) To be eligible for provisional licensure by the board, the speech-language pathologist applicant must submit an application with the required application fee and be in compliance with the requirements of § 5-48-7(1), (4), (5), and (6).

(b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a) of this section, content of the supervised postgraduate professional experience shall meet the standards of a trainee or fellow of speech pathology as required by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) or other national accrediting association as may be approved by the board.

(c) If the postgraduate professional experience extends beyond one year, provisional licensure must be renewed annually and not exceed thirty-six (36) months past the initiation of the professional experience.

(d) The provisional licensure shall expire ninety (90) days after the end of the postgraduate professional experience.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-67-2 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-67 / Section 5-67-2
§ 5-67-2. Penalties.
Status: in_force

Any person or persons, corporation, partnership, or other business organization carrying on, conducting, or transacting business as previously stated who fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-20-36 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-20 / Section 5-20-36
§ 5-20-36. Injunctions.
Status: in_force

Violations of this chapter may be enjoined upon a bill of complaint being filed in the superior court for the county in which those violations have been committed, by the division of professional regulation or by any association of master plumbers, master irrigators, master water-filtration/treatment-system installers or journeyperson plumbers, journeyperson irrigators, or journeyperson water-filtration/treatment-system installers, licensed master plumbers, licensed master irrigators, or licensed master water-filtration/treatment-system installers or by any plumbing inspector. An injunction may be granted by the superior court after a hearing in open court against any person, firm, corporation, or association which has violated any of the provisions of this chapter, without regard to whether proceedings have been, or may be, instituted before the state board of plumbing examiners or whether criminal proceedings have been, or may be, instituted. No ex parte restraining orders shall be issued in suits brought pursuant to this section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-37-2.1 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-37 / Section 5-37-2.1
§ 5-37-2.1. Recertification  Continuing medical education.
Status: in_force

Effective beginning in calendar year 2004, every physician licensed to practice medicine within this state shall, in connection with biannual registration, on or before the first day of June in each even-numbered year, provide satisfactory evidence to the board of medical licensure and discipline that in the preceding two (2) years the practitioner has completed a prescribed course of continuing medical education established by the appropriate medical or osteopathic society and approved by rule or regulation of the director or by the board of medical licensure and discipline. The board may extend for only one six-month (6) period these educational requirements if the board is satisfied that the applicant has suffered hardship that prevented meeting the educational requirement. No recertification to practice medicine in this state shall be refused, nor shall any certificate be suspended or revoked except: (1) As provided for in this chapter, and (2) For failure to provide satisfactory evidence of continuing medical education as provided for in this section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-34-14 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-34 / Section 5-34-14
§ 5-34-14. Qualifications of practical nurse applicants.
Status: in_force

An applicant for a license to practice as a licensed practical nurse shall submit to the board of nurse registration and nursing education written evidence on forms furnished by the department, verified by oath, that the applicant:

(1) Has completed the preliminary educational requirements prescribed by the board;

(2) Has furnished satisfactory proof that he or she successfully completed the prescribed curriculum in an approved program of practical nursing and holds a diploma or certificate from the program or is a graduate of an approved school of professional nursing or was a student in good standing at an approved school of professional nursing before completing the program of studies and, at the time of withdrawal, had completed a program of study, theory, and clinical practice equivalent to that required for graduation from an approved school of practical nursing; and

(3) Is of good moral character.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-91-20 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-91 / Section 5-91-20
§ 5-91-20. Member states  Effective date  Amendment.
Status: in_force

(a) Any state is eligible to become a member of the compact.

(b) The compact shall become effective and binding upon legislative enactment of the compact into law by no less than seven (7) states. Thereafter, it shall become effective and binding on a state upon enactment of the compact into law by that state.

(c) The governors of non-member states, or their designees, shall be invited to participate in the activities of the interstate commission on a non-voting basis prior to adoption of the compact by all states.

(d) The interstate commission may propose amendments to the compact for enactment by the member states. No amendment shall become effective and binding upon the interstate commission and the member states unless and until it is enacted into law by unanimous consent of the member states.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-55-7 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-55 / Section 5-55-7
§ 5-55-7. Statute of limitations.
Status: in_force

No action may be brought under this chapter for a cause of action that arose more than two (2) years prior to the date that action is brought.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-57-42 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-57 / Section 5-57-42
§ 5-57-42. Appropriations.
Status: in_force

The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sum that it deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter and the state controller is authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of any sum or so much that may be required from time to time, upon the receipt by him or her of authenticated vouchers.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-75-8 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-75 / Section 5-75-8
§ 5-75-8. Benefit plans.
Status: in_force

(a) A client and a PEO shall each be deemed an employer for purposes of sponsoring retirement and welfare benefit plans for its covered employees.

(b) A fully-insured welfare benefit plan offered to the covered employees of a single PEO shall be considered a single-employer welfare benefit plan.

(c) For purposes of determining employer status under chapter 50 of title 27 (entitled the Rhode Island Small Employer Health Insurance Availability Act), a PEO shall be considered the employer of all of its covered employees and all covered employees of one or more clients participating in a health benefit plan sponsored by a single PEO shall be considered employees of the PEO.

(d) If a PEO offers to its covered employees any health benefit plan that is not fully-insured by an authorized insurer, the plan shall:

(1) Utilize a third-party administrator licensed to do business in this state;

(2) Hold all plan assets, including participant contributions, in a trust account; and

(3) Provide sound reserves for such plan as determined using generally accepted actuarial standards.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-5-3 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-5 / Section 5-5-3
§ 5-5-3. License qualifications.
Status: in_force

In order to be eligible for a license, an applicant must:

(1) Be a citizen of the United States or a resident alien;

(2) Not have been convicted in any jurisdiction of a felony;

(3) Not have had any previous private investigator license or registration revoked or application for that license or registration denied by the appropriate authority of any local licensing authority;

(4) Not have been declared by any court of competent jurisdiction incompetent by reason of mental defect or disease unless the court has subsequently determined that his or her competency has been restored;

(5) Not suffer from habitual drunkenness or from narcotics addiction or dependence;

(6) Be of good moral character; and

(7) Have experience that has been gained through:

(i) At least five (5) years experience as an investigator or as a police officer with a state, county, or municipal police department or with an investigative agency of the United States of America or of any state, county, or municipality; or

(ii) A degree in criminal justice from an accredited college or university; or

(iii) Employment by a private detective as an investigator for at least five (5) years; or

(iv) Substantively equivalent training or experience.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-57-41 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-57 / Section 5-57-41
§ 5-57-41. Penalties for violations.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person found guilty of violating any of the following provisions of this chapter shall be subject to a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisonment for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days, or both:

(1) Engaging in the alarm business without complying with § 5-57-14;

(2) Failure to obtain an I.D. card as required by § 5-57-29;

(3) Willful and knowing failure to file or maintain on file the surety bond as required by § 5-57-21;

(4) Willful and knowing failure of an alarm business to notify its subscribers of revocation of its license as required by § 5-57-25(c); and

(5) Willful and knowing failure to surrender a license certificate as required by § 5-57-27(b) or to surrender an I.D. card as required by § 5-57-34.

(b) Any person found guilty of willfully and knowingly submitting false information of a material nature in any application for an alarm business license or for an I.D. card, or for renewal applications, shall be subject to a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisonment for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days, or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-55-9 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-55 / Section 5-55-9
§ 5-55-9. Severability.
Status: in_force

If any provisions of this chapter, or the application of this chapter to any circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the chapter, and the application of that provision to other circumstances, shall not be affected.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-62-10 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-62 / Section 5-62-10
§ 5-62-10. Falsifying certificates of authenticity or any similar written instrument.
Status: in_force

A person who, with intent to defraud, deceive, or injure another, makes, utters, or issues a certificate of authenticity, or any similar written instrument for a work of fine art attesting to material facts that the work does not in fact possess, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-8-17 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-8 / Section 5-8-17
§ 5-8-17. Public works.
Status: in_force

This state and its political subdivisions, such as county, city, town, township, borough, or legally constituted boards, districts, commissions, or authorities, shall not engage in the construction of public works involving the practice of engineering unless the engineering drawings and specifications and estimates have been prepared by, and the construction is executed under the direct supervision of, a registered professional engineer or supervision of the Rhode Island department of transportation when applicable to a municipal transportation project. Any contract executed in violation of this section is null and void.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-54-14 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-54 / Section 5-54-14
§ 5-54-14. Grounds for discipline without a hearing.
Status: in_force

The director may temporarily suspend the license of a physician assistant without a hearing if the director finds that the evidence in his or her possession indicates that a physician assistants continuation in practice would constitute a danger to the public. In the event that the director temporarily suspends the license of a physician assistant without a hearing, a hearing by the board must be held within ten (10) days after the suspension.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-54-20.1 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-54 / Section 5-54-20.1
§ 5-54-20.1. Immunity from liability for gratuitous emergency assistance.
Status: in_force

No person licensed under the provisions of this chapter or members of the same profession licensed to practice in other states of the United States who voluntarily and gratuitously, and other than in the ordinary course of his or her employment or practice, renders emergency medical assistance to a person in need shall be liable for civil damages for any personal injuries resulting from acts or omissions by those persons in rendering the emergency care that may constitute ordinary negligence. The immunity granted by this section shall not apply to acts or omissions constituting gross, willful, wanton negligence or when the medical assistance is rendered at any hospital, physicians office, or other healthcare delivery entity where those services are normally rendered.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-60-17 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-60 / Section 5-60-17
§ 5-60-17. Penalty for violations.
Status: in_force

Any person who violates a provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor offense and upon conviction shall be punishable by a fine not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-32-20 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-32 / Section 5-32-20
§ 5-32-20. Qualifications for teaching electrolysis.
Status: in_force

(a) A person, in order to qualify as an instructor or teacher of electrolysis to apprentices, must:

(1) Have been actively engaged as a licensed practitioner of electrolysis for at least five (5) years;

(2) Pass a state board examination specifically designed to evaluate his or her qualifications to teach electrolysis; and

(3) Be a high school graduate or the equivalent.

(b) Upon satisfactorily passing this examination, the division of professional regulation of the department of health shall issue a license to the person upon the payment of a fee as set forth in § 23-1-54.

(c) A qualified licensed electrologist shall not register more than one apprentice for each nine-month (9) training period.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-6-33 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-6 / Section 5-6-33
§ 5-6-33. Enforcement of the chapter  Prosecution.
Status: in_force

The director of labor and training has authority to enforce the provisions of this chapter, either by the use of administrative penalties pursuant to § 5-6-32, and/or by complaint made by the director of labor and training to the attorney general, whose duty it is to prosecute all violations of this chapter upon complaint made by the director of labor and training.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-57-21 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-57 / Section 5-57-21
§ 5-57-21. Surety bond.
Status: in_force

(a) No license shall be issued under this chapter until the applicant files with the licensing authority a surety bond made payable to the state in the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) conditioned to recover against the principal, by reason of wrongful acts of a material nature knowingly engaged in by the licensee in the conduct of its business. No party other than the licensing authority shall recover against the bond required by this section. The surety bond must be written by a company authorized to do business in this state and approved by the licensing authority with respect to its form, manner of execution, and sufficiency.

(b) Every licensee shall at all times maintain on file with the licensing authority the surety bond, in full force and effect, required by this chapter. Knowing and willful failure to do so shall be unlawful and punishable as provided in § 5-57-41.

(c) A bond executed and filed with the licensing authority pursuant to this chapter shall remain in force and effect until the surety has terminated future liability by notice to the licensing authority thirty (30) days in advance of termination.

(d) The sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) in cash may be deposited with the state in lieu of the surety bond required by this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-38-9 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-38 / Section 5-38-9
§ 5-38-9. Licenses to contain licensees name and location of business  Display of licenses.
Status: in_force

The license of automobile body repair shops shall specify the name of the holder of that business and the location at which that business is conducted, and must be conspicuously displayed at that location. The license number shall appear on all business communications, estimates, signs, business cards, and other written documentation relating to that business.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-20-5.1 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-20 / Section 5-20-5.1
§ 5-20-5.1. Journeyperson irrigator defined.
Status: in_force

Journeyperson irrigator, as used in this chapter, means a person who has performed all phases of a project under the supervision of a master irrigation licensee for a period of not less than one year. Journeypersons shall not be permitted to apply for an irrigation permit.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-37-6 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-37 / Section 5-37-6
§ 5-37-6. Subpoenas  Contempt.
Status: in_force

Subpoenas may be issued by the board or the boards constituted committees to compel the production of documents or other written records, or the attendance and testimony of witnesses, at any investigation or hearing. The board shall also issue subpoenas at the request and on behalf of the accused. If any person refuses to obey a subpoena or answer any proper question put to him or her during the hearing or proceeding, the superior court has jurisdiction, upon application by the board, to issue to that person an order requiring him or her to appear before the board or its hearing committee, to produce evidence if ordered, or to give testimony concerning the matter under investigation. Any failure to obey the order of the court may be punished by the court as civil contempt.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-65-5 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-65 / Section 5-65-5
§ 5-65-5. Application for registration  Continuing education.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who wishes to register as a contractor shall submit an application in a manner as prescribed by the board or office. The application shall include:

(1) A legible copy of a valid government issued identification;

(2) Workers compensation insurance account number, or company name if a number has not yet been obtained, if applicable;

(3) Unemployment insurance account number, if applicable;

(4) State withholding tax account number, if applicable;

(5) Federal employer identification number, if applicable, or if self-employed and participating in a retirement plan;

(6)(i) The individual(s) name and business address and residential address of:

(A) Each partner or venturer, if the applicant is a partnership or joint venture;

(B) The owner, if the applicant is an individual proprietorship;

(C) The corporate officers, and a copy of the articles of incorporation filed with the Rhode Island secretary of states office, if the applicant is a corporation; the members and managers and a copy of the articles of organization filed with the Rhode Island secretary of states office if the applicant is a limited liability company.

(ii) Post office boxes are not acceptable as the only address;

(7) A statement as to whether or not the applicant has previously applied for registration, or is or was an officer, manager, member, partner, or venturer of an applicant who previously applied for registration and if so, the name of the corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or venture; and

(8) Valid insurance certificate for the type of work being performed and as required under § 5-65-7.

(b) A person may be prohibited from registering or renewing a registration as a contractor under the provisions of this chapter or his or her registration may be revoked or suspended if he or she has any unsatisfied or outstanding judgments from arbitration, bankruptcy, courts, or administrative agency against him or her relating to his or her work as a contractor, and provided, further, that a statement shall be provided to the board attesting to the information herein.

(c) Failure to provide or falsified information on an application, or any document required by this chapter, is punishable by a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) and/or denial or revocation of the registration, or both.

(d) An applicant must be at least eighteen (18) years of age.

(e) For new applications, satisfactory proof shall be provided to the board evidencing the completion of five (5) hours of preregistration education units as determined by the board pursuant to established regulations.

(f) For renewal applications, satisfactory proof shall be provided to the board evidencing the completion of two and one-half (2.5) hours of continuing education units that will be required to be maintained by residential contractors as a condition of registration as determined by the board pursuant to established regulations.

(g) A certification in a form issued by the board shall be completed upon registration or license or renewal to ensure contractors are aware of certain provisions of this law and shall be signed by the registrant before a registration can be issued or renewed.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-65-6 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-65 / Section 5-65-6
§ 5-65-6. Contractor to notify of address change  Effect of mail to last known address.
Status: in_force

It is the duty of a contractor to notify the board in writing of any change of address while registered and for one year following the date the contractors registration expires or becomes inactive. The contractor shall notify the board in writing within ten (10) days of the date upon which the change of address occurs. Any proposed or final order or notice of hearing directed by the board or office to the last-known address of record shall be considered delivered and deemed served when deposited in the United States mail and sent registered or certified or post office receipt secured. Any other communication directed by the board or office to the last-known address of record shall be considered delivered when deposited in the United States mail, regular mail.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-95-14 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-95 / Section 5-95-14
§ 5-95-14. Discipline  Enforcement.
Status: in_force

Except for the provisions of § 5-95-13 the provisions of this chapter shall be enforced by the director of the department or any city or town licensing authority.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-71-17 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-71 / Section 5-71-17
§ 5-71-17. Severability.
Status: in_force

If any provision of this chapter or of any rule or regulation made under this chapter, or the application of this chapter to any person or circumstances, is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of the chapter, rule, or regulation, and the application of that provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-85-1 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-85 / Section 5-85-1
§ 5-85-1. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(a) Discount buying club means any person, firm, or corporation, who or that, in exchange for valuable consideration, offers to sell or to arrange the sale of goods or services to its customers at prices represented to be lower than are generally available.

(b) Discount buying club shall not include any cooperative buying association or other group in which no person is intended to profit or actually profits beyond the benefit that all members receive from buying at a discount; nor shall any person, firm, or corporation be deemed a discount buying club solely by virtue of the fact that:

(1) For fifty dollars ($50.00) or less it sells tickets or coupons valid for use in obtaining goods or services from a retail merchant; or

(2) As a service collateral to its principal business, and for no additional charge, it arranges for its members or customers to purchase or lease directly from particular merchants at a specified discount.

(c) Discount buying club shall not include any person, firm, or corporation who or that charges an advance month-by-month fee for access to service or member benefits, and allows the buyer to terminate membership by notifying the person, firm, or corporation of intent to terminate membership without further obligation to make additional payments.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-30-1 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-30 / Section 5-30-1
§ 5-30-1. Chiropractic medicine defined.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this chapter, the practice of chiropractic medicine is defined as the science and art of mechanical and material healing as follows: the employment of a system of palpating and adjusting the articulations of the human spinal column and its appendages, by hand and electro-mechanical appliances, and the employment of corrective orthopedics and dietetics for the elimination of the cause of disease; provided, that chiropractic physicians may not write prescriptions for drugs for internal medication nor practice major surgery as defined in chapter 37 of this title.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-25-11 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-25 / Section 5-25-11
§ 5-25-11. Licensing of veterinarians.
Status: in_force

(a) By examination. The applicant is required to pass, with a grade determined by the division, an examination approved by the division; upon payment of an examination fee as set forth in § 23-1-54, every candidate who passes that examination and in the opinion of the division meets the qualifications of § 5-25-10, shall, upon payment of an initial license fee, which shall be equal to the biennial license renewal fee in effect, be issued a license to practice veterinary medicine. Veterinarians licensed under the provisions of this chapter on August 31, 1985, shall continue to be licensed.

(b) Without examination by endorsement. A license to practice veterinary medicine may be issued without examination to an applicant who has been duly licensed by examination as a veterinarian under the laws of another state or territory or District of Columbia, if, in the opinion of the division, the applicant meets the qualifications required of veterinarians in this state, as further defined in rules and regulations.

(c) Emergency or natural disaster. A veterinarian who is properly and currently licensed or credentialed in another state may practice, without written examination or other qualification, in the state of Rhode Island during an emergency or natural disaster as determined by the Rhode Island state veterinarian or the chief of the division of agriculture. The veterinarian shall provide only those services that are at the direction of the Rhode Island state veterinarian or the chief of the division of agriculture and that are directly related to a response to an emergency or natural disaster and only until the services of the veterinarian are no longer required as determined by the Rhode Island state veterinarian or the chief of the division of agriculture.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-30-13 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-30 / Section 5-30-13
§ 5-30-13. Continuing education requirements  Grounds for refusal, revocation, or suspension of certificates.
Status: in_force

(a) The division of professional regulation of the department of health may, after notice and a hearing, in its discretion refuse to grant the certificate provided for in this chapter to any chiropractic physician if the applicant has not furnished satisfactory evidence that he or she has completed, in the twelve (12) months preceding each renewal date, at least twelve (12) hours of instruction in chiropractic-related subjects as conducted by the Chiropractic Society of Rhode Island or the equivalent as approved by the division. Satisfactory evidence of completion of postgraduate study of a type and character, or at an educational session or institution approved by the division, is considered equivalent. Every chiropractic physician licensed to practice within this state, on or before the thirty-first day of October of every third year after the 1980 registration, shall apply to the Rhode Island state board of chiropractic examiners for certification of triennial registration with the board. The division may, after notice and a hearing, in its discretion refuse to grant the certificate provided for in this chapter to any chiropractic physician, if the applicant has not furnished satisfactory evidence to the board of examiners that in the preceding three (3) years the practitioner has completed sixty (60) hours of instruction in chiropractic-related subjects prescribed by the rules and regulations by the board of chiropractic examiners as conducted by the Chiropractic Society of Rhode Island or the equivalent as approved by the division. Satisfactory evidence of completion of postgraduate study of a type and character, or at an educational session or institution approved by the division, is considered equivalent. The division may waive the educational requirements if the division is satisfied that an applicant has suffered a hardship or for any other sufficient reason was prevented from meeting the educational requirements.

(b) The division of professional regulation of the department of health may, after notice and hearing, in its discretion refuse to grant the certificate provided for in this chapter to any chiropractic physician who is not of good moral character, or who has violated any of the laws of the state affecting the ability of any chiropractic physician to practice chiropractic medicine, or who has been guilty of gross unprofessional conduct or conduct of a character likely to deceive or defraud the public, and may, after notice and hearing, revoke or suspend any certificate issued or granted by it for like cause or for any fraud or deception committed in obtaining the certificate. Gross unprofessional conduct is defined as including, but not being limited to:

(1) The use of any false or fraudulent statement in any document connected with the practice of chiropractic medicine;

(2) The obtaining of any fee by willful fraud or misrepresentation, either to a patient or insurance plan;

(3) The willful violation of a privileged communication;

(4) Knowingly performing any act that in any way aids or assists an unlicensed person to practice chiropractic medicine in violation of this chapter;

(5) The practice of chiropractic medicine under a false or assumed name;

(6) The advertising for the practice of chiropractic medicine in a deceptive or unethical manner;

(7) The obtaining of a fee as personal compensation or gain for an employer or for a person on a fraudulent representation that a manifestly incurable condition can be permanently cured;

(8) Habitual intoxication or addiction to the use of drugs;

(9) Willful or repeated violations of any of the rules or regulations of the state department of health;

(10) Gross incompetence in the practice of his or her profession;

(11) Repeated acts of immorality or repeated acts of gross misconduct in the practice of his or her profession;

(12) The procuring or aiding or abetting in procuring a criminal abortion; or

(13) A chiropractic physician providing services to a person who is making a claim as a result of a personal injury who charges or collects from the person any amount in excess of the reimbursement to the chiropractic physician by the insurer as a condition of providing or continuing to provide services or treatment.

(c) The division of professional regulation of the department of health shall serve a copy of its decision or ruling upon any person whose certificate has been revoked or refused.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-49-11 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-49 / Section 5-49-11
§ 5-49-11. Duration of license  Renewal of license  Fees  Effect of failure to renew.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall promulgate rules and regulations mandating the term of license for each category of license issued pursuant to this chapter. No license shall remain in force for a period in excess of two (2) years.

(1) Each person who engages in the fitting and sale of hearing aids shall pay to the department a fee, as set forth in § 23-1-54, per annum for each year of the term of license, for a renewal of his or her license.

(2) The renewal certificate shall be conspicuously posted in his or her office or place of business at all times.

(3) Where more than one office is operated by the licensee, duplicate certificates shall be issued by the department for posting in each location.

(b) A thirty-day (30) grace period shall be allowed during which time licenses may be renewed on payment of a fee to the department, as set forth in § 23-1-54, per annum for each year of the term of renewal.

(c) After expiration of the grace period, the department may renew those certificates upon payment to the department of a fee, as set forth in § 23-1-54, per annum for each year of the term of renewal.

(d) The total fee for the entire term of license or renewal shall be paid prior to the issuance of the license.

(e) No person who applies for renewal, whose license has expired, shall be required to submit to any examination as a condition to renewal; provided, that the renewal application is made within two (2) years from the date of that expiration.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-34-34 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-34 / Section 5-34-34
§ 5-34-34. Immunity from liability for gratuitous emergency assistance.
Status: in_force

No person licensed under the provision of this chapter or members of the same professions licensed to practice in other states of the United States who voluntarily and gratuitously and, other than in the ordinary course of his or her employment or practice, renders emergency medical assistance to a person in need is liable for civil damages for any personal injuries that result from acts or omissions by those persons in rendering the emergency care that may constitute ordinary negligence. The immunity granted by this section does not apply to acts or omissions constituting gross, willful, or wanton negligence or when the medical assistance is rendered at any hospital, doctors office, or clinic where those services are normally rendered.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-34-38 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-34 / Section 5-34-38
§ 5-34-38. Right to use certified registered nurse practitioner title.
Status: in_force

Any person who holds a license to practice as a certified registered nurse practitioner in this state has the right to use the title certified registered nurse practitioner and use the abbreviation R.N.P.. No other person may assume that title or use that abbreviation or any other words or letters, signs, figures, or devices to indicate that the person using it is a certified registered nurse practitioner.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-47-1 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-47 / Section 5-47-1
§ 5-47-1. Safeguards at demolition sites.
Status: in_force

Any person, firm, corporation, or other business entity engaged in the demolition of any building or other structure shall provide adequate safeguards for the protection of the general public, and shall be responsible to keep the area of the demolition free from unnecessary debris, and police the area of the demolition each day until the job is completed.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-8-11 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-8 / Section 5-8-11
§ 5-8-11. General requirements for registration or certification.
Status: in_force

(a) Professional engineer. The following shall be considered minimum evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant is qualified for registration as a professional engineer:

(1) Eligibility. To be eligible for registration as a professional engineer, an applicant shall meet the following requirements:

(i) Be of good character and reputation;

(ii) Submit five (5) references with his or her application for registration, three (3) of which references shall be from registered professional engineers having personal knowledge of the applicants engineering experience;

(iii) Satisfy the education criteria set forth in this section;

(iv) Satisfy the experience criteria set forth in this section; and

(v) Pass the applicable examinations as required in this section.

(2) Registration by comity.

(i) A person holding a current certificate of registration to engage in the practice of engineering, on the basis of comparable written NCEES examinations, issued to him or her by either a proper authority of a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or of any foreign country, and whose qualifications meet the requirements of this chapter, based on verified evidence may, upon application, be registered without further examination.

(ii) A person holding a NCEES Record, whose qualifications as evidenced by the NCEES Record meet the requirements of this chapter, may, upon application, be registered without further examination, provided he or she is qualified.

(3) Graduation from an accredited program, experience, and examination.

(i) A graduate of an ABET-EAC accredited engineering curriculum of four (4) years or more approved by the board as being of satisfactory standing, who has passed a NCEES examination in the fundamentals of engineering and obtained a specific record of a minimum of four (4) years of experience in engineering work of a grade and character that indicates to the board that the applicant may be competent to practice engineering, may be admitted, upon application, to a NCEES examination in the principles and practice of engineering.

(ii) A graduate of an ABET-ETAC accredited engineering technology curriculum of four (4) years or more approved by the board as being of satisfactory standing, who has passed a NCEES examination in the fundamentals of engineering and obtained a specific record of a minimum of eight (8) years of experience in engineering work of a grade and character that indicates to the board that the applicant may be competent to practice engineering, may be admitted, upon application, to a NCEES examination in the principles and practice of engineering.

(4) Waiver of requirement for NCEES examination in fundamentals of engineering.

(i) A graduate of an ABET-EAC accredited engineering curriculum having a specific record of twelve (12) years or more of experience in engineering work of a grade and character that indicates to the board that the applicant may be competent to practice engineering, shall be admitted to a NCEES examination in the principles and practice of engineering. Upon passing that examination, the applicant shall be granted a certificate of registration to practice engineering in this state, provided he or she is qualified.

(ii) A graduate of an engineering technology curriculum, whether accredited by ABET-ETAC or unaccredited, applying for initial or comity registration as a professional engineer in Rhode Island shall not be eligible for waiver of this requirement.

(5) Graduation from a nonaccredited program, experience, and examination.

(i) A graduate of an engineering curriculum of four (4) years or more that is not accredited by ABET-EAC, who has passed a NCEES examination in the fundamentals of engineering and obtained a specific record of a minimum of six (6) years of experience in engineering work of a grade and character that indicates to the board that the applicant may be competent to practice engineering, may be admitted, upon application, to a NCEES examination in the principles and practice of engineering. Upon passing these examinations, the applicant shall be granted a certificate of registration to practice engineering in this state, provided he or she is qualified.

(ii) A graduate of an engineering technology curriculum of four (4) years or more that is not accredited by ABET-ETAC is not eligible for registration as a professional engineer in this state unless they obtain an advanced engineering degree from an ABET-EAC accredited program.

(6) Teaching. Engineering teaching in a college or university offering an ABET-EAC accredited engineering curriculum of four (4) years or more may be considered as engineering experience.

(7) Engineers previously registered. Each engineer holding a certificate of registration under the laws of this state as previously in effect shall be deemed registered as an engineer as appropriate under this chapter in accordance with the laws in effect at the time of their initial registration.

(b) Engineer -in-training. The following shall be considered as minimum evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant is qualified for certification as an engineer-in-training:

(1) Eligibility. To be eligible for registration as an engineer-in-training, an applicant shall meet the following requirements:

(i) Be of good character and reputation;

(ii) Submit three (3) character references, one (1) of which must be from a registered professional engineer;

(iii) Satisfy the education requirements set forth in this section; and

(iv) Satisfy the examination requirements set forth in this section.

(2) Graduation and examination. A graduate of an ABET-EAC or an ABET-ETAC accredited program of four (4) years or more who has passed a NCEES examination in the fundamentals of engineering shall be certified or enrolled as an engineer-in-training, if he or she is qualified.

(3) Graduation from a nonaccredited program and examination. A graduate of a nonaccredited engineering curriculum of four (4) years or more who has passed a NCEES examination in the fundamentals of engineering and has obtained two (2) years of engineering experience of a grade and character approved by the board shall be certified and enrolled as an engineer-in-training, if he or she is qualified. Graduates of a nonaccredited engineering technology curriculum are not eligible for certification as an engineer-in-training.

(4) Duration of engineer-in-training certification. The certification or enrollment of an engineer-in-training shall not expire and does not need to be renewed.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-37-26 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-37 / Section 5-37-26
§ 5-37-26. Medical forms.
Status: in_force

Physicians or other persons are prohibited from requiring patients or their representatives to sign blank forms provided by or for any third-party payers or nonprofit medical-service corporations prior to, during, or subsequent to rendering services. Any physician or other person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be fined up to one hundred dollars ($100) for each violation.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-54-13.1 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-54 / Section 5-54-13.1
§ 5-54-13.1. Nondisciplinary alternative.
Status: in_force

The board may permit a licensee to enter into a nondisciplinary alternative program. All records pertaining to the physician assistants participation in the nondisciplinary program shall be confidential and shall not be subject to discovery, subpoena, or public disclosure.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-25-3 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-25 / Section 5-25-3
§ 5-25-3. Board  Composition  Appointment and terms of members.
Status: in_force

The governor shall appoint a board of veterinary medicine. The board shall be composed of six (6) members whose terms of office shall extend for three (3) years and until a successor is appointed. Five (5) members of the board shall be veterinarians licensed in the state, one of whose practice shall include the treatment of equine or large animals, and one member shall be a public member. No member shall serve more than two (2) consecutive, three-year (3) terms. Former board members are eligible for reappointment no earlier than three (3) years following the expiration of their last term. The governor shall appoint one member for a term of one year; two (2) for a term of two (2) years; two (2) for a term of three (3) years; and one public member for a three-year (3) term. Initial appointments to the board shall take effect as of the date of appointment, however, the initial terms shall be calculated as though the date of appointment had been July 1, 1986. Appointments made subsequently shall be for three-year (3) terms. Terms shall begin on the first day of July of the year in which they are appointed and expire on the last day of June of the last year of their appointment. Any vacancy on the board caused other than by expiration of term shall be filled in accordance with the provisions of this section. The governor may remove any member of the board for cause.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-50-4 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-50 / Section 5-50-4
§ 5-50-4. Contract contents  Notice to buyer of right to cancel contract  Right of contract cancellation  Refund.
Status: in_force

(a) A copy of every health club contract shall be delivered to the buyer at the time the contract is signed.

(b)(1) All health club contracts must be in writing signed by the buyer; must designate the date on which the buyer actually signs the contract; and must contain a statement of the buyers rights that substantially complies with this section.

(2) The statement must appear in the contract under the conspicuous caption BUYERS RIGHT TO CANCEL, and read as follows:

If you wish to cancel this contract, you may cancel in person, by electronic mail, or by mail to the seller. You must give notice, in writing, that you do not wish to be bound by the contract. This notice must be delivered, electronically transmitted, or mailed before midnight of the tenth (10th) business day after the date of the contract so entered into. All cancellations must be delivered, electronically transmitted, or mailed to: (Insert name, electronic mail address, and mailing address of health club).

(3) Proof of in-person cancellation shall be effectuated by writing cancellation and the date of cancellation across the contract.

(4) The buyer shall receive a copy of the contract.

(5) The signature of the person employed by the health club who registers the cancellation must also appear on the contract.

(c) Every contract for health club services shall provide that the contract may be cancelled before midnight of the tenth (10th) day after the date of the contract so entered into. The notice of the buyers cancellation of the buyers contract shall be in writing and shall be made in person or by electronic mail to the seller at an electronic mail address that shall be specified in the contract or by mail to the seller at the address specified in the contract.

(d) Every contract for health club services shall provide clearly and conspicuously, in writing, that after the expiration of the ten-day (10) period for cancellation as provided in subsection (b)(2):

(1) The buyer shall be relieved from any and all obligations under the contract, and shall be entitled to a refund of any prepaid membership under the contract if:

(i) A buyer relocates further than fifteen (15) miles from a comparable health club facility operated by the seller;

(ii) If a health club facility relocates further than fifteen (15) miles from its current location, or the seller does not maintain a health club service within a fifteen (15) mile radius from its current location; or

(iii) If the health club services or facilities are not available to the buyer because the seller fails to open a planned health club or location, permanently discontinues operation of the health club or location, or substantially changes the operation;

(2) If a buyer becomes significantly physically or medically disabled for a period in excess of three (3) months during the membership term, the buyer has the option:

(i) To be relieved of liability for payment on that portion of the contract term for which the purchaser is disabled and receive a full refund of any prepaid membership on the contract; or

(ii) To extend the duration of the contract at no additional cost for a period equal to the duration of the disability. The health club may require that a doctors certificate be submitted as verification of the disability;

(3) In the event of the buyers death, the buyers estate shall be relieved of any further obligation for payment under the contract and shall be entitled to a refund for any prepaid membership for the unused portion of the contract. The health club may require verification of death;

(4) In the event of a sale of health club ownership, the contract is voidable at the option of the buyer.

(e) A health club contract that does not comply with the provisions of this chapter is voidable at the option of the buyer.

(f) Upon cancellation pursuant to this section, the buyer shall be free of any and all obligations under the contract, and any prepaid monies pursuant to this contract shall be refunded within fifteen (15) business days of receipt of the notice of cancellation. The right of cancellation shall not be affected by the terms of the contract and may not be waived or surrendered.

(g) Notice of the buyers right to cancel and the method of cancellation under this section shall also be posted clearly and conspicuously on the premises of the health club.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-61-5.1 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-61 / Section 5-61-5.1
§ 5-61-5.1. Remedies  Injunctive relief  Civil penalties.
Status: in_force

(a) Any purchaser may have a right of action against a telephonic seller who is in material violation of this chapter. The purchaser may recover triple the amount actually paid to the telephonic seller. In addition to any judgment awarded to the purchaser, the court may allow reasonable attorneys fees to be taxed as cost.

(b) The superior court of this state shall have jurisdiction to prevent and restrain violations of this chapter. The court may issue appropriate decrees upon consent and stipulation by the parties. The court may also issue restraining orders. Under no circumstances shall the state be required to post bond in any action under this section.

(c) The department may institute proceedings to prevent and restrain violations of this chapter, as provided in subsection (b).

(d) The department may bring an action to obtain a declaratory judgment that an act or practice violates the provisions of this chapter.

(e) Any person may institute proceedings for injunctive relief, temporary or permanent, as provided in subsection (b), against threatened loss or damage by a violation of this chapter. A preliminary injunction may be issued upon a showing that the danger of irreparable loss or damage is immediate and, within the courts discretion, the execution of a property bond against damages for an injunction improvidently granted. If the court issues a permanent injunction, the plaintiff shall be awarded reasonable attorneys fees, filing fees, and reasonable costs of the suit. Reasonable costs of the suit may include, but not be limited to, the expenses of discovery and document production.

(f) In any action brought under this section, the court may make appropriate orders, including appointment of a master or receiver or sequestration of assets, to reimburse purchasers found to have been damaged; to carry out a transaction in accordance with the purchasers reasonable expectations; or to grant other appropriate relief. The court may assess expenses of a master or receiver against a telephonic seller.

(g) In addition to injunctive relief authorized pursuant to subsection (b), any person, firm, corporation, or other entity who violates this chapter may be liable for a civil penalty in a suit by the department of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each violation. The department or the court may waive any civil penalty or other fines or costs if the person has previously made full restitution or reimbursement or has paid actual damages to the purchasers who have been injured by the unlawful act or practice.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-34-30 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-34 / Section 5-34-30
§ 5-34-30. Injunction of violations.
Status: in_force

When it appears to the board of nurse registration and nursing education that any person is violating any of the provisions of this chapter, the director of the department of health may cause an action to be instituted, commenced in the name of the board, to enjoin that violation in a court of competent jurisdiction, and that court may enjoin any person, firm, corporation, or association from violating any of the provisions of this chapter without regard to whether proceedings have been or may be instituted before the board or whether criminal proceedings have been or may be instituted.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-8-15 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-8 / Section 5-8-15
§ 5-8-15. Expiration and renewal of certificates of registration for professional engineers.
Status: in_force

(a) Certificates of registration shall expire on the last day of the month of June following their issuance and become invalid after that date unless renewed. It is the duty of the board to notify every person registered under this chapter of the date of the expiration of his or her certificate and the amount of the fee required for its renewal. The notice shall be delivered, electronically or otherwise, to the registrant, at his or her last-known e-mail address, at least one month in advance of the date of the expiration of the certificate.

(b) Certificates of registration must be renewed prior to, or during the month of, June by the payment of a fee set by the board in an amount not less than one hundred fifty dollars ($150), but not to exceed one hundred eighty dollars ($180). Expired certificates may be renewed within a period of three (3) years, provided evidence is submitted to the board attesting to the continued competence and good character of the applicant. In the event renewal is not made before the end of the third year, the board may require any reexamination that it deems appropriate. The amount to be paid for that renewal is the annual fee set by the board in an amount not to exceed one hundred eighty dollars ($180) times the number of years the applicant has been delinquent, plus a penalty of sixty dollars ($60.00) per delinquent year.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-89-10 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-89 / Section 5-89-10
§ 5-89-10. Enabling.
Status: in_force

This act is enabling and applies only to those businesses that seek to become certified as a reporting entity and that comply with all applicable registration requirements. Reporting entities are enabled to craft whatever sustainability blueprint they require that meets their specific needs as there is no single blueprint for best practices in sustainability among or within industries.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-22-8 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-22 / Section 5-22-8
§ 5-22-8. Performances and movies after 1 P.M. on Sunday.
Status: in_force

The bureau of licenses of the city of Providence, the police commissioners of the city of Woonsocket, the town councils of the towns of Burrillville and West Warwick, and the city council or other licensing board of the cities of Central Falls, Cranston, Pawtucket, and Newport may authorize the performance for pay or profit of vocal, instrumental, or orchestral entertainments and lectures of an instructive character, plays, or legitimate theater performances, and vaudeville performances of juggling and stage dancing having the approval of the licensing body of the city or town where those performances are given, and moving picture exhibitions, consisting of any pictures that have the approval of the national board of review and the licensing body of the city or town where those pictures are to be shown, on the first day of the week after the hour of one oclock (1:00) P.M., but the license does not authorize the vending or serving of any foods or refreshments of any kind or nature on the first day of the week.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-89-8 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-89 / Section 5-89-8
§ 5-89-8. Limitation of liability.
Status: in_force

Neither the failure by an entity to satisfy any of its standards, nor the selection of specific assessment measures, nor any other action taken by or on behalf of the entity pursuant to this chapter, or any omission to take any action required by this chapter to seek, obtain, or maintain status as a reporting entity, shall, in and of itself, create any right of action on the part of any person or entity or otherwise give rise to any claim for breach of any fiduciary or similar duty owed to any person or entity.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-54-27 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-54 / Section 5-54-27
§ 5-54-27. Participation in disaster and emergency care.
Status: in_force

A person licensed under the provisions of this chapter or members of the same profession licensed to practice in other states of the United States or members of the same profession credentialed by a federal employer who voluntarily and gratuitously, and other than in the ordinary course of his or her employment or practice, renders emergency medical assistance during an emergency or a state or local disaster may render such care without collaboration as set forth in § 5-54-2(5), or with such supervision as is available.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-76-1 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-76 / Section 5-76-1
§ 5-76-1. Declaration of purpose.
Status: in_force

It is found that in order to assure the effective and efficient administration of the tax laws of the State of Rhode Island, it is essential that the state collect taxes owed it in a timely manner. Failure to collect delinquent taxes is detrimental to the health and safety of the citizens of this state.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-29-8 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-29 / Section 5-29-8
§ 5-29-8. Conduct of examination  Issuance of license  Filing of papers.
Status: in_force

(a) All applicants are required to take an examination with respect to theory as well as a practical examination. Any applicant who has fulfilled all requirements other than completion of residency is permitted to take the theoretical examination, but no applicant is permitted to take the practical examination until he or she has satisfactorily passed the theoretical examination and has completed his or her residency as provided in § 5-29-6.

(b) The application and examination papers shall be deposited in the files of the division, and they shall be prima facie evidence of all matters contained in them. All licenses shall be signed by the director of health and shall be attested by his or her seal.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-34-3 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-34 / Section 5-34-3
§ 5-34-3. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(1) Advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) is the title given to an individual licensed to practice advanced practice registered nursing within one of the following roles: certified nurse practitioner (CNP), certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) as defined in chapter 34.2 of this title, or certified clinical nurse specialist (CNS), and who functions in a population focus. An APRN may serve as a primary- or acute-care provider of record.

(2) Advanced practice registered nursing means an independent and expanded scope of nursing in a role and population focus approved by the board of nurse registration and nursing education that includes the registered nurse scope of practice and may include, but is not limited to, performing acts of advanced assessment, diagnosing, prescribing, and ordering. Each APRN is accountable to patients, the nursing profession, and the board of nursing for complying with the requirements of this chapter and the quality of advanced nursing care rendered; recognizing limits of knowledge and experience; planning for the management of situations beyond the APRNs expertise; and for consulting with or referring patients to other healthcare providers as appropriate.

(3) Approval means the process where the board of nursing evaluates and grants official recognition to basic nursing education programs meeting established criteria and standards.

(4) Certified clinical nurse specialist is an advanced practice registered nurse who independently provides care to clients; facilitates attainment of health goals; and provides innovation in nursing practice, based on clinical expertise, evidence-based decision-making, and leadership skills. The clinical nurse specialist practices with individual clients and populations; nurses, and other multidisciplinary team members; and organizations to effect systemwide changes to improve programs of care. The practice may include prescriptive privileges.

(5) Certified nurse practitioner is an advanced practice nurse utilizing independent knowledge of physical assessment, diagnosis, and management of health care and illnesses. The practice includes prescriptive privileges. Certified nurse practitioners are members of the healthcare delivery system practicing in areas including, but not limited to: family practice, pediatrics, adult health care, geriatrics, and womens health care in primary, acute, long-term, and critical-care settings in healthcare facilities and the community. Certified nurse practitioners may be recognized as the primary-care provider or acute-care provider of record.

(6) Certified registered nurse anesthetist is as defined in chapter 34.2 of this title (Nurse Anesthetist).

(7) Department means the department of health.

(8) Health means optimum well-being.

(9) Health care means those services provided to promote the optimum well-being of individuals.

(10) Licensed means the status of qualified individuals who have completed a designated process by which the board of nursing grants permission to individuals accountable and/or responsible for the practice of nursing and to engage in that practice, prohibiting all others from legally doing so.

(11) Nursing means the provision of services that are essential to the promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health throughout the continuum of life. It provides care and support of individuals and families during periods of wellness, illness, and injury, and incorporates the appropriate healthcare plan of care prescribed by a licensed advanced practice registered nurse, certified nurse midwife, licensed physician, dentist, or podiatrist. It is a distinct component of health services. Nursing practice is based on specialized knowledge, judgment, and nursing skills acquired through educational preparation in nursing and in the biological, physical, social, and behavioral sciences.

(12) Population foci means focus of the patient population. Population focus shall include:

(i) Family/Individual across the lifespan;

(ii) Adult-gerontology;

(iii) Neonatal;

(iv) Pediatrics;

(v) Womens health/gender-related; and

(vi) Psychiatric/mental health.

(13) Practical nursing is practiced by licensed practical nurses (L.P.N.s). It is an integral part of nursing based on a knowledge and skill level commensurate with education. It includes promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health and utilizes standardized procedures leading to predictable outcomes that are in accord with the professional nurse regimen under the direction of a registered nurse. In situations where registered nurses are not employed, the licensed practical nurse functions under the direction of a licensed physician, dentist, podiatrist, or other licensed healthcare providers authorized by law to prescribe. Each L.P.N. is responsible for the nursing care rendered.

(14) Professional nursing is practiced by registered nurses (R.N.s). The practice of professional nursing is a dynamic process of assessment of an individuals health status; identification of healthcare needs; determination of healthcare goals with the individual and/or family participation; and the development of a plan of nursing care to achieve these goals. Nursing actions, including teaching and counseling, are directed toward the promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health and evaluation of the individuals response to nursing actions and the medical regimen of care. The professional nurse provides care and support of individuals and families during periods of wellness and injury and incorporates, where appropriate, the medical plan of care as prescribed by a licensed physician, dentist, podiatrist, or other licensed healthcare providers authorized by law to prescribe. Each R.N. is directly accountable and responsible to the consumer for the nursing care rendered.

(15) Psychiatric and mental health nurse clinical specialist is a certified clinical nurse specialist working in the population foci of psychiatric/mental health as an advanced practice nurse utilizing independent knowledge in psychiatric mental-health assessment; diagnosis, health promotion, psychotherapeutic modalities, and management of mental health and illnesses. The practice may include prescription privileges within their scope of practice. The practice may also include consultation and education.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-30-3 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-30 / Section 5-30-3
§ 5-30-3. License and annual registration required  Practice of physiotherapy.
Status: in_force

No person may practice chiropractic medicine or any of its branches without a certificate issued under the authority of this chapter, which certificate has not been suspended or revoked as provided in this chapter, and without registering annually, as provided by § 5-30-12. No one may represent himself or herself to be a chiropractic physician, or use the title Doctor of Chiropractic, D.C., Ph.C., M.C., or any word or title to induce the belief that he or she is engaged in the practice of chiropractic medicine, without having a certificate and registering as stated in this section. No person who has a certificate to practice chiropractic medicine issued under the provisions of this chapter shall practice physiotherapy or any of its branches without a certificate authorizing him or her to do so issued under the authority of this chapter. This section shall not be construed to prevent the employment of corrective orthopedics and dietetics by other qualified persons.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-64-13 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-64 / Section 5-64-13
§ 5-64-13. License expiration, renewal.
Status: in_force

All licenses under this chapter shall be renewed biennially and shall be accompanied by a fee of one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125). The application shall be accompanied or supported by evidence of the completion of a minimum of twenty (20) continuing-nutrition-education credits as approved by the board, reported biennially every second year after the 1993 recertification period. Failure to file an application for a renewal license to practice and to furnish the evidence shall constitute grounds for revocation, suspension, or refusal to renew the license, unless the board of dietetics, in its discretion, determines the failure to be due to reasonable cause or excusable neglect. This applicant shall be given six (6) months to make up the appropriate amount of credits required to bring him or her into compliance. Thereafter, the candidate shall be subject to immediate suspension or revocation of license.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-40-6 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-40 / Section 5-40-6
§ 5-40-6. Qualification of physical therapists.
Status: in_force

Any applicant for licensure shall submit to the board written evidence on forms furnished by the department of health that the applicant meets all of the following requirements:

(1) Is at least eighteen (18) years of age;

(2) Is of good moral character;

(3) Has graduated from an education program in physical therapy accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE) or other accrediting agency as approved by the department in consultation with the board in the year of the applicants graduation; and

(4) Has passed the National Physical Therapy Examination (NPTE) of the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT) or other physical therapy certification examination as approved by the department in consultation with the board to determine the applicants fitness to engage in the practice of physical therapy.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-64-6 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-64 / Section 5-64-6
§ 5-64-6. Applicant qualifications  Fees.
Status: in_force

(a) When filing an application for a license the applicant must present evidence of:

(1) Completion of a baccalaureate or post-baccalaureate degree with a program in nutrition or dietetics; and

(2) Completion of a board-approved, planned, continuous experience in dietetic practice of not less than nine hundred (900) hours under the supervision of a registered dietitian or dietitian/nutritionist licensed in the state; and

(3) Passing an examination.

(b) Each application shall be accompanied by a fee as set forth in § 23-1-54.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-62-9 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-62 / Section 5-62-9
§ 5-62-9. Express warranties.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of any other law to the contrary:

(1) Whenever an art merchant, in selling or exchanging a work of fine art, furnishes a certificate of authenticity or any similar written instrument to a buyer of the work who is not an art merchant, it:

(i) Shall be presumed to be part of the basis of the bargain; and

(ii) Creates an express warranty for the material facts stated as of the date of the sale or exchange.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, the warranty shall not be negated or limited, provided that in construing the degree of warranty, due regard shall be given to the terminology used and the meaning accorded to the terminology by the customs and usage of the trade at the time and in the locality where the sale or exchange took place.

(3) Language used in a certificate of authenticity, or similar written instrument, stating that:

(i) The work is by a named author or has a named authorship, without any limiting words, means unequivocally that the work is by the named author or has the named authorship;

(ii) The work is attributed to a named author means a work of the period of the author, attributed to him or her, but not with certainty by him or her; or

(iii) The work is of the school of a named author means a work of the period of the author, by a pupil or close follower of the author, but not by the author.

(4)(i) An express warranty and disclaimers intended to negate or limit a warranty shall be construed, wherever reasonable, as consistent with each other, but subject to the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code, § 6A-2-202, on parole or extrinsic evidence, negation or limitation is inoperative to the extent that the construction is unreasonable.

(ii) A negation or limitation is deemed unreasonable if:

(A) The disclaimer is not conspicuous, written, and apart from the warranty, in words that clearly and specifically apprise the buyer that the seller assumes no risk, liability, or responsibility for the material facts stated concerning the work of fine art. Words of general disclaimer are not sufficient to negate or limit an express warranty; or

(B) The work of fine art is proved to be a counterfeit and this was not clearly indicated in the description of the work; or

(C) The information provided is proved to be, as of the date of sale or exchange, false, mistaken, or erroneous.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-32-4 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-32 / Section 5-32-4
§ 5-32-4. Qualifications of applicants.
Status: in_force

Licenses to engage in the practice of electrolysis and laser hair removal shall be issued to the applicants who comply with the following requirements:

(1) Are citizens or legal residents of the United States;

(2) Have attained the age of eighteen (18) years;

(3) Have graduated from a high school or whose education is the equivalent of a high school education;

(4) Have satisfactorily completed a course of training and study in electrolysis, as a registered apprentice under the supervision of a licensed Rhode Island electrologist who is qualified to teach electrolysis to apprentices as prescribed in § 5-32-20, or have graduated from a school of electrolysis after having satisfactorily completed a program consisting of not less than six hundred fifty (650) hours of study and practice in the theory and practical application of electrolysis. That apprenticeship shall include at least six hundred fifty (650) hours of study and practice in the theory and practical application of electrolysis within a term of nine (9) months; provided, that the apprentice registers with the division of professional regulation of the department of health upon beginning his or her course of instruction, and the licensed person with whom they serve that apprenticeship keeps a record of the hours of that instruction, and, upon the completion of that apprenticeship, certifies that fact to the board of examiners in electrolysis;

(5) Is of good moral character; and

(6) Passes an examination approved by the department of health.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-86-14 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-86 / Section 5-86-14
§ 5-86-14. Transfers to inactive list  Reinstatement.
Status: in_force

(a) A licensed applied behavior analyst, licensed applied behavior assistant analyst, or the equivalent who does not intend to continue his or her licensure, upon written request to the department may have his or her name transferred to an inactive list, and shall not be required to pay the renewal fee as long as he or she remains inactive.

(b) Should a licensed applied behavior analyst, licensed applied behavior assistant analyst, or psychologist with equivalent experience wish to resume functioning as an applied behavior analyst, he or she must notify the department and remit his or her renewal fee in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder within the immediate two (2) years prior to the applicants request for licensure.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-37-25.1 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-37 / Section 5-37-25.1
§ 5-37-25.1. Injunction of violations.
Status: in_force

When it appears to the director or board that any person is violating any of the provisions of this chapter, the director or board may institute an action to enjoin the violation in a court of competent jurisdiction, and the court may restrain and/or enjoin any person, firm, corporation, or association from violating any of the provisions of this chapter without regard to whether proceedings have been or may be instituted before the board or whether criminal proceedings have been or may be instituted.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-6-27 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-6 / Section 5-6-27
§ 5-6-27. Disposition of fees  Annual report.
Status: in_force

The division shall report annually to the general assembly in the month of January a detailed statement of its receipts and disbursements during the year with a statement of its acts and proceedings and any recommendations that the division deems proper. All proceeds of any fees collected pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited as general revenues. Commissioners and board members shall not be compensated for attendance at board meetings, but reimbursement for costs and expenses of board members and commissioners shall continue.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-23-2_5-23-2 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-23 / Section 5-23-2_5-23-2
§ 5-23-2. Licenses for holiday business. [Effective until January 1, 2026.]5-23-2. Licenses for holiday business. [Effective January 1, 2026.]
Status: in_force

(a) A retail establishment may be open on any day of the year except as specifically prohibited herein. A retail establishment shall not be open on a holiday unless licensed by the appropriate town council pursuant to this section. The city or town council of any city or town shall grant holiday licenses for the sale by retail establishments. No license shall be issued on December 25 of any year or on Thanksgiving Day, except to:

(1) Pharmacies licensed under chapter 19.1 of this title; provided, however, that no drug (as defined in § 5-19.1-2) or controlled substance (as defined in § 5-19.1-2) requiring a prescription (as defined in § 5-19.1-2) shall be dispensed or sold unless a licensed pharmacist-in-charge (as defined in § 5-19.1-2) is available on the premises;

(2) Retail establishments that principally sell food products as defined in § 44-18-30(9) and that employ fewer than six (6) employees per shift at any one location;

(3) Retail establishments principally engaged in the sale of cut flowers, floral products, plants, shrubs, trees, fertilizers, seeds, bulbs, and garden accessories;

(4) Retail establishments principally engaged in the sale and/or rental of video cassette tapes; and

(5) Retail establishments principally engaged in the preparation or sale of bakery products.

(b) Retail establishments licensed pursuant to this section may be permitted to open for business during holidays on their normal business working hours.

(c) Retail establishments licensed pursuant to this section shall be exempt from the provisions of chapter 1 of title 25, entitled Holidays and Days of Special Observance, and those establishments may sell any and all items sold in the ordinary course of business with the exception of alcoholic beverages.

(d) All employees engaged in work during Sundays or holidays pursuant to the provisions of this section shall receive from their employer no less than time and a half for the work so performed and shall be guaranteed at least a minimum of four (4) hours employment; except those employees referred to in § 28-12-4.3(a)(4), provided that the work performed by the employee is strictly voluntary and refusal to work for any retail establishment on a Sunday or holiday is not a ground for discrimination, dismissal, or discharge or any other penalty upon the employee. The city or town council may fix and cause to be paid into the city or town treasury for each license issued pursuant to this section a fee not to exceed the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) and may fix the time or times when the license granted terminates; provided, that the city or town council shall not charge a licensing fee to any charitable, benevolent, educational, philanthropic, humane, patriotic, social service, civic, fraternal, police, fire, labor, or religious organization that is not operated for profit.

(e) Retail establishments engaged principally in the preparation or sale of bakery products and pharmacies shall be licensed prior to the sale of those products in accordance with this section; provided, that the time and one half and voluntary work provisions do not apply.

(f) Each city or town council shall fix, limit, and specify those rules, regulations, and conditions relating to the granting, holding, and exercising those licenses as it deems necessary or advisable and as are not inconsistent with law, and may suspend or revoke any license granted by it for more than two (2) violations of those rules, regulations, and conditions during a calendar year.

(g) Each city or town shall grant Class A licenses authorizing retail establishments that sell alcoholic beverages for consumption off of the premises within its jurisdiction to sell on Sundays, alcoholic beverages in accordance with the terms of this chapter and that of title 3; provided that it shall not permit such sale prior to the hour of twelve noon (12:00 p.m.) or on Christmas day, if Christmas shall occur on a Sunday; provided, further, that no employee shall be required to work and refusal to work on a Sunday shall not be the grounds for discrimination, dismissal, discharge, deduction of hours, or any other penalty.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-91-4 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-91 / Section 5-91-4
§ 5-91-4. Designation of state of principal license.
Status: in_force

(a) A physician shall designate a member state as the state of principal license for purposes of registration for expedited licensure through the compact if the physician possesses a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in that state, and the state is:

(1) The state of principal residence for the physician;

(2) The state where at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the practice of medicine occurs; or

(3) The location of the physicians employer; or

(4) If no state qualifies under subsection (1), subsection (2), or subsection (3) of this section, the state designated as state of residence for purpose of federal income tax.

(b) A physician may redesignate a member state as state of principal license at any time, as long as the state meets the requirements of subsection (a) of this section.

(c) The interstate commission is authorized to develop rules to facilitate redesignation of another member state as the state of principal license.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-37-1.3 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-37 / Section 5-37-1.3
§ 5-37-1.3. Board of medical licensure and discipline  Powers and duties.
Status: in_force

The board has the following duties and powers:

(1) To adopt, amend, and rescind rules and regulations, with the approval of the director, necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter;

(2) To investigate all complaints and charges of unprofessional conduct against any licensed physician or limited registrant and hold hearings to determine whether those charges are substantiated or unsubstantiated;

(3) To direct the director of the department of health to license qualified applicants;

(4) To appoint one or more members of the board to act for the members of the board in investigating the conduct or competence of any licensed physician or limited registrant;

(5) To direct the director to revoke or suspend licenses or registrations, or implement other disciplinary action against persons licensed or registered under this chapter;

(6) To issue subpoenas and administer oaths in connection with any investigations, hearings, or disciplinary proceedings held under the authority of this chapter as follows:

(i) All subpoenas issued pursuant to this section shall only be issued by a vote of either the investigating committee or the full board;

(ii) All subpoenas issued by the board or the investigating committee shall be served by a disinterested party or by a constable authorized by the courts to serve process;

(iii) Subpoenas issued by either the investigating committee or the full board shall have a reasonable return date that will allow the recipient an opportunity to review the subpoena, consult with counsel, and prepare a response to the subpoena; and

(iv) All subpoenas shall be in compliance with the Rhode Island healthcare confidentiality act;

(7) To take or cause depositions to be taken as needed in any investigation, hearing, or proceeding;

(8) To summon and examine witnesses during any investigation, hearing, or proceeding conducted by the board;

(9) To adopt and publish, with the approval of the director, rules of procedure and other regulations in accordance with the administrative procedures act, chapter 35 of title 42;

(10)(i) To require a licensee to undergo a physical or psychiatric examination by a physician acceptable to the board, from a list provided to the licensee by the board, if probable cause exists to believe that allegations of misconduct against a licensee are caused by an impairment that has directly affected the ability of the licensee to conduct his or her practice professionally.

(ii) The investigating committee and the board may not discriminate on the basis of disability in the administration of the licensing program, nor subject qualified individuals with disabilities to any discrimination on the basis of disability in its complaint procedure. All decisions of the investigating committee and the board shall be based on the allegation of unprofessional conduct and not due to probable cause of the conduct being related to the disability of the licensee;

(11) To advise the licensee of the availability of the physicians health committee of the Rhode Island Medical Society, and in appropriate instances, to refer licensees to that committee for evaluation by appropriate medical professionals.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-64-10 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-64 / Section 5-64-10
§ 5-64-10. Procedure for discipline.
Status: in_force

(a) When a sworn complaint is filed with the board charging a person with having been guilty of any of the actions specified in § 5-64-9, the division of professional regulation shall immediately investigate the charges, or, the board, after investigation, may institute charges. In the event the investigation reveals reasonable grounds for believing that the applicant or person certified under this chapter is guilty of the charges, the board shall fix a time and place for a hearing and shall cause a copy of the charges, together with a notice of the time and place fixed for the hearing, to be served personally upon the accused at least twenty (20) days prior to the time fixed for the hearing. When personal service cannot be effected and the fact is certified by oath by any person authorized to make service, the board shall cause to be published once in each of two (2) successive weeks, a notice of the hearing in a newspaper published in the county where the accused last resided according to the records of the board and shall mail a copy of the charges and the notice to the accused at his or her last known address. When publication of notice is necessary, the date of the hearing shall not be less than twenty (20) days after the last date of publication of the notice. At the hearing, the accused has the right to appear personally or by counsel or both; to produce witnesses and evidence on his or her behalf; and to cross-examine witnesses. The attendance of witnesses and the production of books, documents, and papers at the hearing may be compelled by subpoenas issued by the administrator which shall be served in accordance with law. At the hearing, the administrator shall administer oaths that may be necessary for the proper conduct of the hearing. The division of professional regulation shall not be bound by the strict rules of procedure or by the laws of evidence in the conduct of its proceedings but the determination shall be based upon sufficient legal evidence to sustain it. If the accused is found guilty of the charges, the division of professional regulation may refuse to issue a license or otherwise discipline the person.

(b) Upon the revocation or suspension of any license, the holder shall surrender the license to the administrator of professional regulation who shall strike the name of the holder from the register.

(c) A revocation or suspension of license may be reviewed at the discretion of the division of professional regulation or at the initiative of the administrator of professional regulation who may order a rehearing of the issue if he or she finds cause.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-37-20 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-37 / Section 5-37-20
§ 5-37-20. Acupuncture.
Status: in_force

Persons licensed and registered as physicians under this chapter shall be allowed to practice acupuncture only in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the director.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-61-3.1 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-61 / Section 5-61-3.1
§ 5-61-3.1. Security.
Status: in_force

(a) Each telephonic seller, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, shall deliver and file with the consumer protection unit of the department before a confirmation of registration shall be issued or re-issued:

(1) A surety bond, written by a company recognized and approved by the commissioner of insurance within the department of business regulation and approved by that department with respect to its form, manner of execution, and sufficiency in due form to the state of Rhode Island; or

(2) An irrevocable letter of credit issued for the benefit of the telephonic seller by a bank whose deposits are insured by an agency of the federal government; or

(3) A certificate of deposit in a financial institution insured by an agency of the federal government that may be withdrawn only on the order of the department, except that the interest may accrue to the telephonic seller.

(b) The amount of bond, letter of credit, or certificate of deposit must be a minimum of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000). The department may, at its discretion, establish a bond of greater amount to ensure the general welfare of the public.

(c) The security set forth in subsection (a) of this section shall be limited to indemnify the purchaser only for actual damages. This security shall neither limit nor impair any right of recovery otherwise available pursuant to law, nor shall the amount of security be relevant in determining the amount of damage or other relief to which any purchaser shall be entitled. The security shall be accessible only after all other legal remedies have been exhausted. In the event the security is exhausted, the telephonic seller shall immediately notify the department, which shall cause any public notice that it deems appropriate to be given immediately.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-49-17 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-49 / Section 5-49-17
§ 5-49-17. Board  Meetings.
Status: in_force

The board shall meet not less than six (6) times each year at a place, day, and hour determined by the board. The board shall also meet at any other times and places as requested by the department.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-25-4 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-25 / Section 5-25-4
§ 5-25-4. Board  Qualifications of members.
Status: in_force

Five (5) members of the board shall:

(1) Be residents of this state and licensed to practice within this state for at least five (5) years prior to appointment; and

(2) Be actively engaged in the practice of veterinary medicine for at least five (5) of the seven (7) years immediately preceding their appointment.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-20-34 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-20 / Section 5-20-34
§ 5-20-34. Prosecution of violations.
Status: in_force

It is the duty of the director of the department of labor and training, under the recommendation of the board of examiners for plumbers, to fine any person, corporation, firm, association, or partnership violating any of the provisions of this chapter upon complaint being made whether brought pursuant to § 5-20-28 or § 5-20-33.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-44-11 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-44 / Section 5-44-11
§ 5-44-11. Licensure without examination.
Status: in_force

A licensure as a psychologist may be issued to:

(1) An applicant who has been licensed or certified as a psychologist under the laws of another state, United States territory, or foreign country where the board determines that the requirements are substantially equivalent to those of this state; or

(2) A person who has been certified after examination by the American Board of Examiners in Professional Psychology, if the board determines that the examination is substantially equivalent to, or exceeds, the requirements of the examination approved by the board.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-37-22 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-37 / Section 5-37-22
§ 5-37-22. Disclosures.
Status: in_force

(a)(1) Any physician who is not a participant in a medical insurance plan shall post a notice, in a conspicuous place in his or her medical offices where it can be read by his or her patients, that reads, in substance, as follows:

To my patients:

I do not participate in a medical insurance plan. You should know that you shall be responsible for the payment of my medical fees.

(2) Any physician who fails to post this notice shall not be entitled to charge his or her patients any amount for medical fees in excess of that allowed had the physician participated in a medical insurance plan.

(b) Every physician shall disclose to patients eligible for Medicare, in advance of treatment, whether the physician accepts assignment under Medicare reimbursement as payment in full for medical services and/or treatment in the physicians office. This disclosure shall be given by posting in each physicians office, in a conspicuous place, a summary of the physicians Medicare reimbursement policy. Any physician who fails to make the disclosure as required in this section shall not be allowed to charge the patient in excess of the Medicare assignment amount for the medical procedure performed.

(c) When a patient requests, in writing, that his or her medical records be transferred to another physician or medical practice group, the original physician or medical-practice group shall promptly honor the request. The physician or medical-practice group shall be reimbursed for reasonable expenses (as defined by the director pursuant to §23-1-48) incurred in connection with copying the medical records.

(d) Every physician or medical-practice group shall, upon written request of any patient (or his or her authorized representative as defined in §5-37.3-3(1)) who has received healthcare services from the physician or medical-practice group, at the option of the physician or medical-practice group either permit the patient (or his or her authorized representative) to examine and copy the patients confidential healthcare information, or provide the patient (or his or her authorized representative) a summary of that information. If the physician or medical-practice group decides to provide a summary and the patient is not satisfied with a summary, then the patient may request, and the physician or medical-practice group shall provide, a copy of the entire record. At the time of the examination, copying, or provision of summary information, the physician or medical-practice group shall be reimbursed for reasonable expenses (as defined by the director pursuant to §23-1-48) in connection with copying this information. If, in the professional judgment of the treating physician, it would be injurious to the mental or physical health of the patient to disclose certain confidential healthcare information to the patient, the physician or medical-practice group shall not be required to disclose or provide a summary of that information to the patient, but shall upon written request of the patient (or his or her authorized representative) disclose that information to another physician or medical-practice group designated by the patient.

(e) Every physician who has ownership interest in health facilities or laboratories, including any healthcare facility licensed pursuant to chapter 17 of title 23, any residential-care/assisted-living facility licensed pursuant to chapter 17.4 of title 23, any adult day-care program licensed or certified by the director of the office of healthy aging, or any equipment not on the physicians premises, shall, in writing, make full patient disclosure of his or her ownership interest in the facility or therapy prior to utilization. The written notice shall state that the patient has free choice either to use the physicians proprietary facility or therapy or to seek the needed medical services elsewhere.

(f) Every physician who makes a referral of a patient to receive physical therapy services shall provide the notice required by this section if the services are provided by employees or independent contractors of the physician or if the entity is one in which the physician has an ownership interest. Any such interest referenced in this paragraph shall be in accordance with federal and state law, specifically including, but not limited to, chapter 48.1 of this title.

(g) Unless otherwise expressly stated in writing by the medical-practice group, all medical records shall be the property of the medical-practice group with which a physician is associated when that physician created all such medical records. A medical-practice group shall provide patients with access to patients medical records in the same manner as is required of individual physicians under this chapter. To the extent a medical-practice group fails to provide access to patients in accordance with the requirements of this chapter, the individual officers of the medical-practice group (or in the absence of officers, the shareholders or owners of the medical-practice group), in their capacities as licensees of the board, shall be subject to the disciplinary powers of the board.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-22-9 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-22 / Section 5-22-9
§ 5-22-9. Sunday amusements, performances, and movies in certain cities and towns.
Status: in_force

The city or town councils of Cumberland, Coventry, East Providence, East Greenwich, Hopkinton, Westerly, and Lincoln may authorize the performance for pay or profit of vocal, instrumental, or orchestral entertainments and lectures of an instructive character, the operation of amusement parks, the operation of miniature golf courses, and vaudeville performances of juggling and stage dancing having the approval of the chief of police, and moving picture exhibitions consisting of any pictures that have the approval of the national board of review and the chief of police, on the first day of the week, during any hours of the day that the city or town council determines, in accordance with the provisions of § 5-22-5.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-20-17.2 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-20 / Section 5-20-17.2
§ 5-20-17.2. Qualifications of journeyperson water filtration/treatment system installer  Application fee.
Status: in_force

No application for a journeypersons license shall be filed at the department of labor and training nor shall any applicant be permitted to take the examination for a license as a journeyperson water filtration/treatment system installer unless:

(1) The application is accompanied with the nonrefundable application fee of seventy-five dollars ($75.00); and

(2) The applicant possesses a current apprentice certificate pursuant to § 28-45-13 for a period of one year before application for journeyperson water filtration/treatment system installer is made.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-20-33.1 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-20 / Section 5-20-33.1
§ 5-20-33.1. Enforcement.
Status: in_force

(a) It is the duty of the director of the department of labor and training and the chief plumbing investigator to enforce the provisions of this chapter. Local building and plumbing inspectors, involved in the day-to-day inspection of plumbing, irrigation, or water-filtration/treatment-system installation, shall assist the chief plumbing investigator in enforcing the provisions of this chapter. These individuals have authority to demand the production of the licenses and certificates required by this chapter on any site where plumbing, irrigation, or water-filtration/treatment systems are being installed and have the authority to investigate and, where appropriate, make complaints, pursuant to § 5-20-28 or § 5-20-33, where sufficient evidence has been obtained to sustain a reasonable belief that a violation of this chapter has occurred.

(b) The state board of plumbing examiners also has:

(1) Concurrent responsibility to enforce the provisions of this chapter;

(2) The authority to demand the production of the licenses and certificates required by this chapter on any site where plumbing or irrigation is being installed; and

(3) The authority to investigate, and where appropriate, make complaints, pursuant to § 5-20-28 or § 5-20-33, where sufficient evidence has been obtained to sustain a reasonable belief that a violation of this chapter has occurred.

(c) The director of the department of labor and training shall provide identification to the board members for the purposes of this section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-75-3 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-75 / Section 5-75-3
§ 5-75-3. Rights, duties, and obligations unaffected by this chapter.
Status: in_force

(a) Collective bargaining agreements. Nothing in this chapter or in any professional employer agreement shall affect, modify, or amend any collective bargaining agreement, or the rights or obligations of any client, PEO, or covered employee under the federal National Labor Relations Act, the federal Railway Labor Act, or the State of Rhode Island Labor Relations Act.

(b) Licensing. Nothing contained in this chapter or any professional employer agreement shall affect, modify, or amend any state, local, or federal licensing, registration, or certification requirement applicable to any client or covered employee.

(1) A covered employee who must be licensed, registered, or certified according to law or regulation is deemed solely an employee of the client for purposes of any such license, registration, or certification requirement.

(2) A PEO shall not be deemed to engage in any occupation, trade, profession, or other activity that is subject to licensing, registration, or certification requirements, or is otherwise regulated by a governmental entity solely by entering into and maintaining a co-employment relationship with a covered employee who is subject to such requirements or regulations.

(3) Unless otherwise expressly agreed to by the client in the professional employer agreement, a client shall have the sole right to direct and control the professional or licensed activities of covered employees and of the clients business.

(c) Tax credits and other incentives. For purposes of determination of tax credits and other economic incentives provided by this state and based on employment, covered employees shall be deemed employees solely of the client. A client shall be entitled to the benefit of any tax credit, economic incentive, or other benefit arising as the result of the employment of covered employees of such client. If the grant or amount of any such incentives is based on number of employees, then each client shall be treated as employing only those covered employees actually working in the clients business operations and covered employees working for other clients of the PEO shall not be counted. Each PEO will provide, upon request by a client or an agency or department of this state, employment information reasonably required by any agency or department of this state responsible for administration of the tax credit or economic incentive and necessary to support any request, claim, application, or other action by a client seeking the tax credit or economic incentive. To the extent the client is receiving the benefit, the PEO shall not be entitled to receive the benefit or incentive.

(d) Disadvantaged business. With respect to a bid, contract, purchase order, or agreement entered into with the state or a political subdivision of the state, a client companys status or certification as a small, minority-owned, disadvantaged, or woman-owned business enterprise or as an historically underutilized business is not affected because the client company has entered into an agreement with a registrant or uses the services of a registrant.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-40-7 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-40 / Section 5-40-7
§ 5-40-7. Licensing of physical therapists.
Status: in_force

(a) By Examination. The applicant is required to pass with a grade determined by the board, an examination approved by the department in consultation with the board; physical therapists licensed under the provisions of this chapter on August 31, 1982, shall continue to be licensed.

(b) Without Examination by Endorsement. A license to practice physical therapy may be issued without examination to an applicant who has been licensed by examination as a physical therapist under the laws of another state or territory or District of Columbia, if, in the opinion of the board, the applicant meets the qualifications required of physical therapists in this state.

(c)(1) Graduate Practice. Every graduate of a board-approved physical therapy school who has filed a physical therapy application may, upon receiving a permit from the department of health, perform as a physical therapist under the supervision of a physical therapist licensed in this state.

(2) During this period, the applicant shall identify him or herself only as a graduate physical therapist.

(3) If the applicant fails to take the examination, as specified in subsection (a), within ninety (90) days from effective date of graduate status, without cause, or fails to pass the examination and receive a license, all privileges provided in subsections (c)(1) and (c)(2) automatically cease.

(d)(1) Foreign-Trained Applicants. If the foreign-trained applicant has successfully met the requirements of the rules and regulations, the applicants credentials shall be accepted by the board.

(2) Prior to becoming licensed in this state, the foreign-trained applicant must also meet all of the appropriate requirements described in this section or its equivalent as established in rules and regulations.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-48-2 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-48 / Section 5-48-2
§ 5-48-2. Board of examiners  Composition  Appointments, terms, and qualifications of members.
Status: in_force

(a) There exists within the department of health a board of examiners of speech-language pathology and audiology. The board shall consist of five (5) persons who are residents of the state and who have worked within the state for at least one year prior to their appointments.

(1) Two (2) members shall be speech-language pathologists who have practiced speech-language pathology for at least five (5) years preceding appointment, are currently practicing speech-language pathology, and hold active and valid licensure for the practice of speech-language pathology in this state.

(2) One member shall be an audiologist who has practiced audiology for at least five (5) years immediately preceding appointment, is currently practicing audiology, and holds active and valid licensure for the practice of audiology in this state.

(3) One member shall be an otolaryngologist who holds certification by the American Academy of Otolaryngology  head and neck surgery, who is currently practicing otolaryngology, and holds active and valid licensure as a physician within this state.

(4) One member shall be a representative of the consumer public who is not associated with or financially interested in the practice or business of speech-language pathology or audiology.

(b) All appointments to the board shall be for the term of three (3) years. Members shall serve until the expiration of the term for which they have been appointed or until their appointed successors are qualified.

(c) When a vacancy upon the board occurs, the director of the department of health shall, with the approval of the governor, appoint persons who are working within the state to fill the remainder of the vacant term.

(d) The board shall reorganize annually during the month of January and shall select a chairperson.

(e) A majority of currently filled positions shall constitute a quorum to do business.

(f) No person shall be appointed to serve more than two (2) consecutive terms.

(g) The first board and all future members shall be appointed by the director of the department of health, with the approval of the governor.

(h) The director of the department of health, with the approval of the governor, may remove any member of the board for dishonorable conduct, incompetency, or neglect of duty.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-20-17.1 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-20 / Section 5-20-17.1
§ 5-20-17.1. Qualifications of journeyperson irrigator  Application fee.
Status: in_force

No application for a journeypersons license shall be filed at the department of labor and training nor shall any applicant be permitted to take the examination for a license as a journeyperson irrigator unless:

(1) The application is accompanied with the nonrefundable application fee of seventy-five dollars ($75.00); and

(2) The applicant possesses a current apprentice certificate pursuant to § 28-45-13 for a period of one year before application for journeyperson irrigator is made.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-30-6 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-30 / Section 5-30-6
§ 5-30-6. Qualifications and examinations of applicants.
Status: in_force

Every person desiring to begin the practice of chiropractic medicine, except as provided in this chapter, shall present satisfactory evidence to the division of professional regulation of the department of health that he or she is more than twenty-three (23) years of age; of good moral character; and that before he or she commenced the study of chiropractic medicine had satisfactorily completed credit courses equal to four (4) years of pre-professional study acceptable by an accredited academic college and obtained a bachelor of science or bachelor of arts degree and subsequently graduated from a school or college of chiropractic medicine approved by the division of professional regulation of the department of health; and has completed a residential course of at least four (4) years, each year consisting of at least nine (9) months study. Any qualified applicant shall take an examination before the state board of chiropractic examiners to determine his or her qualifications to practice chiropractic medicine. Every applicant for an examination shall pay a fee as set forth in § 23-1-54 for the examination to the division of professional regulation. Every candidate who passes the examination shall be recommended by the division of professional regulation of the department of health to the director of the department of health to receive a certificate of qualification to practice chiropractic medicine.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-65-22 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-65 / Section 5-65-22
§ 5-65-22. Display of certificate of registration.
Status: in_force

All contractors subject to the provisions of this chapter must include their certificate of registration number on all advertising proposals, contracts, and invoices displayed in a conspicuous manner.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-29-28 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-29 / Section 5-29-28
§ 5-29-28. Specification of charges.
Status: in_force

When the board determines that action is required, or the accused requests a hearing on allegations of unprofessional conduct, a specification of charges of unprofessional conduct against the licensee or limited registration holder shall be prepared by the board and a copy served upon the accused, together with notice of the hearing. A hearing on the charges shall then be scheduled for a hearing before the board.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-5-1 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-5 / Section 5-5-1
§ 5-5-1. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Private Detective Act.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-65-14 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-65 / Section 5-65-14
§ 5-65-14. Contractors registration and licensing board  Members  Terms  Confirmation  Vacancies  Qualification.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall consist of seventeen (17) members appointed by the governor, at least ten (10) of whom shall be registered contractors. Of the seventeen (17) members, two (2) shall be licensed roofers; one shall be a current member of the building codes standards committee pursuant to § 23-27.3-100.1.4; two (2) shall be representatives of the general public; one shall be a licensed and practicing architect or engineer; one shall be a licensed home inspector; one shall be the president of the Rhode Island Builders Association or designee; one shall be the executive director of the Utility Contractors Association of Rhode Island, or designee; one shall be the executive director of the Rhode Island Independent Contractors and Associates, or designee; and one shall be the executive director of the Rhode Island Association of General Contractors, or designee. The building code standards committee member shall be designated by the state building commissioner, and shall be appointed as provided in subsection (b) of this section.

(b) The commissioners designee and the other members appointed by the governor shall each serve a term of three (3) years. Before the expiration of the term of a member, the governor shall either reappoint the member or appoint a successor. If there is a vacancy for any cause, the governor shall make an appointment immediately effective for the unexpired term. At the expiration of their terms, members shall remain and shall continue in their official capacity until a new member is appointed and confirmed.

(c) In order to be eligible for board membership, the ten (10) contractor members of the board must be registered and/or licensed under this chapter and maintain their registrations and/or licenses in good standing during their term of office.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-65-19 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-65 / Section 5-65-19
§ 5-65-19. Penalty for operating without a registration  Failure to comply with a final order or decision  Repeat offenses.
Status: in_force

In addition to any other penalties provided under this chapter:

(1) Any person who fails to register as a contractor as adjudged in a final order issued by the board, upon proper written notification, is deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding one year, fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both, for a first or second offense. A third or subsequent violation of this chapter by a person for failure to register as a contractor is deemed a felony and, upon conviction, the violator shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding two (2) years, fined not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000), or both.

(2) Any person who violates a final order of the board where the monetary total of the order is not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), upon proper written notification, is deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding one year, fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.

(3) Any person who violates a final order of the board where the monetary total of the order is five thousand dollars ($5,000) or more, upon written notification, is deemed guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding ten (10) years, fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both.

(4) In addition to any sentence or fine imposed by the court under subsections (1), (2), and (3), the court shall order a defendant to comply with any outstanding final order or decision of the board or office, including payment of any outstanding fine or fines previously imposed by the board or office pursuant to this chapter.

(5) If by final orders or decisions of the board or office a contractor is found to have committed violations of this chapter with respect to three (3) or more separate contracts with three (3) separate individuals/aggrieved parties and the violations occurred within a twenty-four-month (24) period, the violations shall be deemed and prosecuted as a felony and upon conviction the violator shall be subject to imprisonment for a term not to exceed ten (10) years or fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-29-36 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-29 / Section 5-29-36
§ 5-29-36. Violations  Penalties.
Status: in_force

Unless another penalty is provided by the laws of this state, any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any rule or regulation adopted under this chapter shall upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-37-32 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-37 / Section 5-37-32
§ 5-37-32. Pap smears  Quality assurance standards.
Status: in_force

Any licensed physician taking a pap smear or supervising the taking of a pap smear shall submit the smear for processing only to a laboratory licensed by the Rhode Island department of health specifically to perform cervical cytology, or accredited by the American Society of Cytology, or accredited by the College of American Pathologists, or a hospital accredited by the Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations, or a hospital accredited by the American Osteopathic Association.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-69-10 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-69 / Section 5-69-10
§ 5-69-10. Licensed professionals discipline.
Status: in_force

Licensees subject to this chapter shall conduct their activities, services, and practice in accordance with this chapter and with any rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter. The licensing board may recommend to the director refusal to grant a license to, or to suspend, revoke, condition, limit, qualify, or restrict the license of any individual who the licensing board or its designee, after a hearing, determines:

(1) Is incompetent to practice under the provisions of this chapter, or is found to engage in the practice of chemical dependency counseling and/or supervision in a manner harmful or dangerous to a client or to the public;

(2) Has obtained or attempted to obtain a license, or renewal, by bribery or fraudulent representation;

(3) Has knowingly made a false statement on a form required by the licensing board;

(4) Has failed to obtain the continuing education credits necessary for re-licensing;

(5) Has engaged in sexual relations with a current client, solicited sexual relations with a current client, or committed an act of sexual abuse or sexual misconduct with a current client;

(6) Has failed to remain free from the use of any controlled substance or any alcoholic beverages to the extent that the use impairs the ability of the person to conduct with safety to the public the practice authorized by this license. The applicant shall bear the burden of proving that he or she is free from use of any controlled substance or any alcoholic beverages that impair his or her ability to conduct with safety to the public the practice authorized by this license;

(7) Has been convicted of a felony, which shall be waived by the board upon presentation of satisfactory evidence that the conviction does not impair the ability of the person to conduct with safety to the public the practice authorized by this license. The applicant shall bear the burden of proving that his or her conviction does not impair his or her ability to conduct with safety to the public the practice authorized by this license;

(8) Has disciplinary action pending or has revocation, suspension, or probation taken against the licensee in Rhode Island or another state or territory of these United States;

(9) Has failed to maintain confidentiality per federal regulation 42 C.F.R. part 2;

(10) Has engaged in false or misleading advertising;

(11) Has a mental disability that significantly impairs the ability or judgment (the order of a court that the licensee is in need of mental treatment for incompetency shall continue the mental disability); and

(12) Has violated any of the provisions of this chapter, or the provisions of any code of ethics adopted by the licensing board.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-69-11 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-69 / Section 5-69-11
§ 5-69-11. Complaints.
Status: in_force

All complaints concerning a licensees business or professional practice shall be received by either the licensing board or the department of health. Each complaint received shall be logged, recording at a minimum the following information:

(1) Licensees name;

(2) Name of the complaining party;

(3) Date of complaint;

(4) Brief statement of complaint; and

(5) Disposition.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-26-5 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-26 / Section 5-26-5
§ 5-26-5. Holding of examinations  Compensation of examiners.
Status: in_force

The director of health shall cause examinations to be held as required by law for the various arts and practices enumerated in § 5-26-2. Members of each board of examiners as enumerated in § 5-26-2 shall not be compensated for their service on the board of examiners.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-32-11 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-32 / Section 5-32-11
§ 5-32-11. Display of licenses  Revocation or suspension of licenses for gross unprofessional misconduct.
Status: in_force

(a) Every license issued under this chapter shall specify the name of the person to whom it was issued and shall be displayed prominently in the place of business or employment. The division of professional regulation of the department of health has the power to revoke or suspend any license of registration issued under this chapter for gross unprofessional conduct. Gross unprofessional conduct is defined as including, but not limited to:

(1) The use of any false or fraudulent statement in any document connected with the practice of electrolysis;

(2) The obtaining of any fee by fraud or misrepresentation either to a patient or insurance plan;

(3) The violation of a privileged communication;

(4) Knowingly performing any act that in any way aids or assists an unlicensed person to practice electrolysis in violation of this chapter;

(5) The practice of electrolysis under a false or assumed name;

(6) The advertising for the practice of electrolysis in a deceptive or unethical manner;

(7) Habitual intoxication or addiction to the use of drugs;

(8) Violations of any of the rules or regulations of the state department of health, or the violation of any section of this chapter;

(9) Gross incompetence in the practice of his or her profession; or

(10) Repeated acts of immorality or repeated acts of gross misconduct in the practice of his or her profession.

(b) Before any license is suspended or revoked, its holder shall be notified, in writing, of the charge or charges preferred against him or her and shall have a reasonable time to prepare his or her defense and has the right to be represented by counsel and to be heard and to present his or her defense. Any person whose license has been suspended or revoked may apply to have the license reissued and the license may be reissued to him or her upon a satisfactory showing that the cause for disqualification has ceased. The division of professional regulation of the department of health has power by its administrator to summon any person to appear as a witness and testify at any hearing of the division, to examine witnesses, administer oaths, and punish for contempt any person refusing to appear or testify. The division shall serve a copy of its decision or ruling upon any person whose license has been revoked or refused.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-71-18 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-71 / Section 5-71-18
§ 5-71-18. Privileged communications.
Status: in_force

In the trial of every cause, both civil and criminal, no licensed interpreter shall be competent to testify concerning any statement made to him or her in connection with the interpreters interpretation or transliteration without the consent of the person making the statement. No duly licensed interpreter shall be allowed, in giving testimony, to disclose any confidential communication properly entrusted to him or her in his or her professional capacity and necessary and proper to enable him or her to discharge the functions of his or her office in the usual course of practice or discipline without the consent of the person making the communication.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-79-7 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-79 / Section 5-79-7
§ 5-79-7. Penalty.
Status: in_force

Any person who commits any violation described in § 5-79-4 may, upon conviction, be fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. Prosecution or conviction for any violation described in § 5-79-4 will not bar prosecution or conviction for any other offenses. These penalties are cumulative to any other remedies or penalties provided by law.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-88-3 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-88 / Section 5-88-3
§ 5-88-3. Decision.
Status: in_force

The board shall provide the person with a written decision regarding the application for an occupational license, certificate, or permit pursuant to the provisions of § 5-88-1 within sixty (60) days after receiving an application.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-5-19 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-5 / Section 5-5-19
§ 5-5-19. Obligation to report criminal violations.
Status: in_force

All felonies that are discovered by persons licensed and registered under this chapter shall be reported immediately to the Rhode Island state police, private investigative unit, or to the local police department where the crime occurred.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-34-46 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-34 / Section 5-34-46
§ 5-34-46. Status of current licensees.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person holding a license to practice nursing as a certified nurse practitioner, psychiatric clinical nurse specialist, or certified registered nurse anesthetist, as defined in this chapter and chapter 34.2 of this title, in this state that is valid upon passage of this chapter shall be deemed to be licensed as an APRN, with his or her current privileges and shall be eligible for renewal of such license as defined under the provisions of this chapter and chapter 34.2 of this title.

(b) Any person holding a valid license to practice nursing having graduated from an accredited course of study, actively practicing in an advanced role, and holding a national certification related to his or her current practice setting as of the effective date of this act, as defined in this chapter or chapter 34.2 of this title, shall be deemed to be eligible for an APRN license.

(c) After August 1, 2013, all new applicants for APRN licensure must meet the stipulated licensure requirements as stated in this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-60-14 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-60 / Section 5-60-14
§ 5-60-14. Grounds for refusal or revocation of licenses.
Status: in_force

The board may refuse to issue a license to an applicant or may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew the license of any licensee if he or she has:

(1) Been convicted of a felony, the record of conviction being conclusive evidence of conviction if the department determines after investigation that the person has not been sufficiently rehabilitated to warrant the public trust;

(2) Secured a license under this chapter by fraud or deceit; or

(3) Violated or conspired to violate this chapter or rules or regulations issued pursuant to this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-71-9 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-71 / Section 5-71-9
§ 5-71-9. Licensure and regulations of interpreters for the deaf.
Status: in_force

(a) Licensure shall be granted when a person meets the certification requirements as defined in regulations promulgated by the department. A person only needs one license under certified or screened if he or she is qualified as defined in § 5-71-8(a) and recognized by the RID and the NAD or its successor agency approved by the department in consultation with the board as outlined in § 5-71-3.

(b) No person shall practice or hold him or herself out as being able to practice interpreting, educational interpreting, or intermediary interpreting as defined in § 5-71-3 unless he or she shall be licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. No person shall hold himself or herself out as being an educational interpreter as defined in § 5-71-3 unless he or she is licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

(c) All licensed interpreters upon commencing to practice, and upon any change in address, shall promptly notify the department of said change in home or office address and shall furnish any other information to the department that it may require. All licensed interpreters shall annually, before July 1st, pay the department a license renewal fee, as set forth in § 23-1-54, for each license. The department may suspend the authority of any licensed interpreter to practice for failure to comply with any of the requirements of this chapter or the regulations promulgated thereunder. The department makes available for public inspection a complete list of the names of all interpreters licensed and practicing in the state.

(d) Three (3) types of licensure may be issued to interpreters:

(1) A certified license shall be granted to interpreters who have met the certification requirements as set forth in regulations promulgated by the department. The two (2) licenses under certified are called certified interpreter and certified deaf interpreter;

(2) A screened license of limited duration determined by the board shall be granted to interpreters who have met the educational requirements as set forth in regulations promulgated by the department and who have successfully completed a recognized state screening or state equivalent as determined by the department in consultation with the board. The two (2) licenses under screened are called screened interpreter and screened deaf interpreter;

(3) An educational interpreter license may be granted to interpreters who meet the requirements of § 5-71-8(b). This license is called educational interpreter.

(e) All certified licensed interpreters shall be required to complete continuing education as set forth by RID or its successor agency approved by the department in consultation with the board. All licensed screened interpreters shall be required to complete continuing education as set forth in the regulations promulgated by the department.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-1-4 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-1 / Section 5-1-4
§ 5-1-4. Board  Organizational and special meetings  Quorum  Seal.
Status: in_force

(a) A regular meeting of the board shall be held in May of each year, at which time the board shall elect from its membership a chairperson, a vice-chair, and a secretary, who shall serve for one year and until their successors are elected and qualified. Special meetings of the board may be called by the chairperson or other members of the board, in accordance with any rules and regulations that the board adopts.

(b) Three (3) members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business, but no action shall be taken at any meeting without three (3) members in accord.

(c) The board shall adopt a seal.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-37-16 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-37 / Section 5-37-16
§ 5-37-16. Limited registrations.
Status: in_force

(a) An applicant for limited registration under this chapter who furnishes the board with satisfactory proof that the applicant is eighteen (18) years of age or older and of good moral character; that the applicant has graduated from a fully legally chartered medical school or school of osteopathic medicine having power to grant degrees in allopathic or osteopathic medicine; and that the applicant has been appointed an intern, resident, fellow, or medical officer in a hospital or other institution maintained by the state, or by a city or town, or in a hospital or clinic that is incorporated under the laws of this state, or in a clinic that is affiliated with a hospital licensed by the department of health, or in an outpatient clinic operated by the state, may, upon the payment as set forth in § 23-1-54, be registered by the board as a hospital medical officer for any time that the board may prescribe. This limited registration shall entitle the applicant to practice medicine in the hospital or other institution designated on his or her certificate of limited registration, or outside this hospital or other institution for the treatment, under the supervision of one of its medical officers who is a licensed physician, of persons accepted by it as patients, or in any hospital, institution, clinic, or program affiliated for training purposes with the hospital, institution, or clinic designated on this certificate, which affiliation is approved by the board, and in any case under regulations established by the hospital, institution, or clinic; provided, that each hospital, institution, or clinic annually submits to the board a list of affiliated hospitals, institutions, clinics, or programs providing training programs that comply with the terms of this section. Limited registration under this section may be revoked at any time by the board.

(b) Notwithstanding the other provisions of subsection (a) of this section, an internationally trained physician who has been licensed or otherwise authorized to practice medicine in a country other than the United States shall be eligible to apply for a limited international physician registration (license) to practice medicine for a renewable one-year term after satisfying the criteria in subsection (c) of this section; provided, however, that such limited registration shall provide a pathway to apply for the issuance of a full unrestricted license to practice medicine in accordance with, and upon satisfaction of, the criteria in subsection (f) of this section.

(c) The board shall issue a limited license international physician license to an applicant if the participating healthcare facility and the applicant submit evidence acceptable to the board that the applicant:

(1) Is an internationally trained physician;

(2) Has a valid certificate issued by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates; provided, however, that the board may waive such certification at its discretion where the applicant is unable to obtain the required documentation from a non-cooperating country;

(3) Has achieved a passing score on both of Steps 1 and 2 (clinical knowledge) of the United States Medical Licensing Examination within three (3) attempts for each step;

(4) Has entered into an agreement with the participating healthcare facility providing that the facility shall assess, train, and evaluate the applicants clinical and nonclinical skills to ensure standards appropriate for medical practice in Rhode Island, according to the assessment and evaluation criteria developed or approved by the board;

(5) Will enter a full-time employment relationship with that participating healthcare facility after the board issues a limited international physician license pursuant to this subsection; and

(6) Has satisfied other criteria that the board may require for issuance of a limited international physician license pursuant to this section.

(d) The one-year limited international physician license may be renewed twice, for a total three-year (3) term of limited international physician registration for physicians in primary care specialties and may be renewed for the total number of years required for ACGME-accredited residency training in other specialties, at the discretion of the board.

(e) To be eligible to apply for a full medical license to practice medicine in Rhode Island, an internationally trained physician shall provide the board with proof of the following:

(1) Successful completion of the participating healthcare facilitys assessment, training, and evaluation program, with an attestation from the facility that the physician is competent to practice their specialty independently;

(2) A passing score on Step 3 of the USMLE within three (3) attempts; and

(3) The license shall authorize the holder to practice independently in a primary care specialty, psychiatry, or other specialty approved by the board.

(f) The director may promulgate any rules and regulations that the director deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-20-9 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-20 / Section 5-20-9
§ 5-20-9. Acts for which journeypersons license required.
Status: in_force

No person shall engage to work as a journeyperson plumber, journeyperson irrigator, journeyperson water-filtration/treatment-system installer or represent in any form or manner that he or she is a journeyperson plumber, journeyperson irrigator, journeyperson water-filtration/treatment-system installer, unless that person possesses and carries on his or her person at all times while engaged, a certificate of license in full force and effect from the department of labor and training specifying that person as a journeyperson plumber, journeyperson irrigator, or journeyperson water-filtration/treatment-system installer employed by the properly licensed master-permit holder.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-71-4 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-71 / Section 5-71-4
§ 5-71-4. Board of examiners  Creation  Compensation  Appointment, terms, and qualifications of members.
Status: in_force

(a) There shall exist within the state department of health a board of examiners of interpreters for the deaf. The board shall consist of five (5) persons who shall be residents of the state of Rhode Island for at least two (2) years prior to their appointments: three (3) nationally certified interpreters, and two (2) consumers.

(b) All appointments made under this section shall be made by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. In making appointments to the board, the governor shall give consideration to recommendations made by the commission on the deaf and hard-of-hearing established pursuant to § 23-1.8-1. All members shall serve terms of three (3) years. Members shall serve until the expiration of the term for which they have been appointed or until their successor is appointed. No person shall be appointed to serve more than two (2) consecutive terms. When a vacancy upon the board occurs, a replacement shall be appointed for the remainder of that term as prescribed in this section.

(c) The board shall reorganize annually during the month of December and shall elect a chairperson and vice chairperson for the subsequent calendar year. The board may elect from among its members such other officers as it deems necessary.

(d) Three (3) members of the board shall constitute a quorum to do business. A majority vote of those present shall be required for action.

(e) Members of the board shall be removable by the governor pursuant to the provisions of § 36-1-7 and for cause only, and removal solely for partisan or personal reasons unrelated to capacity or fitness for the office shall be unlawful.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-70-22 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-70 / Section 5-70-22
§ 5-70-22. Authority of director to assess penalty.
Status: in_force

(a) The director may assess an administrative penalty on any person, firm, or corporation for any violation of the provisions of this chapter, after notice and hearing, before and upon the recommendation of the board of examination and licensing of telecommunications system contractors, technicians, and installers in the amount of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) for the first offense and not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each subsequent offense; provided, that the director of labor and training may revoke any telecommunication license for a failure to pay any fine recommended by the board and approved by the director of labor and training within thirty (30) days. Each individual person acting in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall constitute a separate offense to any person, firm, or corporation assessed a penalty under this section.

(b) A copy of the order shall be immediately served upon the licensee personally or by registered or certified mail. The order of the board shall be final unless the licensee so charged or complainant shall within twenty (20) days after receipt of the order file with the director of labor and training an appeal. The appeal will be determined by the director or his or her designee. The director may accept or reject, in whole or in part, the recommended order of the board. The order of the director shall be final, subject to review by the courts under the administrative procedures act, chapter 35 of title 42, and a copy of the order shall be immediately served upon the person, firm, or corporation assessed.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-38-10.1 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-38 / Section 5-38-10.1
§ 5-38-10.1. Civil penalties for violations.
Status: in_force

In addition to every other power granted the department of business regulation, the department may fine a licensee not more than one hundred dollars ($100) for any violation or failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter or with any rule or regulation promulgated by the department.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-1-13.1 — RI Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5-1 / Section 5-1-13.1
§ 5-1-13.1. Initiation of proceedings  Hearings before the department  Appeals  Notice to other states.
Status: in_force

(a) The director may initiate formal proceedings under this chapter against holders of a certificate of registration and/or a certificate of authorization (subsequently referred to as a licensee or licensees) either on his or her own motion; upon recommendation of the board; on complaint of any person; or upon receiving notification from another state board of architects or from the appropriate authority in another country or jurisdiction; of its decision to:

(1) Revoke, suspend, annul, or refuse to renew the practice privileges granted in that state or in that country or jurisdiction to the licensee; or

(2) Publicly censure, or censure in writing, limit the scope of practice of, impose an administrative fine upon, or place on probation the licensee.

(b) A written notice stating the nature of the charge or charges against the licensee and the time and place of the hearing before the department on the charges shall be served on the licensee not less than twenty (20) days prior to the date of the hearing either personally or by mailing a copy of the notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the address of the licensee last known to the board.

(c) If, after being served with the notice of hearing as provided for in this section, the licensee fails to appear at the hearing and to defend against the stated charges, the department may proceed to hear evidence against the licensee and may enter any order that is justified by the evidence. That order is final unless the licensee petitions for a review of it as provided in this section; provided, that within thirty (30) days from the date of any order, upon a showing of good cause for failing to appear and defend, the department may reopen the proceedings and may permit the licensee to submit evidence in his, her, or on its behalf.

(d)(1) At any hearing pursuant to this section, the licensee may:

(i) Appear in person or be represented by counsel;

(ii) Produce evidence and witnesses on his, her, or its behalf;

(iii) Cross-examine witnesses; and

(iv) Examine the evidence that is produced.

(2) A sole proprietorship may be represented before the department or board by counsel or by the sole proprietor. A partnership or limited-liability partnership may be represented before the department or board by counsel or any partner of the partnership. A corporation may be represented by counsel before the department or board or by any shareholder, officer, or director of the corporation. A limited-liability company may be represented before the department or board by counsel or by any member or manager of the limited-liability company. The licensee is entitled, upon written application to the board, to the issuance of subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses on the licensees behalf.

(e) The director may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents and may administer oaths, take testimony, hear proofs, and receive exhibits in evidence in connection with or upon hearing pursuant to this chapter. In case of disobedience to a subpoena, the director may petition the superior court to require the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of documentary evidence.

(f) The department is not bound by strict rules of procedure or by laws of evidence in the conduct of its proceedings, but any findings of fact and conclusions of law made by the director must be based upon sufficient legal evidence.

(g) Recordings of all hearings pursuant to this section shall be in accordance with the departments rules of procedure for administrative hearings.

(h) Any appeal from the decision of the director, by a person or persons adversely affected by the decision, is governed by §42-35-15.

(i) On the director rendering a decision to: (1) revoke, suspend, or annul a certificate of registration issued under the laws of this state; (2) revoke, suspend, or annul a certificate of authorization issued under the laws of this state; or (3) publicly censure, censure in writing, limit the scope of practice of, impose an administrative fine upon, or place on probation a licensee, the board shall examine its records to determine whether the licensee holds a certificate of registration or a certificate of authorization to practice in any other state, country, or jurisdiction. If the board determines that the licensee in fact holds a certificate of registration or certificate of authorization, the board shall immediately notify the board of architecture of the other state, country, or jurisdiction by mail of the directors decision pursuant to this section, and include in the notice an indication as to whether or not the licensee has appealed the decision.

(j) The director may, in his or her discretion, order any licensee against whom proceedings have been initiated under §5-1-13 and this section to reimburse the department for any fees, expenses, and costs incurred by the department and/or in connection with the proceedings, including attorneys fees. These fees shall be paid within thirty (30) days from the date they are assessed and may be reviewed in accordance with §42-35-15, and deposited as general revenues.

(k) The board may, in its discretion, issue a certificate of registration or certificate of authorization to any applicant denied a certificate of registration or certificate of authorization, under any of the provisions of this section upon presentation of suitable evidence.

(l) The department shall make its legal staff available to act as legal advisor to the board and render any legal assistance that is necessary in carrying out the provisions of this chapter. The director may employ other counsel and obtain other necessary assistance to aid in the enforcement of this chapter, and the compensation and expenses for the employment shall be paid from the fund of the department.